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Publication Date: 2021-Jul
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The Effects of Online Learner-Driven Feedback on IELTS Writing Skills via Google Docs
Ebadi, Saman; Alizadeh, Ali
Teaching English with Technology, v21 n3 p42-66 Jul 2021
This study reports the results of a mixed-methods approach to investigate the impact of peer online learner-driven feedback (LDF) using Google Docs and peer-editing in a face-to-face classroom on EFL learners' writing skill. As this study was conducted using a quasi-experimental design, two intact groups, each including twenty EFL learners, were selected as the participants of the study. They were attending an IELTS preparation course at a language school in Iran. To assess the learners' IELTS academic writing skills, we used academic writing task 1 and task 2 and conducted semi-structured interviews to explore the learners' perceptions towards the impact of online learner-driven peer-editing on writing tasks. An independent-samples t-test, along with two one-way MANCOVA, was used to analyse the quantitative data. The results showed that LDF-based peer-editing significantly enhanced the learners' academic writing skills, compared to the conventional in-class feedback. The thematic analysis used to analyse the qualitative data shed light on the learners' positive perceptions towards the effect of online learner-driven peer-editing on academic writing skills.
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Electronic Learning, Feedback (Response), Peer Evaluation, Editing, Revision (Written Composition), Writing Skills, Skill Development, Web 2.0 Technologies, Synchronous Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Test Preparation, Language Tests, Positive Attitudes, Late Adolescents, Young Adults, Foreign Countries
IATEFL Poland Computer Special Interest Group / University of Nicosia / Maria Curie-Sklodowska University. Ul. J. Sowinskiego 17, 20-041 Lublin, Poland. Web site: http://tewtjournal.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iran
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: International English Language Testing System
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