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Rahimi, Masoud; Fathi, Jalil – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
This study adopted a sequential explanatory mixed-methods approach and followed the Vygotskian social-constructivist theory of learning to explore the impact of wiki-mediated collaborative writing on English as a foreign language (EFL) students' writing performance, writing self-regulation, and writing self-efficacy. To this aim, two intact…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Web Sites, Editing, Collaborative Writing
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Dizon, Gilbert – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
Facebook has best leveraged the rapid technological and societal changes over the past decade to grow into the world's largest social-networking site (SNS). However, research of Facebook has lagged behind other Web 2.0 technologies, particularly in regards to investigating its efficacy versus a control group to improve L2 writing. This study,…
Descriptors: Social Media, Web 2.0 Technologies, Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction
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Chen, Wen-Chun; Shih, Yu-Chih Doris; Liu, Gi-Zen – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2015
This research investigated if and how the instructional design affected the learning outcome in a blog-mediated project, namely students' communicative writing in the social media. Thirty-four college-level English learners from two universities in Taiwan participated in the telecollaboration. The current research continues to highlight the social…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Social Networks, Electronic Publishing
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Li, Mimi; Zhu, Wei – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2013
Informed by sociocultural theory and guided especially by "collective scaffolding", this study investigated the nature of computer-mediated interaction of three groups of English as a Foreign Language students when they performed collaborative writing tasks using wikis. Nine college students from a Chinese university participated in the…
Descriptors: Interaction, Computer Mediated Communication, Collaborative Writing, Web 2.0 Technologies
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Castañeda, Daniel A.; Cho, Moon-Heum – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which wiki writing improves college students' grammatical knowledge in Spanish as a second language (L2). Fifty-three students participated in the study for three consecutive semesters. Pre- and posttest results show that wiki writing was helpful in improving their grammatical…
Descriptors: Spanish, Grammar, Web 2.0 Technologies, College Students
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Kennedy, Claire; Miceli, Tiziana – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2013
Wikis are increasingly seen as useful tools for promoting active student engagement and collaborative language learning. Unlike most applications of wikis to foreign/second language learning thus far reported on, ours concerns complete beginners. In this paper, we focus on our approach to and evaluation of the integration of wikis into our…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Italian