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Jalil Fathi; Masoud Rahimi – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Adopting a sequential explanatory mixed-methods approach, this study explored the impact of electronic writing portfolio on writing performance in English as a foreign language (EFL) context. Two intact classes were first selected and randomly assigned to an electronic writing portfolio group (22 EFL students) and a conventional (i.e. paper-based)…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Portfolios (Background Materials), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Kiliçkaya, Ferit – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
The use of digital technology in the classroom has paved the way for various and creative ways of enhancing learners' skills and has provided teachers with the opportunity to employ new and creative activities in which learners are more active while trying to improve their skills such as writing. The current study aimed to investigate learners'…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Student Attitudes, Collaborative Writing
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Zhang, Ruofei; Zou, Di – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Technology-enhanced collaborative writing for second language learning has been receiving accumulating attention from researchers and educators over years. However, there was a lack of updated review with foci on the types and effectiveness of technologies in collaborative writing. This study conducted a systematic and in-depth review of 34…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Selcuk, Hasan; Jones, Jane; Vonkova, Hana – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2021
Web-based collaborative writing (CW) has been widely used in the field of English as a foreign language (EFL) during the last decade. Previous studies have mainly focused on how online platforms have facilitated the CW process for EFL learners, how web-based CW has shown progress in EFL learners' writing development, and how EFL learners in groups…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Leaders, Web Based Instruction, Writing Instruction
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Hsu, Hsiu-Chen – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
Prior research has shown that EFL learners who wrote collaboratively with partners using wikis improved the content quality and language accuracy of their L2 individual writing more than students who wrote individually. Drawing on the dataset from Hsu and Lo's study, the current study explores the nature of the students' collaborative dialogue…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Collaborative Writing, Web 2.0 Technologies, English (Second Language)
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Vakili, Shokoufeh; Ebadi, Saman – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Theoretically grounded in Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of mind, Dynamic Assessment (DA) provides researchers with the opportunity to investigate different aspects of learners' developmental trajectory, including the ways they overcome their errors. As a qualitative inquiry into the nature of errors reflecting learners' development in academic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing
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Li, Mimi – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2018
Computer-mediated collaborative writing has been increasingly implemented in L2 contexts due to wider awareness of affordances and benefits of Web 2.0 technologies. A systematic review of empirical studies over the recent decade is called forth in order to arouse broadened knowledge and provide new insights in this promising area. This study…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Second Language Instruction
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Ma, Qing – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
This study investigated how one type of learner-generated information and content, i.e. inter-group peer online feedback, provided on a wiki writing assignment for an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course, could contribute to student L2 writing. Using a mixed method approach, more than 1000 entries of online peer comments were collected,…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Collaborative Writing
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Abrams, Zsuzsanna – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
Grounded in research on collaborative writing and computer-mediated writing the present study examines the computer-mediated collaborative writing process among first-year learners of German as a second language (L2) at a US university. The data come from 28 first-year learners of German at a US university, who wrote hypothesized endings to a…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Su, You; Li, Yanyan; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest among language educators in implementing and researching collaborative learning in wiki-based learning environments. However, little empirical evidence has been reported about the role of EFL learners' online self-regulating capacity in their collaborative learning. This study used wiki-based…
Descriptors: Metacognition, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Jiang, Wei; Eslami, Zohreh R. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Although the effectiveness of computer-mediated collaborative writing (CMCW) is confirmed by many recent studies, only a few have investigated whether linguistic knowledge and writing skills learned through collaboration can be internalized and transferred to individual writing. This study uses a pre-and post-test design to investigate the impact…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Zou, Bin; Wang, Dongshuo; Xing, Minjie – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
Wikis provide users with opportunities to post and edit messages to collaborate in the language learning process. Many studies have offered findings to show positive impact of Wiki-based language learning for learners. This paper explores the effect of collaborative task in error correction for English as a Foreign Language learning in an online…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Electronic Publishing