Using wiki-mediated collaboration to foster L2 writing performance

dc.contributor.author Hsu, Hsiu-Chen
dc.contributor.author Lo, Yun-Fang
dc.date.accessioned 2018-10-03T17:54:49Z
dc.date.available 2018-10-03T17:54:49Z
dc.date.issued 2018-10-01
dc.description.abstract This study investigated the effect of wiki-mediated collaborative writing on the development of learners’ individual writing in a second language (L2). Participants were 52 learners of English as a foreign language enrolled in two intact junior writing classes at a Taiwanese university. One class was assigned to be a wiki-collaborative writing group (n = 26), and the other an individual writing group (n = 26). Both classes participated in an individual pre-test writing, a writing task, and an individual post-test writing over a 9-week period. Students in the wiki group worked in pairs via wikis to produce an expository essay; students in the individual group produced their essays alone. Learners’ written production on the pre-test and post-test was analyzed in terms of content and organization, and linguistic complexity and accuracy. Results indicated a significant effect for wiki-mediated collaborative writing on the content quality and linguistic accuracy of learners’ individual writing in L2. Its effect on the organization and linguistic complexity, however, was less evident.
dc.identifier.citation Hsu, H.-C., & Lo, Y.-F. (2018). Using wiki-mediated collaboration to foster L2 writing performance. Language Learning & Technology, 22(3), 103–123. https://doi.org/10125/44659
dc.identifier.doi 10125/44659
dc.identifier.issn 1094-3501
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/44659
dc.publisher University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center
dc.publisher Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research
dc.subject Collaborative Learning
dc.subject Computer-Mediated Communication
dc.subject Instructional Design
dc.subject Writing
dc.title Using wiki-mediated collaboration to foster L2 writing performance
dc.type Article
dc.type.dcmi Text
prism.endingpage 123
prism.number 3
prism.publicationname Language Learning & Technology
prism.startingpage 103
prism.volume 22
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