Volume 28 Number 1, 2024 Pretask training for web-based second language collaborative writing

Pretask training for web-based second language collaborative writing

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Volume 28 Number 1, 2024
contributor.author:
Hsu, Hsiu-Chen
date.accessioned:
2024-03-08T20:17:03Z
date.available:
2024-03-08T20:17:03Z
date.copyright:
2024
date.issued:
2024-03-11
description.abstract:
This study examined the effects of pretask training to promote peer collaboration, encourage learning opportunities, and foster individual L2 writing development in web-based L2 collaborative writing (CW) tasks. The participants were 48 students from two junior English composition classes at a Taiwanese university. One class (n= = 24) was assigned to be a pretask training (PT) group and the other (n= = 24) to a no pretask training (NPT) group. Both groups completed an individual pre- and post-test writing, and two L2 CW tasks via Google Docs. The PT group received pretask training before the CW tasks, whereas the NPT group did not. The interaction between the learners was analyzed for the number, outcome, and engagement level of content-, organization-, and language-related episodes (LREs) and for the learners’ interaction patterns. Pre- and post-test writing was analyzed in terms of content and organization and language complexity and accuracy. The PT group (a) produced more collaborative interaction during the CW processes than the NPT group, (b) produced more LREs and correctly resolved a greater proportion of LREs and content-related episodes, and (c) made greater improvement in content and language accuracy of individual L2 writing.
endingpage:
30
format.extent:
30
identifier.citation:
Hsu, H.–C. (2024). Pretask training for web-based second language collaborative writing. Language Learning & Technology, 28(1), 1–30. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73551
identifier.issn:
1094-3501
identifier.uri:
https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73551
language:
eng
number:
1
publicationname:
Language Learning & Technology
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
rights.license:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
rights.uri:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
site_url:
/item/10125-73551/
startingpage:
1
subject:
Pretask Training, Peer Collaboration, Learning Opportunities, Web-Based Collaborative Writing
title:
Pretask training for web-based second language collaborative writing
type:
Article Text
volume:
28