Collaborative writing among second language learners using google docs in a secondary school context

• Main Authors: Debbie Lawrence, Lee, Kean Wah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Penerbit UMS 2016
• Subjects: LB1603-1696.6 Secondary education. High schools
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31163/1/Collaborative%20writing%20among%20second%20language%20learners%20using%20google%20docs%20in%20a%20secondary%20school%20context.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31163/2/Collaborative%20writing%20among%20second%20language%20learners%20using%20google%20docs%20in%20a%20secondary%20school%20context0.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31163/; https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/ijelp/issue/view/108

This study investigates the use of web-based, task-oriented and collaborative writing for academic purposes. Twenty Form 5 students of proficiency levels ranging from moderately proficient to weak used Google Docs to construct an argument of a given topic in pairs. The duration for this study was on...