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Blogging for Collaborative Learning in the Writing Classroom
Blogging for Collaborative Learning in the Writing Classroom
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2020
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Vu Phi Ho Pham
Ngoc Hoang Vy Nguyen
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The primarily qualitative analysis reported in this paper is to investigate how the students, in a student-centered pedagogical focus, perceive their own learning progress in e-peer feedback activities, including the effectiveness of the use of blogs for e-peer responses in an L2 writing class. Thirty-two second year Vietnamese students at a university in Ho Chi Minh City participated in a 15-week writing course. Data collection was from the 20-item questionnaire and eight semi-structured interviews. Results of the study revealed that when students perceived good progression in their writing skills when they got involved in e-peer feedback on the blog and their writing was longer after revisions. In addition, the students highly evaluated the use of blogs for e-peer feedback activities because of its usefulness and effectiveness.
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E-Peer Feedback,
Global and Local Areas,
Peer Response,
Revision,
Writing Quality