Students' Perceptions of Collaborative Summary Writing
| Autor: | Noura Nasser Muhammad Alawaji |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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050101 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language Collaborative writing Process (engineering) media_common.quotation_subject Summary writing 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Language and Linguistics Task (project management) Second language Perception Mathematics education 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology Emphasis (typography) Female students media_common |
| Zdroj: | Theory and Practice in Language Studies. 10:700 |
| ISSN: | 1799-2591 |
| DOI: | 10.17507/tpls.1006.11 |
| Popis: | Writing is one of the four main language skills that are given emphasis in Second Language Learning. Summary writing is often viewed as a difficult and a challenging skill in learning a second language, which may result in negative attitudes forming, both toward summary writing and to writing in general. The main purpose of this study is to investigate students’ perceptions and problems related to collaborative summary writing in a university in Saudi Arabia. The study involved five undergraduate EFL Saudi female students as a case study and who were exposed to writing course participated in this study. The students were given different collaborative writing tasks during the semester and completed one summary writing task collaboratively for the purpose of this study. Then their views about the task were recorded via semi-structured interview. The findings suggest that most of the participants express positive attitudes toward collaborative writing and consider it beneficial for improving different aspects of writing skills, second language proficiency, and confidence. Several problems occurred during the process of collaboration, and these are also identified and discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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