Student-Initiated Attention to Form in Wiki-Based Collaborative Writing

dc.creator	Greg Kessler
dc.date	2009-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:16:50Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:16:50Z
dc.identifier	1094-3501
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c5215557874a44c09511eed0415b0fa9
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/18686
dc.description	This study reports on student initiated attention to form within the collaborative construction of a wiki among pre-service Non-Native Speaker (NNS) English teachers. Forty NNS pre-service teachers from a large Mexican university were observed over a period of a sixteen week semester in an online content-based course aimed at improving their language skills while studying about the cultures of the English-speaking world. A core element of the course was a wiki that was collaboratively created, developed, and revised throughout the course. Students were encouraged to focus on language accuracy while actively participating and interacting with their peers in varied ways. This article explores the degree to which these NNS EFL teacher candidates attempt to correct their own and others’ grammar errors in a long-term collaborative task. The article also addresses the level of accuracy these participants achieve and the attention they pay to grammar revision versus content revision. Follow-up interviews with participants provided insight into the perception of the importance of grammar in the context of collaborative technologies among these NNS pre-service teachers.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Hawaii
dc.relation	http://llt.msu.edu/vol13num1/kessler.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1094-3501
dc.source	Language Learning and Technology, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 79-95 (2009)
dc.subject	Syntax/Grammar
dc.subject	Collaborative Learning
dc.subject	Computer-Assisted Language Learning
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.title	Student-Initiated Attention to Form in Wiki-Based Collaborative Writing
dc.type	article