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ERIC Number: EJ1220847
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1578-7044
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Collective Peer Scaffolding, Self-Revision, and Writing Progress of Novice EFL Learners
Hanjani, Alireza Memari
International Journal of English Studies, v19 n1 p41-57 2019
This classroom-based study examined the effect of collective peer scaffolding activity on self-revised as well as new narrative and descriptive paragraphs developed by 32 EFL university students in a paragraph writing course in Iran. Each genre was discussed and practiced every other week and was followed by a collective peer scaffolding session. For each genre, learners were required to develop a 150-word paragraph in two drafts (pre- and post-collective scaffolding activity) and email them to their lecturer within five days before the next sessions were held. During collective scaffolding sessions representative learners were asked to write their paragraphs on board while other students scaffolded solutions to the problems they noticed in the paragraphs written on board. The analyses of the students? pre- and post-collective peer scaffolding drafts and new developed paragraphs revealed that although the activity improved learners? self-revised drafts, its effect on new developed paragraphs was inconclusive.
University of Murcia. Department of English Philology Merced Campus, Calle Santo Cristo 1, Murcia 30071 Spain. Tel: +34-868-88-3406; Fax: +34-868-88-3409; e-mail: publicaciones@um.es; Web site: http://www.um.es/ijes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iran
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