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ERIC Number: EJ1289783
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-1832-4215
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Storyboarding-Based Collaborative Narratives on Google Docs: Fostering EFL Learners' Writing Fluency, Syntactic Complexity, and Overall Performance
Hafour, Marwa F.; Al-Rashidy, Al-Shaimaa M.
JALT CALL Journal, v16 n3 p123-145 2020
This study examined the impact of storyboarding-based collaborative narrative writing using Google Docs on EFL learners' writing fluency, syntactic complexity, and overall performance. For this purpose, a cohort of 30 EFL college learners was selected and exposed to a nine-week intervention where they collaboratively wrote storyboarding-based narratives on Google Docs. This study adopted a pre-test post-test quasi-experimental mixed-method design in which both quantitative (writing tests) and qualitative (reflection as well as group and self-evaluation cloud forms) data were collected and analyzed. Results of the study revealed significant differences between students' pre-test and post-test mean scores on writing fluency and overall writing performance with a large effect size. Conversely, there was no significant difference between their mean scores on syntactic complexity. Qualitative results showed that most students appreciated the storyboarding-based collaborative narrative writing activities on Google Docs and reported that they were of much benefit to them. [Note: The page range (123-146) shown on the PDF is incorrect. The correct page range for this article is p123-145. The following article begins on page 147.]
JALT CALL SIG. 1-6-1 Nishiwaseda Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-8050, Japan. e-mail: journal!jaltcall.org; Web site: http://journal.jaltcall.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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