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.]
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, College Students, Intervention, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills, Writing Achievement, Syntax, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Story Telling, Visual Aids, Production Techniques, Social Media, Web 2.0 Technologies, Prewriting, Revision (Written Composition), Editing, Essays, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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