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  • 标题:Modeling Peer Revision among EFL Learners in an Online Learning Community
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  • 作者:Murad Abdu Saeed ; Kamila Ghazali
  • 期刊名称:Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching (e-FLT)
  • 电子版ISSN:0219-9874
  • 出版年度:2016
  • 卷号:13
  • 期号:2
  • 页码:275-292
  • 出版社:National University of Singapore
  • 摘要:

    This present study investigated modeling online peer revision (PR) among English as foreign language (EFL) learners in an online learning community. Specifically, the study focused on how EFL learners were respon-sive to the instruction and training in modeling PR and how they reflected upon their learning experiences in online PR. The participants were 15 EFL learners who represented a heterogeneous group of learners coming from different Arab countries and different levels of English at university. Using a mixed-method approach, the researcher analyzed learners’ feedback exchanges, their written drafts and their written reflective respons-es. The results showed that the EFL learners engaged in a constant recursive process of evaluating or reflect-ing on each draft and revising it. Based on this, the learners made multiple full drafts (N=181) and fragment-ed drafts (N=197). Further identification of the levels of text revisions in these drafts revealed that there were (N=1296) text revisions at sentence, clause, phrase, word and below-word levels. In terms of the focus areas of these text revisions, 8.56 % of these text revisions focused on enhancing the content of written texts, and 15.90% of them focused on improving the unity and organization of texts. Moreover, 18.60% of the text revi-sions focused on meaning, while 44.29 % of them focused on grammar and sentence structure, and finally, 12.65% of them focused on mechanics. Based on the qualitative analysis of learners’ reflective responses to the post-PR questions, the learners showed collective understanding of their shared practice, a sense of auton-omy over their learning, relationship-building, engaged diversity and a sense of connection. All these identi-fied themes serve as indicators of a responsive community of learners. The findings have useful implications for pedagogy in EFL writing using technology and future research.

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