EFL Students’ Perceptions in Collaborative Writing via Google Docs: A Case Study at Van Lang University
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perceptions, Collaborative Writing, Google Docs, writingAbstract
Collaborative writing represents as an integrated technique for tackling students' writing difficulties. Consequently, practising Collaborative Writing (CW) through online technologies, notably Google Docs (GD), can be an innovative model that assists student learning. However, in addition to its credits, this model is not without drawbacks. The current study attempts to demonstrate users' perspectives on the limits of collaborative writing via Google Docs and how they deal with them. The researcher employed a qualitative case-study approach and data collection via a questionnaire at Van Lang University in Ho Chi Minh City. The questionnaire consisted of 17 closed-ended questions to collect data from 9 student participants. The results revealed several advantages of Collaborative Writing as supported by Google Docs (henceforth CWGD), alongside some limitations and challenges to this approach/model.
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