The Effect of Collaborative Writing on EFL Students’ Grammatical Accuracy

Abstract

Writing is considered as an activity which is done individually and the role of thumb for its feedback is thought to be provided by teachers and instructors. Although there has been a growing body of research on using pair and small group activities in second or foreign language learning in relation to oral skill (e.g. Speaking), on writing there are only a few well-documented researches. This research describes a study exploring the effect of collaborative writing on EFL student's grammatical accuracy in their writing. A total of 50 Iranian Advanced students of English all male and with the age range of 20 to 24 participated in this study. The subjects were engaged in tasks in which they worked on each other's writing and gave feedback on grammatical points to each other. Obtaining corrective feedback from their fellows, enabled students to pinpoint their grammatical errors better and subsequently improve their grammatical accuracy in their upcoming writings. The results suggest that collaborative writing (CW) is beneficial in allowing EFL learners to make gain in grammatical accuracy.

Integrating ICT Into Collaborative Writing : Are We Ready Yet?

“…Collaborative writing, defined as "the joint production or the coauthoring of a text by two or more writers" (Storch, 2011, p. 275), has been valued as a means to develop students' writing ability both in first language (L1) and second language (L2) (Fong, 2012;Meihami, Varmaghani, & Meihami, 2013;Storch, 2011). In Vietnam, how to improve Vietnamese learners' English proficiency has been of great concern to many educators and researchers.…”

The Effect of Collaborative Writing and Reading Habit toward Students’ Writing

“…Then, practicing in pairs did improve the overall quality of the learners' writing productions even though the fluency of written texts did not change significantly (Biria and Jafari, 2013). The result also suggests that collaborative writing (CW) is beneficial in allowing EFL learners to improve their grammatical accuracy (Meihami, Meihami and Varmaghani, 2013).…”

The Contrary Effect of Collaborative Writing on ESL Students’ Vocabulary Acquisition

“…The impact of collaborative writing on students' grammatical accuracy examined in a study conducted by H. Meihami, B. Meihami, and Varmaghani (2013) indicated an impressive improvement in the grammatical accuracy of the students who worked in groups. Amirkhiz et al (2013: 477) conducted a study focusing on the "verbal interaction" among four female Malaysian and four female Iranian students, with equal language proficiency in English.…”