This research presents the results of a questionnaire survey (N = 222) exploring teachers' experiences with using Wikipedia as a teaching tool, mostly in higher education, across various global contexts. The sample comprised educators from diverse regions, with a focus on those actively integrating Wikipedia and additional Wikimedia projects such…

Background: Although conventional writing procedures are still the dominant instructional procedures in English as a foreign language (EFL) contexts, instructors are still struggling with time limitations to improve EFL students writing skills properly. Additionally, EFL students are not engaged in the writing process since they lack the required…

This study aims at scrutinizing the effectiveness of the utilization web-based learning platform, "Edmodo" in teaching academic writing to EFL learners. This study employed a mixed method approach on the fifth-semester students and confirmed that 10 students take part in this study. A mixed method approach was utilized in this study…

This study aims to enhance second language (L2) learners' motivation and facilitate successful L2 learning by using motivational languaging, an intervention that encourages learners to reflect on, and externalize, their L2-speaking, competent future self-concepts by writing or speaking about them. Two types of effective languaging activities were…

The concept of motivational regulation has always been on the agenda of researchers; however, the role of motivational regulation has received relatively little attention in terms of writing skills. Hence, the present study aims to investigate the potential correlations between motivational writing regulation strategies concerning collaborative…

Although research about the potential learning outcome of collaborative writing in L2 or foreign language education has proliferated in the last few decades, little is known about students' motivation in collaborative writing. This case study seeks to explore higher-proficiency (HP) students' motivation in L2 collaborative writing, as well as…

A problem that still persists in Collaborative Writing is the lack of use of relevant technology to counter lessened interaction and learning participations in developing writing skills effectively. To offset these difficulties, this study examines the use of Edmodo on students' collaborative writing. This study used a quasi-experimental study of…

Writing has been considered as a highly demanding skill and a complex recursive process involving multifaceted knowledge (e.g. grammar, genre, vocabulary and metacognitive competencies). Hence, it has been documented in miscellaneous studies in the past few decades. However, the issue of challenges and solutions to teaching English writing to…

Although research on proficiency pairing for collaborative writing in second language (L2) or foreign language (FL) higher education has proliferated in the last few decades, scant attention has been paid to students' perceptions about how they are paired up. This case study revisited proficiency pairing in light of equity theory, examining two…

Discover an innovative, evidence-based method for preparing students for the demands of college writing called Supporting Strategic Writers (SSW). The goal of SSW is to help students become independent learners who understand the value of strategies and can apply them flexibly in future courses and the workplace. The text provides genre-based…

The authors investigated the impact of explicit instruction and peer-assisted writing on students' writing motivation and self-efficacy for writing. Eleven teachers and their 206 fifth- and sixth-grade students participated in a 2 (explicit instruction vs. writing opportunities without explicit instruction) × 2 (peer-assisted writing vs. writing…

The present study reports on a collaborative writing project initiated and completed by 18 Iranian English language learners enrolled in an online writing course. Using a wiki as the core element of the project, the aim of the course was fostering learner autonomy in online settings based on the collaborative autonomous language learning framework…

First-Year Seminars (FYS) are among the high-impact practices described by AAC&U. We studied the long-standing First-Year Seminar Program at our public research university for the ways in which writing assignments--individualized for each seminar--help faculty and students achieve program objectives in critical and analytical thinking, the…

This paper focuses on a pedagogical and instructional approach to engaging students in the classroom with the specific activity of a writing prompt, which utilizes a short video about current events and trends coupled with writing and discussion. This strategy allows active student learning in which the students engage, develop critical thinking…

Describes a summer school remedial writing class' experiences writing children's stories. Discusses the reactions of children at an abused-children's shelter to the stories. Notes that the students increased their self-worth and confidence as a result of writing children's stories. (RS)