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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
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Using Google Docs for Collaborative Writing Feedback with International Students
Christina Andrade; Amber Roshay
CATESOL Journal, v34 n1 2023
Giving effective writing feedback can be a challenge for any English instructor. Teaching students how to provide peer feedback can be problematic as well. Both these challenges may seem even more apparent when teaching online during a pandemic. Using Google Docs for collaborative writing feedback is one effective method for addressing both these concerns in a university-based Intensive English Program (IEP). This critical perspective examines how to scaffold collaborative writing feedback remotely using free and widely available platform Google Docs and looks at future use, post-pandemic. In particular, it will share how the authors used Google Docs to track feedback and corrections from instructors to students, set up interactive writing exercises in synchronous courses, and engage in peer-to-peer editing during a pandemic.
Descriptors: Computer Software, Collaborative Writing, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Peer Evaluation, Editing, Intensive Language Courses, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Feedback (Response), Pandemics, COVID-19, Writing Instruction, Online Courses, Writing Evaluation, Foreign Students, Distance Education, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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