The effects of using an online collaboration tool on college students’ learning of academic writing skills

System ◽  
2022 ◽  
pp. 102712
Author(s):  
Jia Li ◽  
Lillian Mak
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Online Collaboration

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF SUGGESTED TRAINING PROGRAM ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACADEMIC WRITING AT AL BURAIMI UNIVERSITY COLLEGE IN THE SULTANATE OF OMAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (04) ◽  
pp. 101-112
Author(s):  
Mohammed Saleh ALAJMI ◽  
Samah Khamis Said AL MAMARI
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
University College ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Research Tools

The current study aimed to build a proposed training program to advance the development of functional writing skills of Al-Buraimi University College students and measure its impact on improving functional writing skills. It also aimed to reveal whether there are statistically significant differences at the level of (α 0.05) in the level of acquisition of the college's students in the functional writing skills attributed to the human gender variable. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researchers used the approved semi-experimental approach based on the design of (one group with two pre and post-tests). Therefore, a number of research tools and materials were designed, which are: a list of appropriate functional writing skills for students of Al-Buraimi University College in the Sultanate of Oman, an analytical assessment list for correcting the functional writing test, a pre and post-test for Al-Buraimi University College students, and building a training program for Al-Buraimi University College students in light of the list Specific skills, preparing the training program guide, and after verifying the validity and reliability of the research tools and materials, they were applied to a sample of (80) students at Al-Buraimi University College. The results of the study indicated a clear improvement in the growth of job writing skills in favor of the post test, as the average performance was 25.74%, while the pre-test was 17.89%. This indicates that students who underwent the experimental program based on constructivist theory in teaching had better functional writing skills. This result indicates that the targeted functional writing skills have clearly developed among the students of Al-Buraimi University College, while the results of the second question showed that there are no differences in the level of students' acquisition of functional writing skills between males and females of Al-Buraimi College. In light of the results of the current study, we reached to the following recommendations: Benefiting from the list of functional writing skills that the current study reached by evaluating the performance of Al-Buraimi University College students for the functional writing skills in light of it, and by building tests in light of that list and providing lecturers who teach the Arabic language course and list the skills so that they have a support in implementing the course with better efficiency. While the study made some proposals, that are: Conducting a descriptive study to determine functional writing skills in universities and colleges in other areas, such as: writing reports, meeting minutes, resumes.

scholarly journals Shaping Students’ Writing Skills: The Study of Fundamental Aspects in Mastering Academic Writing

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariyanti Ariyanti
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
English Language ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Full Description ◽  
Long Time ◽  
One Step ◽  
Case Writing ◽  
Language Acquistion

Writing has become one of important skills in English language acquistion since a long time ago. Without leaving aside the importance of using active English to communicate, the passive one also plays important role to convey the message. Writing, as a way to explore our passive English is not merely intended to describe any topic without purposes. In this case, writing is a progressive activity. Oshima and Hogue (1997:2) explain the meaning of progressive in writing is when we want to start the first step to write about a certain topic, actually we have already known what we are going to write and how we explore it. After that, we read over our writing than we will do some corrections and also changes. In short, in order to have a better writing we should never stop only in one step. The more particular and specific urgency in writing is how to make our writing academic. This is what the most college students face in their writing tasks such as essays and final projects which become the requirement for them to finish their study in a university. In fact, academic writing is not as easy as the students think that they will just ask to write a passage freely. In this case, academic writing gives full description and complete guidance on how to make their writing sounds academic. So that is what the researcher tried to explained to the readers especially for students who need to shape their ability to in doing such academic writing.

scholarly journals Learner autonomy, self-regulation skills and self-efficacy beliefs – How can students’ academic writing skills be supported?

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 381-402
Author(s):  
Åsa Mickwitz ◽  
Marja Suojala
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Regulatory Strategies ◽  
Academic Settings

Abstract High self-efficacy beliefs and effective self-regulatory strategies are increasingly important in academic settings, and especially in developing academic writing skills. This article deals with how students develop academic writing skills in two different pedagogical settings (as autonomous learners and in a traditional learning environment), and how this is associated with the students’ self-regulatory strategies and self-efficacy beliefs. In the study, self-regulatory skills referred to the ability to take charge of, manage and organize the learning process, while self-efficacy beliefs were defined as the strength of students’ confidence to accomplish an extensive task and sense of succeeding. The method was quantitative, including some qualitative elements, and data was elicited through a survey answered by 150 students, after they had attended courses in academic writing. The survey consisted of 1 open-ended question and 16 multiple-choice questions (a five-point Likert scale). The data was analyzed using SPSS. The results show that self-regulatory skills and self-efficacy beliefs have a greater impact on learning academic writing skills in traditional learning settings than in learning settings where the students are supposed to work more independently, and where teacher support is not available to the same extent.

scholarly journals An Attempt at Promoting Undergraduate Sudanese EFL Students’ Performance in Academic Writing Skills

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ammar Mohammed Ahmed Mudawy
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Extensive Reading ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Holy Quran ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
University Level

The study aims at suggesting effective methods and techniques that could improve English as a foreign language EFL students’ performance in writing skills. The researcher uses the descriptive, analytical method. Four tools were adopted pretest, post-test, supporting program, and a questionnaire for teachers for collecting data. Twenty-five students in Holy Quran University, Sudan, were chosen purposively, and thirty EFL teachers at a university level were randomly selected as a sample for the study. Ninty percent of the teachers agree on the suggested program and techniques. The findings of the study indicate that: using varied techniques and activities in pre-writing stage promotes students’ performances in writing, integration of reading and writing skills in the classroom improves students’ writing skills, as well as encouraging extensive reading outside the classroom promotes students’ performance in writing skills. Accordingly, the researcher recommends that: teachers should focus on the prewriting stage through different activities as well as reading and writing should be used in an integrated way in-class writing to guide the writing process.

scholarly journals Using Online Collaboration for Developing EFL Preparatory stage Students' Reading and Writing Skills and Their Motivation for Language Learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
محمد خلف اسماعیل مخلوف ◽  
على عبد السمیع محمد قوره ◽  
ایناس محمد عرفه فرحات
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Online Collaboration ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Preparatory Stage

scholarly journals The Effects Of English Citation and International Journal To Indonesian Students In Supporting Lecture Tasks

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hana Nabilah Putri ◽  
Adinda Apriashinta Salsabila ◽  
Farah Allisya Putri ◽  
Aprilia Cahyaningrum ◽  
Moses Glorino Rumambo Pandin
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
The Other ◽  
Know How ◽  
Interview Process ◽  
Assignment Method ◽  
Other Hand

Background: This research discusses the problem of the use of English citation by some college students in helping with their assignments. There is still no research about this topic, on the other hand, this is actually important for education. From the problem discussed here, the main point is to know, "Do college students often use English citations in their assignments and understand the citations they have taken?" Purpose: This research aims to know how far Indonesian students' comprehension is to the English citation which they used to help their academic writing for their college assignment. Method: The method used in this study is qualitative, the method that focused on observation to obtain a more comprehensive phenomenon study. In this research, we use data that have already been taken and collected from 62 college students and 15 of them have conducted the interview process to take further information from them. Results: It shows that the majority of college students in this research prefer to use Indonesian citations because they can understand more compared with the English one.

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