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Wiki-Based Collaborative Writing: Undergraduate Learners’ Perspectives

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This chapter discusses the prospects of online collaborative writing on wikis, asynchronous web tools, from Bangladeshi EFL learners’ perspectives. The participants in the study included 17 first-semester undergraduate students majoring in English at a public university. Data collected from questionnaires, post-questionnaire discussion and class wiki archives of self/peer writing, edits and feedback reveal students’ consistently growing interest in wiki-based writing. The students emphasised its multiple yet easily connected pages with online word processing affordances for writing and editing recursively, thus, visibly improving their writing skills. However, their online collaboration was challenged by internet cost, connectivity, mobile technology, wiki screen, peer communication gaps and gender impacts. This study has implications for teachers aiming to implement online learner collaboration both during the COVID-19 pandemic situation and afterwards when onsite classes resume in the future. The study also suggests concerned authorities including the government for ensuring easy and cost-effective access to web-based collaboration.

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Ara, A. (2022). Wiki-Based Collaborative Writing: Undergraduate Learners’ Perspectives. In: Khan, R., Bashir, A., Basu, B.L., Uddin, M.E. (eds) Local Research and Glocal Perspectives in English Language Teaching. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6458-9_14

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