in iranian language learning contexts, writing in english is an important challenge for learners, since it is usually treated as a secondary skill and is led to the periphery of language classes, due to its time-consuming nature. computer technology and namely the free online environments available in the world wide web (www) offer possibilities for moving beyond such confinements. asynchronous...

Introduction It is generally acknowledged that computers, as a new medium for writing, facilitate a new kind of writing process, and, at least in the Western world, the computer is currently replacing pen and paper as the most used tool for writing. Furthermore, has universal access to email and the Internet made it easier to use computers to support various forms of collaboration, including co...

The purpose of the present study was to compare writing high achievers and low achievers TEFL (teaching English as foreign language) learners’ writing self-beliefs. Subjects, based on their officially recorded scores on the writing course, were assigned in two 22-member groups of high and low achievers. The adapted English version of Mills’ and Péron’s (2008) questionnaire and the Foreign Langu...

At this point, you should have read and analyzed a collection of research articles and prepared detailed notes, possibly including summary tables (see Chapter 7). You should now begin to synthesize these notes and tabled material into a new whole, the sum of which will become your literature review. In other words, you are now ready to begin the process of writing a literature review. This chap...

This paper uses the thinkLet framework to advance collaborative writing (CW) processes, facilitation techniques, and writing technologies. Specifically, this paper proposes critical requirements for CW tools, and key CW facilitation considerations in terms of configurations and scripts. Several examples of successful facilitation and CW processes are presented, including case-specific scenarios...

Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and References). Moreover, this volume discusses the etiquette and writing style required for appropriately responding to reviewers’ comments regarding a manuscript submission. In addition to chapters focused on empirical papers, How to Write a Paper also features chapters that describe how to write a review, prepare a case report, and submit an elect...

Writing is considered one of the most difficult skills in EFL/ESL. Thus, meticulous recognition and classification of students’ errors in certain contexts is a worthwhile endeavor which provides us with both diagnostic and prognostic power. Accordingly, a total of 430 students in 15 English writing classes held during 12 consecutive semesters in a private university in central Taiwan were the s...