2017
DOI: 10.17576/gema-2017-1701-03
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Critical Peer Feedback For Business English Writing Through Qzone Blogs: A Mechanism Among Chinese Undergraduates

Abstract: This study explored critical peer feedback with critical thinking to improve Business English writing. Higher-order thinking skills in peer feedback is conducted to facilitate higher-level writing. This study focuses on the participants' mechanism of critical peer feedback, Qzone blog for critical peer feedback, and issues in critical peer feedback. A qualitative case study is conducted with six Chinese undergraduates. Three kinds of data including semi-structured interviews, Business English writing assignmen… Show more

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“…This would inform English language researchers of other helpful frameworks in ELT settings. Furthermore, instructors wishing to flip English collocation classes can create a WebQuest active learning strategy (see Hung 2015) or invent Qzone Blogs (see Xianwei, Asmawi & Samuel 2017) as a learning tool to see its impact on language learners.…”
Section: Conclusion and Recommendations For Further Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This would inform English language researchers of other helpful frameworks in ELT settings. Furthermore, instructors wishing to flip English collocation classes can create a WebQuest active learning strategy (see Hung 2015) or invent Qzone Blogs (see Xianwei, Asmawi & Samuel 2017) as a learning tool to see its impact on language learners.…”
Section: Conclusion and Recommendations For Further Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Facebook also increased autonomous, competence and social relationship among learners (Akbari, Pilot and Simons, 2015); involvement and engagement (Lai, Wang, Li & Hu, 2016); critical learning, vocabulary knowledge and confidence (Faryadi;; motivation, self-confidence and positive attitudes (Kasuma, 2017;Özdemir, 2017). Qzone had significant impact on peer feedback (Xianwei, Asmawi & Samuel, 2017). Reddit made learning English fun for children (York & Stiller, 2013).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Few studies have investigated the effect of Qzone on English language teaching and learning Xianwei, Asmawi and Samuel (2017), in their qualitative case study, investigated use of Qzone Blogs for critical peer feedback with critical thinking for business English writing. Six Chinese undergraduates participated in this study.…”
Section: Qzone (2005)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The use of Qzone in the teaching and learning of English has been reported in many studies where the application motivated peer feedback, fulfilled instructional feedback, stimulated in-depth communication, and accelerated learning resource sharing [27][28][29]. Qzone has no limitation of storage, words, and length, and fulfils the requirements of text editing and processing for various specific purposes [30].…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%