Research & Development, Cairo, Egypt The Effect of Wikis and Face-to-Face Collaborative Writing on the Writing Performance and Self- regulated Learning Skills among EFL Students

Abstract

Writing is a complex process that requires pre-writing activities such as brainstorming, word mapping, outlining, drafting , editing and revising. The process is facilitated by group collaboration in the different writing stages. Wikis, as one of the Web 2.0 social networking tools, are web sites, the content of which can be edited by visitors to the site, allowing users to easily create and edit pages collaboratively. This study aims at investigating the effect of using wikis and face -to-face collaborative writing on the writing performance and self-regulated learning skills among EFL college students. The study comprises 66 female participants enrolled in Writing 4, an advanced writing course, at Level 4 in the

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