The Power of Pair-Work in EFL Writing  

Oleh:

Alfino, Joni

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The 62st TEFLIN International Conference: Teaching and Assessing L2 Learners in the 21st Century, Denpasar, 14-16th September 2015, Book 2, page 544-549.
Topik: pair work; power of pair work; and EFL writing
Fulltext: hal 544.pdf (15.04MB)

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Writing is believed to be difficult for most students. This is in line with some theories also stating that writing is a very highly complex skill. Many research findings have proven it. In general, the findings state that many college students and university graduates in Indonesia have low writing competency, especially in writing academic texts. In specific, the findings reveal that the students have low motivation to write, poor writing ability, and lack of confidence to begin writing. Pair-work is one of alternatives to be used in order to improve students’ writing performance. Many researchers have investigated the use of pair-work in EFL writing and stated some positive findings on using pair work in EFL writing. First, , collaborative (pair work) writing has an overall significant effect on students’ L2 writing. Then, pairs produce shorter and better texts that have greater grammatical accuracy. Next, students working in pairs had better writing accuracy than those working individually.The following is practicing in pairs really improves the overall quality of the learners' writing productions. At last, collaborative work (pair work) could improve students’ grammatical accuracy in their upcoming writings.

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