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| Abstract : Perpustakaan Tuanku Bainun |
| This study seeks to find out whether the use of peer editing through Wikispaces could
help to correct errors in students’ writing. Five types of common errors are focused in
students’ writing: grammar, spelling, word choice, punctuation and sentence structure.
The participants were 25 Form Four students of a Smart School in the district of
Kinta, Perak. Students wrote two descriptive essays and a two-week peer editing
sessions were carried out. Students’ participation and progress were both monitored
via Wikispaces. This study adopts a case study research design. Online-writing
records (students’ essays), observation form, questionnaire, semi-structured interview,
feedback form and a reflective research diary are used for data collection. Data
obtained from field notes, students’ essays, interview transcripts and reflection
research diary reveal that there are several features on Wikispaces that supports the
students to perform better in the peer editing and error correction. Besides, the field
notes also illustrated that the use of peer editing through Wikispaces facilitates
communication, collaboration, knowledge sharing and revision. Majority of the
students showed great interest in editing others’ essays on Wikispaces because of its
features that resembles word processor. The students also felt more positive towards
the usefulness of peer editing through Wikispaces in correcting L2 students’ writing.
Responses from the interviews showed that students expressed mixed feelings upon
receiving feedback from their peers on their writing. However, they admitted that they
benefit a lot from the peer editing sessions. Apart from that, the frequency analysis of
the students’ essays showed that students edited grammar and word choice more
frequently as compared to spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure. In addition,
the analysis also revealed that while most of the students were able to identify and
correct errors based on the peer editing checklist, some were wrongly corrected and
some of the errors were not identified by the students. These results suggest that the
use of peer editing through Wikispaces can enhance students’ editing ability in
writing. |
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