Peer collaboration” in developing writing skills among grade 10 students in an upper-secondary school in Hung Yen

• Main Author: Chu, Thị Thùy Chi
• Other Authors: Vu, Hai Ha
• Format: Theses
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Phương pháp giảng dạy ; Kỹ năng viết ; Tiếng anh; 428.2
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/69846
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Although collaboration in writing has been used in foreign language classrooms because of its effectiveness, very few studies have been carried out to examine learners’ perception of this process. The aims of the study are to investigate the performances of peer collaboration and how it affects developing writing skills through the students’ perspective. This case study was conducted in an upper secondary school in Hung Yen with 45 grade 10 students in a class. The data of the research was collected by means of observations and interviews. The results illustrated a lot of ways in which peer collaboration was applied in writing lessons. Besides, this study also revealed the students’ perspective about the benefits they enjoyed as well as the difficulties they encountered. Most students agreed that peer collaboration had positive impacts on expanding knowledge and improving skills for students. However, it was unavoidable that there were still some drawbacks, especially in terms of personal and interpersonal ones.