The article “Online Collaborative
Writing Using Wikis” by Paul Sze is about “wiki” which is a website, and great
tool for online writing activities. So that, anyone can edit anything anytime
they want. In fact, the author wanted to find out how applicable wikis are with
ESL learners. So, he decided to make a project with the students. They were
asked to write about their secondary school life for a month using Wikis as a
tool. But they were trained first in order to start using it. By the time
students write, a lesson about how to create a good paragraph, so that, they were
able to edit their paragraphs. At the end, they were able not to publish their own
articles only, but also to check their classmates´ articles. As a result they
had fun with this activity because it was new for them. The author added more activities that can be
great by using this wonderful tool like writing book reports, poetry, school
history, short stories, etc. In my opinion, this tool is very useful because
students can develop writing skill by having fun. As I always say, this type of
activities must be controlled by the teacher in order to achieve the goal. And
I agree with the author, wikis are useful for promoting collaborative writing
for ESL learners.
Exactly, wiki is a great tool for writing skill because it is use to read something that you want and at anything you want. Wikis help us to writing about different topics and in this way students have the opportunity to develop their writing. And as you say this kind of activities are useful to promoting collaborative writing for ESL learners.
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