Cultural Dimension of Network-Based Peer Review in Business Writing Courses

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210527.070How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Peer review, Network, Business writing, Cultural dimension

Abstract

This study investigated students’ perceptions of their interactions in peer review groups in an ESL (English as a Second Language) business writing course supported by network platforms: QQ, Tencent Classroom and Tencent Meeting. To eliminate the reluctance in commenting on peers’ writing under Asian culture context, 21 EFL (English as a Foreign Language) junior English majors were trained to conduct peer reviews using both asynchronous and synchronous network-based methods. Four review activities were observed. The result shows that a writing task turns out to be a process of collaboration rather than simply independent efforts. Peer review training and the practice break the “deadlock” and set students free from the fear of hurting peers’ feeling. ESL students acquire the way to make judgment according to accepted criteria, and grow up to be autonomous learners.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Guiqin Qi
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/06/01
TI  - Cultural Dimension of Network-Based Peer Review in Business Writing Courses
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education: Current Issues and Digital Technologies (ICECIDT 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 424
EP  - 427
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210527.070
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210527.070
ID  - Qi2021
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