Chapter published in:
Languaging in Language Learning and Teaching: A collection of empirical studiesEdited by Wataru Suzuki and Neomy Storch
[Language Learning & Language Teaching 55] 2020
► pp. 149–170
Chapter 7Languaging in wiki-based collaborative writing:
Functions and mediating factors
Mimi Li | Texas A&M University-Commerce
Despite the acknowledgement of the role of
languaging in collaborative writing, little research has examined
how L2 students use language to mediate the process of jointly
composing a text during asynchronous computer-mediated collaborative
writing. This chapter reports on a study that investigated the
languaging of three small groups of EFL students and the factors
mediating languaging when completing a collaborative wiki writing
task. The results revealed that languaging served multiple
functions: resolving various language problems, negotiating and
deciding about content and text organization, as well as mediating
social relationships. Learners’ perception of task goals, language
proficiency grouping, and patterns of interaction explained the ways
in which the three groups engaged in languaging.
Keywords: collaborative writing, languaging, LRE, mediating factor, Wiki
Article outline
- Introduction
- Literature review
- Languaging in collaborative writing
- Factors mediating languaging and LREs
- Research gap
- Methodology
- Participants
- Study procedure
- Patterns of interaction
- Data analysis
- Results
- Functions languaging serves
- Language-related episodes (LREs)
- Mediating factors
- Perception of task goals
- Language proficiency grouping
- Patterns of interaction
- Discussion and conclusion
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Published online: 14 August 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.55.07li
https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.55.07li
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