Abstract
The widespread trend of mobile devices and the steady development of technology facilitate personalized learning and new knowledge acquisition outside of the classroom. Writing is a core subfield of language skills. However, Padlet, a platform for online writing, was only used for brainstorming in our previous studies. This study investigated the effectiveness and feasibility of writing tasks combined with the process writing approach (PWA) and teacher feedback using Padlet within the context of junior high students’ writing improvement. Padlet leverages the merits of MALL, e.g., mobility and portability, integrating the Process Writing Approach (PWA) that emphasizes brainstorming, drafting, revising, and editing to enhance young learners’ writing skills. Students were given explicit instruction to understand the steps in the process writing approach (PWA), and data was consequently collected by pre- and post-assessments, questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews. Students’ writing productions were analyzed with the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test to assess the improvement and effectiveness in language appropriateness, i.e., grammatical mistakes, misspellings, and mechanical errors. Questionnaire and Interview data were analyzed via descriptive statistics and content analysis to evaluate how students perceived writing with the integration of PWA and feedback on Padlet. The results reveal that consistent use of Padlet significantly enhanced students’ writing skills by promoting deeper engagement with the writing process and revising by referring to teacher feedback, potentially increasing vocabulary size. This research contributes to the field of EFL education and L2 classrooms by providing feasible, technology-driven teaching and learning for writing training.
Presenters
Bo Yuan DengStudent, Applied Linguistics and TESOL, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Shane Donald
Assistant Professor, Department of English, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Padlet, Process Writing Approach, Mobile-Assisted Language Learning, Teacher Feedback
