Implementing Peer Feedback to Improve Writing Process Facilitated by Google. Docs: An Action Research Study Angélica

Abstract

Peer feedback facilitated by Google Docs provided students with opportunities for practicing, interaction, communication, and reflection. This research study aimed at enhancing English language learners’ writing skills to promote communication among them. The process involved five weeks of applying and practicing the stages of the writing process. Twenty-nine high school EFL students participated in the investigation. They had a A2 – B1 level of proficiency and faced challenges at writing complete and consistent paragraphs. The instruments were a pretest-posttest to measure students’ writing improvement. Pre-post surveys were applied to collect the perspectives of students towards the innovation. Field notes were completed during the group tasks to analyze students’ interactions and engagement in writing activities. The posttest scores were higher than the pretest scores, revealing a Cohen’s d= 2.98. The findings revealed that this writing process helped learners improve the quality of their writing pieces. The collaborative use of Google Docs contributed to effectively increasing their selfconfidence, communication, and motivation in writing activities. The study can provide positive considerations about the significant consequence of following a writing process in a peer feedback manner to help students improve the quality of their writings.