Jean H. Y. Lai

Work place: Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

E-mail: jeanlai@comp.hkbu.edu.hk

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Research Interests: Social Computing, Social Information Systems

Biography

Dr. Jean H.Y. Lai is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the Hong Kong Baptist University. She obtained her PhD degree from the City University of Hong Kong. Her research interests cover the areas of technology use in education, social computing, and decision making in finance.

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Wiki-based Collaborative Writing: A Comparative Study on First and Second Language Writing among Chinese Secondary Students

By Samuel K. W. Chu Jing Wu Crystal W. S. Kwan Jean H. Y. Lai

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijmecs.2019.01.01, Pub. Date: 8 Jan. 2019

This study aims to examine how learners engaged in wiki-based collaborative writing when they were using their first language (L1) or second language (L2). Issues concerning similarities and differences in wiki collaborative writing activities, wiki participation levels, wiki interaction patterns and wiki collaboration levels between the L1 and L2 writing groups are discussed. This paper reports a case study of a group of Hong Kong secondary school students who were required to use “Google Sites” to complete their Liberal Studies group projects. Student’s wiki writings and comments in their L1 (Chinese) and L2 (English) were collected and examined. Results indicated that, while similarities in writing activity patterns, participation levels and collaboration levels were shown in the two groups, differences did exist in their interaction patterns, which were affected by the different ways they used the wiki comment sections. This study can help educators to become aware of the different needs of L1 and L2 groups and to implement wiki collaborative writing more effectively to support students.

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