Journal of Business and Technical Communication Jul 2010

Peer Reviewing Across the Atlantic: Patterns and Trends in L1 and L2 Comments Made in an Asynchronous Online Collaborative Learning Exchange Between Technical Communication Students in Sweden and in the United States

Paul Anderson ; Becky Bergman Chalmers University of Technology ; Linda Bradley Chalmers University of Technology ; Magnus Gustafsson Chalmers University of Technology ; Aurora Matzke Miami University

Abstract

In a globally networked learning environment (GNLE), 16 students at a university in Sweden and 17 students at a university in the United States exchanged peer-review comments on drafts of assignments they prepared in English for their technical communication classes. The instructors of both sets of students had assigned the same projects and taught their courses in the same way that they had in the previous year, which contrasts with the common practice of having students in partnering courses work on the same assignment or on linked assignments created specifically for the GNLE. The authors coded the students’ 816 comments according to their focus and orientation in order to investigate the possible differences between the comments made by the L2 students in Sweden and those made by the L1 (English as a second language) students in the United States, the possible impact of peer reviewing online, and the influence of the instructors’ directions on the students’ peer-reviewing behavior.

Journal
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published
2010-07-01
DOI
10.1177/1050651910363270
Open Access
Closed
Topics
online writing instruction technical communication revision

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