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Electronic peer feedback (e-PF) has offered a number of benefits to English as a foreign language (EFL) students' academic writing competence and reflective thinking. However, little research has been conducted to examine whether e-PF can be incorporated in Confucian Heritage Culture (CHC) contexts. With a sample of 40 Vietnamese university students, the purpose of this study was threefold: (1) to explore whether e-PF improved students’ global and local features of EFL academic writing; (2) to investigate whether e-PF provoked students’ critical reflective thinking; and (3) to determine whether the two core principles of Confucianism, namely, the concept of face and power distance influenced the implementation of e-PF. Data were collected through pre- and post-questionnaires, e-PF content and reflective logs. The qualitative and quantitative results showed that e-PF improved the quality of global and local writing aspects. Using e-PF also espoused both e-PF providers and receivers to develop reflective thinking by heightening their cognitive processes. Students were found to overcome the Confucian cultural barriers to get engaged in giving and receiving critique from their peers. The study, therefore, adds to the existing knowledge about the significance of e-PF in improving students’ writing skills and nurturing critical reflective thinking in CHC cultures.
Author(s): Pham TN, Lin M, Trinh VQ, Bui LTP
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Sage Open
Year: 2020
Volume: 10
Issue: 1
Online publication date: 31/03/2020
Acceptance date: 24/02/2020
Date deposited: 31/03/2020
ISSN (electronic): 2158-2440
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244020914554
DOI: 10.1177/2158244020914554
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