{"title":"Innovating the Online Writing Center: A Theoretical and Practical Analysis from POA Perspective","authors":"Zhe Wang, Han Zhang","doi":"10.1145/3498765.3498815","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The present study attempts to construct a college Online English Writing Center teaching model suitable from the perspective of Production-oriented Approach (POA) in the EFL context as well as exploring users’ attitudes towards it via questionnaires and interviews after the implementation of the “POA+OWC” model in one academic term. Data indicated that most learners had positive attitude towards the new model since it could facilitate their intrinsic motivation to English writing and their writing competence, especially advancing their word choice, enriching supporting ideas as well as improving their logic. Also, most learners’ critical and creative thinking as well as team spirit were improved. However, for several introverted users, interactive environment seemed to be ineffective and teachers are supposed to attached more attention. This study could contribute to scaffolding L2 writing teaching efficiency as well as enhancing students’ writing competence.","PeriodicalId":273698,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3498765.3498815","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The present study attempts to construct a college Online English Writing Center teaching model suitable from the perspective of Production-oriented Approach (POA) in the EFL context as well as exploring users’ attitudes towards it via questionnaires and interviews after the implementation of the “POA+OWC” model in one academic term. Data indicated that most learners had positive attitude towards the new model since it could facilitate their intrinsic motivation to English writing and their writing competence, especially advancing their word choice, enriching supporting ideas as well as improving their logic. Also, most learners’ critical and creative thinking as well as team spirit were improved. However, for several introverted users, interactive environment seemed to be ineffective and teachers are supposed to attached more attention. This study could contribute to scaffolding L2 writing teaching efficiency as well as enhancing students’ writing competence.