EFL/ESL learners language related episodes (LREs) during performing collaborative writing tasks. by Abu Bakar, Kamariah, Abd. Samad, Arshad, Baki, Roselan, Mahmoudi, Leila

“…Iranian) dyads and two ESL (i.e., Malaysian) dyads--consciously reflected on their language in the course of performing collaborative writing tasks. To this end, the dyads were asked to do fifteen writing tasks collaboratively. …”
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An observation account from EFL/ESL dyads: code-switching and willingness to communicate by Amirkhiz, Seyed Yasin Yazdi, Abu Bakar, Kamariah

“…This paper reports a small part of the findings of a larger study which cross-culturally explored and comparatively examined the dynamics of collaboration between Iranian and Malaysian homogeneous dyads during performing collaborative writing tasks. The findings related to the amount of code-switching as well as the amount of falling back on the researcher for language-related assistance in each of the dyads are reported. …”
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