The Challenges of Online Writing Learning via Microsoft Teams

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Keywords:

writing skills, EFL learners, Microsoft Teams, online, social interaction

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the challenges that EFL learners at Van Lang university faced when they learned writing in an online course via Microsoft Teams. 96 third-year students from two classes were required to complete a 10-item questionnaire for their online 10-week writing course. The findings revealed that they faced nine kinds of challenges related to technical problems, lack of concentration, lack of interaction, time management, health problems, gaining knowledge, motivation, psychological problems, and collaboration. The study suggests some implications for teaching writing skills to EFL learners online through Microsoft Teams.

Author Biography

Bui Thi Kim Loan, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Bui Thi Kim Loan has been a lecturer of English at Van Lang university, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She has taught English skills, ESP, translation, academic writing, sociolinguistics and so forth. Her research interests are discourse analysis, genre analysis, TESOL, CALL, CLIL, and SFL.

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2021-12-10

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Bui, T. K. L. (2021). The Challenges of Online Writing Learning via Microsoft Teams. AsiaCALL Online Journal, 13(1), 132-149. Retrieved from https://asiacall.info/acoj/index.php/journal/article/view/115

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2022): January 2022, Volume 13, Issue 1

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