Journal of English Language Teaching
Vol 7, No 1 (2018)

USING GOOGLE DOCS FOR COLLABORATIVE WRITING IN TEACHING WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT TO ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS

Tenty Metilia (English Department FBS Universitas Negeri Padang)
Fitrawati Fitrawati (English Department FBS Universitas Negeri Padang)



Article Info

Publish Date
02 Mar 2018

Abstract

AbstractThis paper discusses how to apply Google Docs for collaborative writing in teaching writing to English Department students. Google docs as a feature Google served for all its users can be used collaborative writing in which all students in one class can contribute to make a good writing. Collaborative writing means that students write a text and sharing ideas with others students and it will be corrected and supported by others students By using Google Docs for collaborative writing, students can interact and write together with other students in developing their writing. They can give comments to other students and edit other students’ drafts at the same time. It will help them to get more ideas in writing as they combine their ideas with others ideas. Keywords: Writing, Collaborative Writing, Descriptive Text, Google Docs

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jelt

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of English Language Teaching is a journal published by English Language Teaching Study Program of FBS Universitas Negeri Padang. This journal is published three times a year (March, June, and September). The main purpose of this journal is to advance and foster English Language Teaching or ...