Exploring EFL teachers’ perceptions about problems of integrating collaborative writing strategy

Abstract EN

Nowadays, collaborative writing strategy is considered an interesting writing strategy as it has various advantages than traditional approaches such as the teacher centered approach.

however, teachers may face difficulties when implementing it.

so, this research identifies problems of collaborative writing strategy encountered by written expression’s teachers at department of English, Guelma, Algeria.

it seeks to answer the following questions : do EFL written expression teachers use collaborative writing strategy ? what are problems these teachers face when integrating it ? thus, quantitative questionnaire is selected for obtaining participants’ viewpoints.

research sample includes 17 teachers of written expression.

the main findings conclude that participants’ prominent problems of collaborative writing strategy are students’ rejection to take part in collaborative writing, students’ lack of experience, the lack of fairness, organization of collaborative writing activities and uncertainty and ambiguity about what and how to assess.