From a positive psychology perspective, this case study explores learners' academic emotions in giving and receiving peer feedback on second language writing and the possible influences of emotions on learners' uptake of peer feedback. The data were collected from five undergraduates at a Chinese university, including semi-structured interviews,…

While previous research has investigated the effectiveness of various second language (L2) writing instructional approaches upon students' writing performance, whether and how the instructional approaches relate to students' writing motivation and engagement remains largely unexplored. This study used the adapted Motivation and Engagement Scale…

This study investigated students' perceptions of collaborative writing in a teacher-centred class and their change in beliefs about English writing through collaborative writing experiences. The analysis of multiple data sources (i.e., video recordings of collaborative writing activities, two in-depth, semi-structured interviews, one stimulated…