The Applications of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) in Collaborative Writing and Its Implications for Classroom Teaching

There is no doubt that CMC can play an irreplaceable role in language teaching classrooms especially in collaborative writing in that it can create a boundless space and situation through some programs in which the process of writing can be fully explored by both teachers and students in terms of different types of interaction,either asynchronously or synchronously.This,in a sense,may never be achieved in a traditional language teaching classroom.However,it does not mean the less importance of teachers’ role in the class.On the contrary,rather than taking teachers’ place in the classroom,the integration of CMC to writing class will bring new challenges and demands to the qualification of language instructors.