Online International Peer Interaction:An Exploration of Impacts on Comprehensive Competencies,Global Perspectives,and Cross-Cultural Communication Skills

With the increasing trend of globalization and the rapid advancement of information technology,online learning platforms such as Zoom are becoming increasingly influential in the field of education.The focus of this study was the online international peer interaction based on the Zoom platform,detailing how such interaction programs are conducted and exploring in depth the specific impacts of this interaction mode on students’comprehensive competencies,global perspectives,and cross-cultural communication skills.This research not only provides new practical references for online learning and international education but also offers new research perspectives and directions for educators and researchers.

Solving the Pedagogical Dilemma by Implementing Collaborative Leaning Mode in College ELT:Peer Interaction and Group Cooperation

This paper mainly seeks to discuss what factors contribute to students' passive involvement in English classes. It also explores whether it would be possible to solve the above pedagogical dilemmas through implementing collaborative learning mode in ESL. After analyzing the data collected from case study, classroom observation and post-hoc interviews, researcher discovers that collaborative learning mode exerts a considerable positive influence on reducing students' learning anxiety and rebuilding their self-confidence. In addition, peer interaction and group collaboration are highly motivating and effective for ESL learners at college level.

Scaffolding in the Second Language Learning of Target Forms in Peer Interaction

This study draws on sociocultural theory to explore how adult EFL learners interact with each other in learning target form in collaborative task performance. It investigates the features of scaffolding in peer collaboration in which a group of four Chinese undergraduate students are engaged in a writing task in an English enhancement course at a university in Hong Kong. The study also examines how the scaffolding categories affect the learners＇ production of appropriate grammatical forms. The findings advocate the presence of the teacher （or tutor） to direct learners＇ attention to important form-meaning connections in L2 pedagogical group activities due to the limitations of peer interaction.

Investigating the Effectiveness of Peer Feedback on Writing from Stu⁃dents’Perspective:A Case Study in Scientia Secondary School,Hong Kong

This paper demonstrates students’perspective of peer feedback on writing.The researcher based on the relevant litera⁃ture to find that peer feedback has a great effect on learning engagement,evaluation skill,and peer interaction.However,there are still some doubts from teacher and student.Therefore,the researcher further reexamines this issue by conducting a pre-test,posttest with 36 students in Hong Kong,supplemented by interview data.The research findings suggest that numerous students notice the effectiveness of peer feedback whereas they are not familiar with the assessment process and technique.In this paper,the re⁃searcher will explore secondary students’perspective of peer feedback,and evaluate to what extent peer feedback can enhance their writing.Besides,there are some strategies for how to carry out peer feedback in writing class.

An Investigation of a Collaborative Learning Framework in Classroom Teaching——an action research

This essay which is dedicated into doing action research explores the difficulties in conducting the collaborative learning in a student-centered classroom teaching,mostly based on teachers’reflection.This essay adapts a framework of conducting,monitoring and evaluating collaborative learning into specific teaching context and points out research areas in the next step of action research.