efl students’ and lecturer’s perceptions on collaborative writing

The study aims to explore in-depth students' and lecturer’s perceptions of collaborative writing.there are four perceptual focuses; conceptual understanding, forms of cooperation, writing skills, andclassroom atmosphere. this study used a qualitative method involving 31 students who took academicwriting courses and an english lecturer. the research data were collected through questionnaire andanalyzed descriptively. the results showed that students and lecturer had a positive perception of thecollaborative writing model in terms of understanding concepts, forms of cooperation, writing skills, anda pleasant learning classroom atmosphere. one of the most dominant aspects of students' perceptionsabout collaborative writing is the development of cooperation between them in the learning process(storch 2018), which improves their writing abilities and skills (zhang 2018).