Individual Writing Improvement in a Collaborative Context: An Analysis of Uzbek Undergraduates in South Korea

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Asian Journal of English Language Teaching ›› 2026, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (2) : 102-126.

Individual Writing Improvement in a Collaborative Context: An Analysis of Uzbek Undergraduates in South Korea

Jiayu ZHANG

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This study explores the individual writing progress of three Uzbekistani undergraduates within a collaborative context at a South Korean university. Utilizing both qualitative and quantitative methods, the study focused on students' perceptions of their progress and analyzed their writing samples for fluency, syntactic complexity, and accuracy. Key findings indicate that students perceived improvements primarily in idea generation and organizational structure. Quantitative analyses further showed that writing fluency demonstrated the most consistent and substantial growth across the semester, whereas syntactic complexity exhibited only modest and fluctuating development rather than uniform improvement. Accuracy gains were differentiated by proficiency: students with lower initial proficiency showed clearer improvement, while the higher-proficiency participant displayed relatively stable performance. These results highlight the importance of tailoring collaborative pedagogical approaches to accommodate diverse proficiency levels and to recognize that different aspects of writing improvement respond differently to collaborative writing tasks. The study's limitations include a small participant pool and limited sample size, suggesting the need for further research with a larger and more diverse group over an extended period.

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Jiayu ZHANG. (2026). Individual Writing Improvement in a Collaborative Context: An Analysis of Uzbek Undergraduates in South Korea.Asian Journal of English Language Teaching , 35(2): 102-126

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