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Although research into peer review claimed some convenience and benefits of executing online or computer-mediated-communication peer revisions in writing courses, few of them mentioned the control of the peer reviewing process via the help of technology. This paper depicts a possibility of creating a controlling online system on the one hand, and the process of executing it on the other. Using the subjects who were studying English as a foreign language, the preliminary study has shown some merits but raised some precautions of conducting this system for future studies.
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We are grateful for the funds of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of China under the contract numbers MOST 102-2221-E035-068, MOST 103-2221-E035-051, MOST 103-2511-S-468-002 and MOST 105-2511-S-035-002-MY2.
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Shen, WW., Tsai, MH.M., Lin, JM. (2017). The Ideal and Reality of Implementing Technology into English Language Teaching: A Case Study of Using a Peer Review System. In: Huang, TC., Lau, R., Huang, YM., Spaniol, M., Yuen, CH. (eds) Emerging Technologies for Education. SETE 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10676. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71084-6_44
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