Collaborative Practices in an Unmediated Online TESL Forum

Abstract

This paper examines the type of collaborative practices that are carried out by Malaysian English language teachers in an unmediated public online TESL forum. The collaborative practices are analysed using a schema adapted from Riding (2001), and are scrutinized in terms of the contents of the new messages posted. Findings yield eight types of collaborative practices. Findings also indicate the teachers’ will and desire to collaborate with other teachers in many ways to achieve common goals.