First, in this study, data sources were drawn from Dissertation Abstracts International, Electronic Theses and
Dissertations System in Taiwan, EBSCO Databases, ERIC Clearinghouse, and Education Full Text. The result showed
a total of 188 studies, all conducted by Taiwanese researchers, on writing research. Among these 188 studies, only a
small amount of research studies were published in the internationally referred journals. The rest were theses,
dissertations, and reports. The small number of the English writing research articles indicates that more research in
English language writing field is further required. This study advocates the growth of scholarship on EFL writing in
Taiwan.
Second, from the findings concerning the problems being investigated in this paper, it has demonstrated that more and
more writing instructors have become interested in using computer technology to help students compose in English.
Given the rapid change of technology in modern times, computer technology has shortened the distance between
countries around the world and it has opened up new and exciting possibilities for instructors to teach EFL writing. In
recent years e-mail exchanges, online English learning, Plug-in Learning Object Module, Weblog networks
implementation have been the central focus of EFL writing literature. It is expected that research in this field will
continue to grow in EFL writing research in Taiwan.
Third, the age group being researched most was at the college level and the subjects being studied were mostly from
English majors at colleges. This is partly because writing researchers in Taiwan are university professors and they tend