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The Role of Digital Literacy in Student Engagement with Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) Feedback on Second Language Writing
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Zhe Zhang; Ken Hyland – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
Research on second language (L2) writing suggests that student engagement with automated writing evaluation (AWE) feedback is influenced by various individual and contextual factors. Little attention, however, has been given to the role that students' digital literacy can play in this process. Increasingly, digital literacy is becoming…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Using Model Essays in Conjunction with Noticing as a Feedback Instrument in IELTS Writing Preparation
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Tieu, L.T.C.; Baker, John R. – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
This study investigated the effects of using IELTS model essays in conjunction with noticing as a feedback instrument on Vietnamese undergraduates' IELTS Task 2 writing performance. To investigate this, a quasi-experimental design was undertaken. The control group used the course textbook and received traditional writing feedback (i.e. direct,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Essays
An Investigation into the Effect of Dynamic Assessment on the EFL Learners' Process Writing Development
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Rashidi, Nasser; Bahadori Nejad, Zahra – SAGE Open, 2018
The present study was undertaken to explore the practicality and the effect of dynamic assessment on L2 writing ability of Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. To this end, 17 EFL learners divided into two groups, participated in this article. Then, dynamic assessment procedure was done in three steps, topic-choice,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
L2 Learners' Engagement with Automated Feedback: An Eye-Tracking Study
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Liu, Sha; Yu, Guoxing – Language Learning & Technology, 2022
This study used eye-tracking, in combination with stimulated recalls and reflective journals, to investigate L2 learners' engagement with automated feedback and the impact of feedback explicitness and accuracy on their engagement. Twenty-four Chinese EFL learners revised their writing through Write & Improve with Cambridge, a new automated…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Feedback (Response)
L2 Writing Task Representation in Test-Like and Non-Test-Like Situations
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Khuder, Baraa; Harwood, Nigel – Written Communication, 2019
This mixed-methods study investigates writers' task representation and the factors affecting it in test-like and non-test-like conditions. Five advanced-level L2 writers wrote two argumentative essays each, one in test-like conditions and the other in non-test-like conditions where the participants were allowed to use all the time and online…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Advanced Students, Essays
Exploring Second Language Writers' Pausing and Revision Behaviors: A Mixed-Methods Study
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Revesz, Andrea; Michel, Marije; Lee, Minjin – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
This study investigated the cognitive processes underlying pauses at different textual locations (e.g., within/between words) and various levels of revision (e.g., below word/clause). We used stimulated recall, keystroke logging, and eye-tracking methodology in combination to examine pausing and revision behaviors. Thirty advanced Chinese L2 users…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Revision (Written Composition), English (Second Language), Language Tests