In the peer feedback literature the topic of students' enjoyment is largely unexplored, and attention to the emotional differences between feedback givers and receivers is unbalanced. To address this gap, the present study examined the enjoyment differences of Chinese graduate students (N = 32), performing consecutively the role of feedback givers…

This study explores Chinese English-major students' intertextual competence and factors shaping their ability to paraphrase in academic writing. Multiple instruments were employed to collect data from 212 English-major students at different academic levels from nine universities in mainland China. The data were analyzed to determine how a range of…

Textual plagiarism is a serious violation of established academic protocols, but it requires considerable writing experience and care to avoid as well. Although student understanding of textual plagiarism and their plagiaristic behaviour in English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts have been quite well…