STUDENT METACOGNITIVE AWARENESS IN L2 WRITING: COMPETENCE VS. PERFORMANCE [PDF]
Writing in a second language certainly embodies constraints that are not met in L1 writing due to numerous decisions L2 learners make while producing a text.
Milenkovic, Branka
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Learners’ Engagement with Written Corrective Feedback and their L2 Writing Performance
This research study explored learners’ engagement with written corrective feedback (WCF) and subsequent second language (L2) writing performance changes.
Nadia A. Alshahrani (9725694)
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This study investigated cognitive factors that might influence Chinese EFL learners’ argumentative essay writing in English. The factors that were explored included English (L2) language proficiency, Chinese (L1) writing ability, genre knowledge, use of ...
Lu, Yanbin
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The effects of L1 on L2 writing and translation: A case study
This article examines the perceptions and attitudes of Japanese university students regarding two types of writing tasks: writing directly in L2 and translating from L1 into L2.
Yasunari Fujii
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Sentiment and Sentence Similarity as Predictors of Integrated and Independent L2 Writing Performance
This study aimed to utilize sentiment and sentence similarity analyses, two Natural Language Processing techniques, to see if and how well they could predict L2 Writing Performance in integrated and independent task conditions.
Kutay Uzun, Ömer Gökhan Ulum
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Recently, there has been a surge of interest in the exploration of psychological properties in a second language context. Considerable literature has grown up around the influence of these psychological properties on L2 writing specifically. However, the
Chen Zhang, Wenzhong Zhang
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Portfolio-based Writing Instruction as a Venue to Provide Corrective Feedback on EFL Learners’ Writing Performance [PDF]
It is an underestimated topic whether or not providing corrective feedback through portfolio-based writing instruction can be effective. Hence, the purpose of the current study was to investigate the effect of providing corrective feedback through ...
Hussein Meihami +2 more
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Self-Regulated Learning and Sociodemographic Factors in Students’ L1/L2 Writing Proficiency
Academic writing is a complex and demanding activity in which students have to regulate their (meta)cognitive, motivational, and linguistic processes and self-regulatory writing strategies might serve as a tool to accomplish writing tasks.
Anela Nikcevic-Milkovic +2 more
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Examining the Effects of Writing Instruction through Blogging on Second Language Writing Performance and Anxiety [PDF]
This study investigated the effects of blog-mediated instruction on English-as-a-foreign language (EFL) learners’ writing performance and anxiety. In addition, it aimed to probe into the EFL learners’ attitudes towards blog-mediated writing instruction ...
Jalil Fathi, Saeed Nourzadeh
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Writing Center Visitors: Influence of L1 Writing Skills on Students’ Exophonic Writings
This study investigated the influence of acquired L1 writing skills on exophonic writings of students ( N = 147) from diverse majors, who visited an English writing center for assistance. Affective differences revealed students with L1 writing tutelage (
Yvette Denise Murdoch +2 more
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