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The influence of metalinguistic awareness on cross-contextual communication effectiveness: a perspective on instructional intervention design. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Cai J, Wu M.
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Comparing the Effects of Collaborative and Independent Writing on EFL Learners’ Individual Writing Performance: An Intervention Study

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Collaborative writing has attracted increasing attention in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instruction due to its potential to enhance learners’ writing competence. However, few studies have examined the comparative effects of collaborative versus independent writing on EFL learners’ individual performance, especially in higher‐order ...
Ting Huang, Chenze Wu, Wenkang Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Transforming uncertainty into exploration: effects of text-to-image AI on EFL learners' writing anxiety, motivation, and performance. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Chen D.
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Measuring Interactional Competence in a Japanese University EFL Speaking Context

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ability to interact is an integral aspect of speaking proficiency. Therefore, methods of assessing interaction need to be incorporated into second language (L2) speaking tests. The main purpose of this exploratory study is to attempt to quantify interactional competence (IC) in a Japanese university EFL (English as a foreign language ...
Paul Garside
wiley   +1 more source

Writing creativity, cohesion, and formal linguistic competence in LLMs: A comparative evaluation based on English and Chinese continuation writing. [PDF]

PLoS One
Zhang Y, Zhou T, Li Y, Xu Y, Li T, Wang J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing Argument Quality in L2 Argumentative Writing: Integrating Argument Elements and Intellectual Standards

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many existing rubrics for L2 argumentative writing prioritize form‐based linguistic accuracy and complexity while insufficiently addressing substantive argumentative rigor and effectiveness. This limitation is further complicated by cross‐cultural variation in rhetorical conventions and educational practices, which challenge the direct ...
Zihan Xu, Peiyun Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Structural language profiles in children with autism spectrum disorder and developmental language disorder: a systematic review. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Doghadze I, Gagoshidze T.
europepmc   +1 more source

THE IMPACT OF LEXICAL CHUNKS ON EVALUATING LEXICAL COMPETENCE IN PRIMARY SCHOOL LEARNERS

For primary school students in particular, lexical competence is essential to language learning. This study looks at how lexical chunks—predefined word groups that are frequently used together—help young learners improve and evaluate their lexical competency.
openaire   +1 more source

Doing Item Reviewing in and Through Interaction: What It Takes to Problematize and Revise a Language Test Item

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study brings an interactional perspective to item reviewing (IR) as one of the critical language test construction stages by using conversation analysis. Drawing on video recordings of IR sessions in an English preparatory school at the tertiary level, it examines how EFL teachers problematize and revise syllabus‐based language test items
Hümeyra Can, Çiler Hatipoğlu
wiley   +1 more source

Conceptualizing the Humanized Hospital: A Multidimensional Textual Data Analysis from Undergraduate Nursing Students' Perspectives. [PDF]

Nurs Rep
Lo Monaco M, Littlemouse G, Anastasi G, Gheorghe R, Latina R, Figura M.   +5 more
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