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Developmental Features of Lexical Richness in English Writings by Chinese Beginner Learners [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 This paper reports a cross-sectional study that investigates the developmental features in second language writings by Chinese beginner learners of English by using four lexical richness measures—lexical sophistication, lexical variation, lexical density,
Zhang Huiping
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Developmental Features of Lexical Richness in English Writings by Chinese L3 Beginner Learners [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Lexical richness is considered as one of the most efficient methods for assessing writing proficiency and development. However, the developmental features of lexical richness in L3 writing remain relatively poorly understood compared with that of L2 ...
Xuelan Li, Huiping Zhang
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The effects of genre on the lexical richness of argumentative and expository writing by Chinese EFL learners [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Lexical richness, a crucial aspect of L2 writing research, has been shown to make a difference in L2 writing performance. Nonetheless, the majority of empirical studies have focused either on a single text type or on the comparison between narrative and ...
Renquan Heng, Liping Pu, Xing Liu
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Language Testing in Asia, 2021 This study proposed an innovative automated approach to differentiation of the vocabulary proficiency of Chinese speakers. A robust K-means algorithm was designed to compare the oral proficiency between L1 and L2 Chinese speakers regarding lexical ...
Yanhui Zhang, Zhang Yanhui
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The Effects of Task Type on Iranian EFL Learners’ Use of Lexical Diversity and Sophistication [PDF]
Applied Research on English Language, 2021 EFL learners’ ability to use advanced and varied vocabulary is a crucial issue in writing performance. This study aimed to investigate the effect of writing task type on lexical diversity and sophistication.
Ali Akbar Ansarin +2 more
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Heritage Spanish Speakers’ Writing Development: Online vs. In-Person Peer-Tutoring Interventions
Ikala: Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura, 2022 This article analyzes the writing development of heritage speakers (hs) of Spanish in an intermediate level composition course at the University of California, Davis. The data comprised 480 essays written by 80 students from two groups: one who received
Claire Julia Lozano, Agustina Carando
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Lexical richness of newspaper editorials published in Southeast Asian countries
Studies in English Language and Education, 2020 This paper investigates the lexical richness of newspaper editorials written by the writers from ESL (English as a Second Language) and EFL (English as a Foreign Language) of Southeast Asian countries.
Dwi Indarti
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Languages, 2021 A need exists to address how the availability of digital platforms plays a role in collaborative writing. Further, interest has emerged to understand heritage language (HL) learners’ writing as a result of task-based peer interactions with either second ...
Julio Torres, Nicole A. Vargas Fuentes
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Considerations and challenges in longitudinal studies of lexical features in L2 writing
Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2021 Exploring the longitudinal development of second language (L2) lexical use has been one of the important topics in L2 vocabulary research. One approach to examining longitudinal changes in L2 lexical use is to capture changes in lexical features as ...
Minkyung Kim
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The Structures and Functions of Lexical Bundles in Argumentative Essays by Chinese EFL Students at the Tertiary Level [PDF]
International Journal of TESOL Studies, 2021 The present study investigated and analysed the structures and functions of 3-word to 6-word lexical bundles of 120 English argumentative writing by Chinese EFL students and employed the framework based on Biber et al.’s structural classification and ...
Wenfeng Yang, Qi Fang
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