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Journal of Language and Education, 2023 Background. Advances in automated analyses of written discourse have made available a wide range of indices that can be used to better understand linguistic features present in language users’ discourse and the relationships these metrics hold with ...
Randy Appel, Angel Arias
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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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Developmental Features of Lexical Richness in English Writings by Chinese Beginner Learners
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,
Huiping Zhang, Ming Chen, Xuelan Li
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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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Developmental Features of Lexical Richness in English Writings by Chinese L3 Beginner Learners
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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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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Lexical Sophistication in the Discussion Section of MA Theses Authored by Iranian EFL vs. English Students: A Coh-Metrix Report on Similarities and Differences [PDF]
Issues in Language Teaching, 2023 This study compared the Discussion section of theses written by M.A. English L1 and L2 students regarding lexical sophistication. Certain linguistic features were applied to investigate whether texts written in English L2 had any similarities or ...
Masoud Azadnia
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The Relationship between Syntactic and Lexical Complexity in Speech Monologues of EFL Learners [PDF]
Applied Research on English Language, 2019 : This study aims to explore the relationship between syntactic and lexical complexity and also the relationship between different aspects of lexical complexity.
Aso Bayazidi +2 more
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Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition, 2022 This study aims to explore the missing link between English textbooks used in high schools (9th-12th grades) and English university entrance exams (2010-2019) in Turkey on lexical and syntactic complexity levels by using corpus linguistics tools ...
Tan Arda Gedik, Yağmur Su Kolsal
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Glottodidactica, 2021 In line with Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST), the aim of the paper is to examine dynamics and causality among the growth rates of lexical sophistication in L2 writing development.
KATARZYNA ROKOSZEWSKA
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