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Comparing contract cheating papers and L2 university student papers using lexical complexity analysis: An exploratory study

International Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2021
Instructors typically use widely available plagiarism detection tools to uncover overlapping vocabulary with other texts; however, they lack empirical evidence on measures differentiating between student writing and outsourced papers.
Kathleen Bailey, Eniko Csomay
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The tool for the automatic analysis of lexical sophistication (TAALES): version 2.0 [PDF]

Behavior Research Methods, 2017
This study introduces the second release of the Tool for the Automatic Analysis of Lexical Sophistication (TAALES 2.0), a freely available and easy-to-use text analysis tool. TAALES 2.0 is housed on a user's hard drive (allowing for secure data processing) and is available on most operating systems (Windows, Mac, and Linux). TAALES 2.0 adds 316 indices
Kristopher, Kyle, Scott, Crossley, Cynthia, Berger   +2 more
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A longitudinal study of L2 historical writing

Ibérica, 2022
Unlike most research performed to date on writing proficiency in formal settings—which is cross-sectional and unrelated to disciplinary content—the aim of this paper is to offer a longitudinal description of the lexical richness in the L2 historical ...
Adrián Granados, María Dolores López-Jiménez, Francisco Lorenzo   +2 more
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The relationship between receptive and productive vocabulary of Slavic EFL learners

Topics in Linguistics, 2016
This study investigates the relationship between learners’ receptive vocabulary knowledge as measured by the Vocabulary Size Test (Nation and Beglar, 2007) and free productive vocabulary knowledge as demonstrated by the learners when writing a short ...
Šišková Zdislava
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Topic familiarity and story continuation in young English as a foreign language learners’ writing tasks

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
Prior research demonstrates that primary and secondary school teachers often find teaching young learners to write in a second language a slow and effortful process. Moreover, students in this age range lack the motivation to write.
Gavin Bui, Xueya Luo
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Rater judgments and word difficulty: Conceptualizing the substantive validity of the VST

Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2022
The substantive component of construct validity requires a confrontation between empirical test results and content relevance. The Vocabulary Size Test (VST) has been extensively validated in terms of empirical results.
Derek N. Canning, Stuart McLean, Joseph P. Vitta   +2 more
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Relations of linguistic features, rhetorical moves, and writing quality in academic writing of secondary students

International Journal of Educational Research Open
Understanding what features characterize proficient writing and how linguistic and rhetorical features contribute to writing quality is crucial in understanding the complexity of writing and written text.
Undarmaa Maamuujav
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Exploring Lexical Sophistication in Second Language: An Analysis of Vocabulary Using a Word-Rating Method

Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition
Previous research has established that determining lexical sophistication (i.e., the percentage of sophisticated words in a text) through the judgment of teachers on a corpus of words is a more accurate method than relying on word frequency-based lists.
Eihab Abu-Rabiah
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Some trends in vocabulary research: A discussion of three papers presented at the JALT Vocabulary SIG

Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2022
The Japanese context is a particularly rich area for a wide range of vocabulary research. I was therefore quite honored (and humbled) to be asked to serve as one of the discussants for the 2022 JALT Vocabulary SIG.
Kristopher Kyle
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Using Learner Corpora to Inform Material Development and Classroom Practices

Babylonia
This article examines how a university in Japan uses a longitudinal learner corpus to bridge the gap between research and classroom practice in a two-year English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program.
Gavin Brooks
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