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Lexical richness in Chinese university students’ EFL writing: a corpus-based comparison

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Lexical richness (LR) is widely recognized as a key indicator of proficiency among learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). With the rise of numerous software tools capable of automatically measuring LR in recent years, LR has received increasing
Yang Yang, Xubo He
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Investigating the Impact of Dialogic and Trialogic Interactive Factors on Chinese Advanced L2 learners’ Vocabulary Use in Spoken Contexts

Languages
The main objective of this study is to investigate how interactive factors affect the vocabulary usage of second language learners in their spoken language. Participants were 24 L1 Chinese undergraduate students of L2 English at an advanced level.
Yixin Wang-Taylor, Jon Clenton, Yinna Ren   +2 more
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The role of AI-mediated metacognitive interventions in EFL writing development: A cross-sectional study of textual accuracy, lexical sophistication, and cohesion

Acta Psychologica
This paper examines the role of generative AI support in enhancing the quality of English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) writing in Chinese higher education by enhancing the metacognitive control of the learners in real coursework.
Kunming Fan, Ting Gao
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Lexical Richness of the Expository Writing in Indonesian Senior High School Students

Lingual, 2018
Learning a foreign language is often related to knowing the words which called lexical richness. This study investigates the lexical richness in senior high school. The data was taken from the students’ writing on expository essay.
Fara Wahyu Astridya
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A computational investigation of the relationship between lexical sophistication and writing competence using the automatic analysis of lexical sophistication program

Secondary English Education, 2021
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Lexical Demands and Features of English Textbooks for Vietnamese 10th Graders: An In-depth Comparison of Listening Sections

SAGE Open
English textbooks are the most pivotal learning materials in the EFL context. However, in Vietnam, English textbooks for general education are randomized by schools, which arouses a problem of whether they are equivalent for students to gain the same ...
Nhi Hoa Mai, Nam Nhat Lien, Nguyen Huynh Trang   +2 more
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Developing proficient ESP writers: an in-depth exploration of cohesive devices in vocational education

Cogent Education
Cohesive devices play a vital role in genre-based writing but remain underexplored in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) contexts. This study investigates how Indonesian vocational ESP students employ cohesion in written genres. Using a qualitative text
Lutfi Ashar Mauludin, Triubaida Maya Ardianti, Widya Ratna Kusumaningrum   +2 more
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A new approach to measuring lexical sophistication in L2 oral production

, 2013
The aims of this chapter are a) to give a comprehensive description of a new tool for lexical profiling by reporting how it was developed, and b) to indicate possible areas of use and future developments of the tool. The tool has been used for measuring the lexical sophistication of Swedish learners of French and Italian.
Lindqvist, Christina, Gudmundson, Anna, Bardel, Camilla   +2 more
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A Study on Linguistic Features of Chinese ESL and EFL Learners’ Writing: A Learning Context Perspective

SAGE Open
English learning contexts are typically categorized as English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL). ESL pertains to English acquisition in regions where it is an official language, while EFL refers to contexts where it is ...
Chao Zhang, Ruoxi Li
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Computationally derived linguistic features of L2 narrative essays and their relations to human-judged writing quality

Language Testing in Asia
Computational tools have become increasingly prevalent in the analysis and evaluation of various linguistic dimensions in second language (L2) writing pedagogy and research.
Mostafa Janebi Enayat
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