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Do EFL Learners Use Different Grammatical Complexity Features in Writing across Registers?
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Qin, Wenjuan; Zhang, Xizi – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
In successful writing development, English as a foreign language (EFL) learners not only need to acquire grammatical complexity (GC) features but also know when and how to use them flexibly across communicative contexts, known as register flexibility. The present study, guided by the sociocultural theory of language learning, examines descriptive…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Writing (Composition), Grammar
Textual Borrowing in Science Summaries: Upper-Elementary and Middle School Students Learning to Write the Language of Science
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Qin, Wenjuan; Uccelli, Paola – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
In writing science summaries, student writers frequently borrow language fragments from source texts. While taking a text's ideas verbatim is commonly considered a failure in writers' expected use of their own words or even plagiarism, imitating "linguistic chunks" from skilled speakers is also an effective practice in language…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Science Education, Writing (Composition)
Textual Borrowing in Science Summaries: Upper-Elementary and Middle School Students Learning to Write the Language of Science
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Qin, Wenjuan; Uccelli, Paola – Grantee Submission, 2021
In writing science summaries, student writers frequently borrow language fragments from source texts. While taking a text's ideas verbatim is commonly considered a failure in writers' expected use of their own words or even plagiarism, imitating "linguistic chunks" from skilled speakers is also an effective practice in language…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Science Education, Writing (Composition)