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Bin Chen; Jinyan Huang – SAGE Open, 2023
This study examined Chinese EFL researchers' English abstract writing in language education. Using open-ended questionnaires, it first investigated 24 Chinese EFL researchers' perceptions of their challenges in writing English abstracts. Using generalizability theory and follow-up interviews, it then invited 16 experienced English journal…
Descriptors: Researchers, Academic Language, Documentation, Attitudes
Wallwork, Adrian – Springer, 2023
This guide draws on English-related errors from around 6000 papers written by non-native authors, 500 abstracts written by PhD students, and over 2000 hours of teaching researchers how to write and present research papers. This new edition has chapters on exploiting AI tools such as ChatGPT, Google Translate, and Reverso, for generating,…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Research, Grammar, Language Usage
UK Department for Education, 2024
This report sets out the findings of the technical development work completed as part of the Use Cases for Generative AI in Education project, commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE) in September 2023. It has been published alongside the User Research Report, which sets out the findings from the ongoing user engagement activity…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Software, Computational Linguistics
Botarleanu, Robert-Mihai; Dascalu, Mihai; Watanabe, Micah; Crossley, Scott Andrew; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2022
Age of acquisition (AoA) is a measure of word complexity which refers to the age at which a word is typically learned. AoA measures have shown strong correlations with reading comprehension, lexical decision times, and writing quality. AoA scores based on both adult and child data have limitations that allow for error in measurement, and increase…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Vocabulary Development, Correlation, Reading Comprehension
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Phoophuangpairoj, Rong; Pipattarasakul, Piyarat – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2022
During the pandemic of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), English as a foreign language (EFL) students have to study and submit their assignments and quizzes through online systems using electronic files instead of hardcopies. This has created an opportunity for teachers to use computer tools to conduct preliminary assessment of the students'…
Descriptors: Essays, Writing Evaluation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Erarslan, Ali – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2021
Metadiscourse is a tool for writers to guide and interact with readers through texts. Yet in most student texts, one of the points lacking is the interaction between writers and readers. In this study, frequency and type of interactive and interactional metadiscourse features were explored via students' research-based essays based on Hyland's…
Descriptors: Correlation, Taxonomy, Essays, Discourse Analysis