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Ebadi, Saman; Gholami, Mina; Vakili, Shokoufeh – Computers in the Schools, 2023
Online grammar checkers have increasingly been used in writing instruction to detect and remove English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' grammatical errors. This study investigated the effects of the automated writing evaluation software "Grammarly" on Iranian EFL learners' article errors which are common in EFL writing. Ninety…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Azizullah Mirzaei; Hanieh Shafiee Rad; Ebrahim Rahimi – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
The Attention, Relevance, Confidence, and Satisfaction (ARCS) model provides a basis for integrating motivational dynamics and technological affordances into the design and implementation of instructions to maintain learner motivation and interest. Little attention has been paid to this potential in teaching the complex and often demotivating…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Mohammadi, Mojtaba; Zarrabi, Maryam; Kamali, Jaber – International Journal of Language Testing, 2023
With the incremental integration of technology in writing assessment, technology-generated feedback has found its way to take further steps toward replacing human corrective feedback and rating. Yet, further investigation is deemed necessary regarding its potential use either as a supplement to or replacement for human feedback. This study aims to…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Writing Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Computer Assisted Testing
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Hosseinpur, Rasoul Mohammad; Pour, Hossein Hosseini – TESL-EJ, 2022
A compelling body of evidence suggests that EFL students have problem with logical connectors' appropriate use in writing. This study explored Iranian EFL students' adversative connectors use in their essay writing course. To this end, a Learner Corpus of 60393 words consisting of 156 essays was compiled. LOCNESS was chosen as the criterion…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
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Ebadi, Saman; Rahimi, Masoud – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
Drawing on Vygotskian sociocultural theory of mind and social constructivism, and adopting a sequential exploratory mixed-methods approach, this study explored the impact of online dynamic assessment (DA) on EFL learners' academic writing skills through one-on-one individual and online synchronous DA sessions over Google Docs. It also investigated…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Sociocultural Patterns
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Bagheridoust, Esmaeil; Husseini, Zahra – English Language Teaching, 2011
Writing as one important skill in language proficiency demands validity, hence high schools are real places in which valid results are needed for high-stake decisions. Unrealistic and non-viable tests result in improper and invalid interpretation and use. Illustrations without any written research have proved their effectiveness in whatsoever…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning