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Hsin-Yi Cyndi Huang; Ming-Fen Lo; Chiung-Jung Tseng – Educational Technology & Society, 2024
This study investigated the effectiveness of applying pedagogical translanguaging by utilizing Google Translate to facilitate college juniors in writing presentation scripts. Participants included 109 non-English major juniors divided into high- and low-proficiency groups, with 56 and 53 students, respectively. Each participant first drafted their…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computational Linguistics
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Lei, Jiun-Iung – English Language Teaching, 2020
While Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) can perform an error diagnosis (Chen & Cheng, 2008), previous studies used to exclude it from the process of error analysis. This study aimed to examine the reactions of Grammarly Premium towards a group of night school students' English writings at a Taiwanese technical university. The participants of…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Computer Software, Error Analysis (Language), Second Language Learning
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Tsai, Shu-Chiao – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
This study investigates the effectiveness of using Google Translate as a translingual CALL tool in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing, keyed to the perceptions of both more highly proficient Chinese English major university students and less-proficient non-English majors. After watching a 5-minute passage from a movie, each cohort of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Translation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Tsai, Shu-Chiao – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
This study investigates the impact on extemporaneous English-language first drafts by using Google Translate (GT) in three different tasks assigned to Chinese sophomore, junior, and senior students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) majoring in English. Students wrote first in Chinese (Step 1), then drafted corresponding texts in English (Step…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Software
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Lai, Yi-hsiu – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate problems and potentials of new technologies in English writing education. The effectiveness of automated writing evaluation (AWE) ("MY Access") and of peer evaluation (PE) was compared. Twenty-two English as a foreign language (EFL) learners in Taiwan participated in this study. They submitted…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Writing Evaluation, Peer Evaluation, Grading
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Chen, Chi-Fen Emily; Cheng, Wei-Yuan Eugene – Language Learning & Technology, 2008
Automated writing evaluation (AWE) software is designed to provide instant computer-generated scores for a submitted essay along with diagnostic feedback. Most studies on AWE have been conducted on psychometric evaluations of its validity; however, studies on how effectively AWE is used in writing classes as a pedagogical tool are limited. This…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Writing Evaluation, Instructional Effectiveness, Foreign Countries