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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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Ying-Hsueh Cheng – Educational Technology & Society, 2023
Many students who study English as a foreign language (EFL) often find it challenging to paraphrase while writing from source texts. Lacking such an ability can lead to different meanings as well as copying another person's ideas, words or work. However, little research has been done to integrate tool consultation to assist students in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phrase Structure
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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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Yeh, Hui-Chin – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2015
Few studies have investigated how metacognitive processes foster the application of genre knowledge to students' academic writing. This is largely due to its internal and unobservable characteristics. To bridge this gap, an online writing system based on metacognition, involving the stages of planning, monitoring, evaluating, and revising, was…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Statistical Analysis, Academic Discourse, Sampling
Chen, Chi-Fen Emily; Cheng, Wei-Yuan – Online Submission, 2006
The invention of computer-based writing program has revolutionized the way of teaching second language writing. Embedded with artificial intelligence scoring engine, it can provide students with both immediate score and diagnostic feedback on their essays. In addition, some of such programs offer convenient writing and editing tools to facilitate…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Chen, Judy F. – TESL-EJ, 1997
Examined a possible link between computer-generated feedback and changes in writing strategies of English-as-a-foreign-language business-writing students in Taiwan. Numerous detailed analyses were carried out using computer software that measured students' writing, including time spent on a document, amount of editing of a document, specific…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software