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Xu, Jun – L2 Journal, 2022
While the use of machine translation (MT) in the classroom has been explored from various perspectives, the relationship between language proficiency and MT use regarding learners' behaviors and beliefs remains unclear in the research literature. This study focused on four Japanese learners with various language proficiencies from a fourth-year…
Descriptors: Translation, Japanese, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
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Boettger, Ryan K.; Emory Moore, Lindsay – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2018
We investigated the perception and recognition of errors in a population of practitioners and academics in professional and technical communication. Specifically, we measured 303 participants' botheration levels of 24 usage errors and then correlated those results against their ability to recognize the errors. Results indicated that practitioners…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Error Patterns, Business Communication, Language Usage
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Iversen, Jakob H.; Eierman, Michael A. – Journal of Education and Learning, 2018
This study continues a long running effort to examine collaborative writing and editing tools and the factors that impact Task-Technology Fit and Technology Acceptance. Previous studies found that MS Word/email performed better than technologies such as Twiki, Google Docs, and Office Live. The current study seeks to examine specifically the impact…
Descriptors: Influence of Technology, Collaborative Writing, Undergraduate Students, Computer Mediated Communication
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Ishikawa, Shin'ichiro – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
Although the ESL Composition Profile (CP) has been widely used by scholars as a well-balanced rubric for learner essay evaluation, it is not necessarily easy for L2 teachers to rate students' essays based on the five criteria of the CP. This indicates the necessity to explore reliable alternatives to the CP. This article, therefore, compares three…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Writing Evaluation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Hoang, Giang Thi Linh; Kunnan, Antony John – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2016
Computer technology made its way into writing instruction and assessment with spelling and grammar checkers decades ago, but more recently it has done so with automated essay evaluation (AEE) and diagnostic feedback. And although many programs and tools have been developed in the last decade, not enough research has been conducted to support or…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Essays, Writing Evaluation, English (Second Language)
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Li, Zhi; Hegelheimer, Volker – Language Learning & Technology, 2013
In this paper, we report on the development and implementation of a web-based mobile application, "Grammar Clinic," for an ESL writing class. Drawing on insights from the interactionist approach to Second Language Acquisition (SLA), the Noticing Hypothesis, and mobile-assisted language learning (MALL), "Grammar Clinic" was…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Grammar, Editing, English (Second Language)