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Xia Chen; Jackie Xiu Yan – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2024
Although writing and translation are closely related text productions, their interface has rarely been studied in translator training. This study examined student translators' writing and translation products in terms of their quality, errors and self-perceived mental workload. Data were collected from 11 intermediate-level translation students at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Translation, Writing (Composition)
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Sangmin-Michelle Lee; Nayeon Kang – Language Learning & Technology, 2024
With recent improvements in machine translation (MT) accuracy, MT has gained unprecedented popularity in second language (L2) learning. Despite the significant number of studies on MT use, the effects of using MT on students' retention of learning or secondary school students' use of MT in L2 writing has rarely been researched. The current study…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Writing (Composition), Middle School Students, Foreign Countries
Benjamin S. Naismith – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study investigates how aspects of collocational proficiency affect the ratings that expert examiners give to second language (L2) English learner essays. Lexical proficiency is a multi-faceted phenomenon and certain aspects of it are particularly impactful on human judgements, including lexical sophistication and accuracy. However, the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Writing (Composition), Essays
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Joye, Nelly; Broc, Lucie; Marshall, Chloë Ruth; Dockrell, Julie Elizabeth – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: This study offers the first description of misspellings across elementary school using the Phonological, Orthographic and Morphological Assessment of Spelling (POMAS), a linguistic framework based on Triple Word Form theory, adapted for French (POMAS-FR). It aims to test the "universality" of POMAS and its suitability to track…
Descriptors: Spelling, Elementary School Students, French, Error Patterns
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Marissa, Dian N.; Hamid, Shazia – JALT CALL Journal, 2022
This action research examined the process of integrating students' out-of-school digital literacy into a second language composition class and the role of social mediation in developing learner agency. It involved EFL students with pre-basic and basic proficiency (pre-A1 to A1-A2 on the CEFR level) in a Saudi Arabian university. Using socially…
Descriptors: Semiotics, Technological Literacy, Informal Education, English (Second Language)
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Tolchinsky, Liliana – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2021
Spelling is a language problem-space, not only a school subject. Successful spelling demands going beyond letter to sound mapping and gaining access to a full representation of the orthographic structure of words. We traced bilingual Catalan/Spanish speakers' spelling performance in Catalan across elementary school in two tasks: isolated words to…
Descriptors: Spelling, Verbal Communication, Romance Languages, Bilingualism
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Lahuerta, Ana – Language Learning Journal, 2020
This paper examines written language accuracy in a content and language integrated learning (CLIL) and a non-CLIL instruction context including grade and gender in the analysis. Essays written by 393 third and fourth year CLIL and non-CLIL secondary education students were evaluated by two measures of second language (L2) accuracy: error-free…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Accuracy
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LaHuerta, Ana Cristina – International Journal of English Studies, 2018
The aim of the present study is to compare the writing products of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) university students using accuracy and grammatical complexity as measures. It also aims at examining the development of the morphological, syntactic, lexical, spelling, and punctuation errors committed by these learners when writing in English.…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Grammar, Difficulty Level, Writing (Composition)
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Morgan, Gareth – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
This study examines the effectiveness of the provision of specific input on the use of verb conjugation and tenses to preparatory students at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. This is a well-documented grammatical issue for native Arabic speakers, and was undertaken due to this factor, as well as the students under…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Morphemes, Grammar, Semitic Languages
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McCutchen, Deborah; Stull, Sara – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2015
This study examined the relationship between children's morphological awareness and their ability to produce accurate morphological derivations in writing. Fifth-grade US students (n = 175) completed two writing tasks that invited or required morphological manipulation of words. We examined both accuracy and error, specifically errors in…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Writing (Composition)
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Beers, Scott F.; Berninger, Virginia; Mickail, Terry; Abbott, Robert – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2018
Participants in this study completed an online experiment in which they wrote essays by stylus or keyboard. Three translation measures (length of language burst, length of pauses, and rate of pausing) and four transcription measures (total words, total time, words/minute, and percent spelling errors) for composition were analyzed for two research…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Comparative Analysis, Writing Processes, Essays
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Torrance, Mark; Rønneberg, Vibeke; Johansson, Christer; Uppstad, Per Henning – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2016
It has been hypothesized that students with dyslexia struggle with writing because of a word-level focus that reduces attention to higher level textual features (structure, theme development). This may result from difficulties with spelling and/or difficulties with reading. Twenty-six Norwegian upper secondary students (M = 16.9 years) with weak…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Decoding (Reading), Writing (Composition)
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Arcon, Nina; Klein, Perry D.; Dombroski, Jill D. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2017
Previous research has shown that both dictation and speech-to-text (STT) software can increase the quality of writing for native English speakers. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of these modalities on the written composition and cognitive load of elementary school English language learners (ELLs). In a within-subjects…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Assistive Technology, Computer Software, Handwriting
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Alhaisoni, Eid M.; Al-Zuoud, Khalid M.; Gaudel, Daya Ram – English Language Teaching, 2015
This study reports the types of spelling errors made by the beginner learners of English in the EFL context as well as the major sources underpinning such errors in contextual writing composition tasks. Data were collected from written samples of 122 EFL students (male and female) enrolled in the intensive English language programme during the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Programs
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Mackie, Clare J.; Dockrell, Julie; Lindsay, Geoff – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2013
In this study, we performed a fine grained analysis of writing by children with a specific language impairment (SLI) and examined the contribution of oral language, phonological short-term memory (STM), nonverbal ability, and word reading to three writing constructs (productivity, complexity and accuracy). Forty-six children with SLI were compared…
Descriptors: Spelling, Language Impairments, Language Skills, Oral Language
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