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Direct linkKobayashi, Hiroe; Rinnert, Carol – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2008
This exploratory study, undertaken from a socio-cognitive perspective, aims to investigate the effects of intensive preparatory high school training in L1 and/or L2 essay writing for university entrance exams. The analysis focuses on the task response and structural features in L1 (Japanese) and L2 (English) essays written by first-year Japanese…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, High Schools
Peer reviewedFerris, Dana R. – Journal of Second Language Writing, 1993
Using data from a large second-language (L2) text analysis (160 texts, 62 variables) in which automatic analysis was not used, it is demonstrated that a computer program designed for first-language texts is not accurate enough to capture completely the structures used by L2 writers. Suggestions are offered for an L2 text analysis program. (17…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Language Research, Second Language Learning, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)
