Effects of proficiency and collaborative work on child EFL individual dictogloss writing

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2021-07-27 DOI:10.1075/ltyl.20003.cal

Asier Calzada, M. Mayo

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Abstract

Collaborative writing has been traditionally studied in terms of language-related episodes (LREs), which have been shown to be influenced by learner proficiency. Yet, the impact of collaboration on the written product has received less attention, especially regarding child EFL learners. Our study analyzes the individual reconstructions produced by 30 Spanish-Basque EFL children (aged 11–12) before and after (T1 and T3) they completed a collaborative dictogloss (T2). From the analysis of their LREs at T2, we predicted that certain areas (grammar and mechanics) could reflect more changes at T3 than others. Moreover, we wanted to determine whether those changes were moderated by the learners’ and their partners’ proficiency at T2: low (LP) or high (HP). Text-based and rubric measurements showed that only grammatical complexity improved in children’s individual writing from T1 to T3. Regarding proficiency, LP children performed significantly worse than their HP counterparts at T1 and T3 in most writing dimensions. Partner proficiency only influenced accuracy, and unexpectedly, working with an LP partner did not appear to have a detrimental effect. Our findings stress the need to carry out longitudinal studies to further determine the role of collaboration in L2 writing and knowledge development.

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熟练程度和协作对儿童英语个人释义写作的影响

传统上，合作写作的研究是以语言相关情节(LREs)的形式进行的，而语言相关情节受学习者熟练程度的影响。然而，合作对书面成果的影响却很少受到关注，尤其是对儿童英语学习者而言。我们的研究分析了30名西班牙-巴斯克语儿童(11-12岁)在完成合作字词注释(T2)之前和之后(T1和T3)所产生的个体重建。从他们在T2时的LREs分析中，我们预测某些领域(语法和力学)在T3时可能比其他领域反映出更多的变化。此外，我们想要确定这些变化是否受到学习者及其伴侣在T2:低(LP)或高(HP)熟练程度的调节。基于文本和标题的测量表明，从T1到T3，儿童的个人写作只有语法复杂性有所提高。就熟练程度而言，低语速儿童在大多数写作维度上的表现显著低于高语速儿童。合伙人熟练程度只影响准确性，出乎意料的是，与有限合伙人合作似乎没有有害影响。我们的研究结果强调有必要进行纵向研究，以进一步确定合作在第二语言写作和知识发展中的作用。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.