Exploring the effects of target-language extramural activities on students’ written production

IF 5 1区文学 Q1 LINGUISTICS

Journal of Second Language Writing Pub Date : 2023-10-17 DOI:10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101062

Henrik Kaatari , Tove Larsson , Ying Wang , Seda Acikara-Eickhoff , Pia Sundqvist

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Abstract

Frequent engagement in English extramural activities (i.e., activities that take place outside the classroom) has been found to have a positive impact on EFL learners’ vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension. In the present study, we aim to extend our knowledge of the possible impact of extramural activities into the realm of second-language writing. Specifically, we investigate the relationship among a number of English extramural activities and two aspects of writing development: lexical diversity and noun phrase complexity. The data are drawn from the Swedish Learner English Corpus (SLEC) which includes texts produced by Swedish secondary school students. The corpus also includes information on how many hours per week students (i) engage in conversations in English, (ii) communicate in English while playing computer/video games, (iii) read in English, (iv) spend time on social media with English content, (v) and watch TV shows or movies in English. The results show that reading in English leads to higher frequency of adjectival modification, whereas conversing in English and watching TV programs positively impact lexical diversity. The results of the study have implications for discussions about the role of L2 classroom instruction vis-à-vis learners’ extramural activities.

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探讨目的语课外活动对学生写作的影响

研究发现，经常参加英语课外活动（即课堂外活动）对英语学习者的词汇知识和阅读理解有积极影响。在本研究中，我们的目的是将校外活动可能产生的影响扩展到第二语言写作领域。具体来说，我们研究了许多英语课外活动与写作发展的两个方面之间的关系：词汇多样性和名词短语复杂性。这些数据来自瑞典学习者英语语料库（SLEC），其中包括瑞典中学生制作的文本。语料库还包括学生每周有多少小时的信息：（i）用英语进行对话，（ii）在玩电脑/视频游戏时用英语交流，（iii）用英语阅读，（iv）在社交媒体上花时间阅读英语内容，（v）观看英语电视节目或电影。结果表明，英语阅读会导致更高频率的形容词修饰，而英语对话和观看电视节目会对词汇多样性产生积极影响。研究结果对讨论二语课堂教学相对于学习者课外活动的作用具有启示意义。

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Journal of Second Language Writing LINGUISTICS-

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8.80

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59 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Second Language Writing is devoted to publishing theoretically grounded reports of research and discussions that represent a significant contribution to current understandings of central issues in second and foreign language writing and writing instruction. Some areas of interest are personal characteristics and attitudes of L2 writers, L2 writers'' composing processes, features of L2 writers'' texts, readers'' responses to L2 writing, assessment/evaluation of L2 writing, contexts (cultural, social, political, institutional) for L2 writing, and any other topic clearly relevant to L2 writing theory, research, or instruction.