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How L2 student writers engage with automated feedback: A longitudinal perspective

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Assessing Writing Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2025.100919

Li Xiaosa , Ke Ping

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The influence of working memory and proficiency on phraseological growth: A longitudinal study of adjective-noun combinations in Chinese EFL learners’ argumentative writing

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Assessing Writing Pub Date : 2025-01-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2025.100915

Lujie Zheng , Sheena Kaur , Azlin Zaiti Zainal

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Does student assessment literacy matter between motivational constructs and engagement in L2 writing? A survey of Chinese EFL undergraduates

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Assessing Writing Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2025.100916

Jian Xu , Yao Zheng

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Investigating the effectiveness of scaffolded feedback on EFL Saudi students' writing accuracy: A longitudinal classroom-based study

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Assessing Writing Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2024.100910

Abdulaziz Alshahrani , Neomy Storch

{"title":"Investigating the effectiveness of scaffolded feedback on EFL Saudi students' writing accuracy: A longitudinal classroom-based study","authors":"Abdulaziz Alshahrani , Neomy Storch","doi":"10.1016/j.asw.2024.100910","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asw.2024.100910","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite the growing body of research on feedback provided to L2 learners on their writing, few studies have investigated the use of a scaffolded approach to feedback. Sociocultural scholars argue that for feedback to be effective it needs to be scaffolded – dynamic and aligned to the learner’s ability to correct their errors (Aljaafreh & Lantolf, 1994). Although research on scaffolded feedback have found it to improve L2 writing accuracy, most of this research has been small-scale, using one-on-one conferences. This larger classroom-based study aimed to examine the effectiveness of scaffolded written feedback and students’ perceptions of this feedback approach. The study was quasi-experimental and implemented over one academic semester. The participants were 71 male students of intermediate English proficiency, majoring in English at a large Saudi university. They were divided into two groups: one group received scaffolded feedback; the other group received unscaffolded (indirect) feedback. The feedback targeted eight grammatical structures. Findings from the immediate and delayed post-tests showed that both groups improved in their overall writing accuracy over time, with no difference evident between the two groups. Moreover, both groups showed similar improvements in six of the eight targeted grammatical structures. The scaffolded feedback group showed greater improvement than their counterparts only on two structures: subject-verb agreement and singular-plural agreement. Interview findings showed that the scaffolded feedback group liked this approach mainly because of its novelty but preferred scaffolding only when it increased in explicitness. We conclude by considering whether and how scaffolded feedback can be provided in classroom settings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46865,"journal":{"name":"Assessing Writing","volume":"63 ","pages":"Article 100910"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143137050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Examining the predictive power of L2 writing anxiety on L2 writing performance in simple and complex tasks under task-readiness conditions

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Assessing Writing Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2024.100912

Mahmoud Abdi Tabari , Mahsa Farahanynia , Elouise Botes

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Connecting L2 reading emotions and writing performance through imaginative capacity in the story continuation writing task: A gender difference perspective

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Assessing Writing Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2025.100914

Jianling Zhan , Ying Xu

{"title":"Connecting L2 reading emotions and writing performance through imaginative capacity in the story continuation writing task: A gender difference perspective","authors":"Jianling Zhan , Ying Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.asw.2025.100914","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asw.2025.100914","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Second-language (L2) integrated writing tasks, like the story continuation writing task (SCWT), evaluate students’ reading and writing abilities. Although the relationship between writing emotions and performance has been established, the influence of reading emotions in L2 integrated writing remains understudied. The SCWT, newly incorporated into China’s college entrance exam (Gaokao), is designed to evoke emotions and stimulate imagination. This study examined gender-related differences in the relationship between reading emotions and SCWT performance, considering the mediating role of imaginative capacity. It involved 679 Chinese high school students, comprising 279 male and 400 female students, who participated in the SCWT and completed a questionnaire assessing their reading emotions (enjoyment, anxiety, curiosity) and imaginative capacity (creative and reproductive). Results indicated that female students scored significantly higher on reading enjoyment, curiosity, and writing performance than male students. Multi-group structural equation modeling analysis revealed that reading enjoyment predicted reading curiosity for both genders, and reading curiosity further predicted both types of imaginative capacity. However, the analysis revealed that among female students, writing performance was significantly enhanced by the synergistic effects of reading enjoyment, curiosity, and reproductive imagination. Pedagogical implications for promoting test fairness between gender groups and enhancing reading processes within the SCWT were discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46865,"journal":{"name":"Assessing Writing","volume":"63 ","pages":"Article 100914"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143137020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Examining EFL learners’ quantity and quality of uptake of teacher corrective feedback on writing across three different editing settings

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Assessing Writing Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2024.100911

Saleh Mosleh Alharthi

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Examining the use of academic vocabulary in first-year ESL undergraduates’ writing: A corpus-driven study in Hong Kong

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Assessing Writing Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2024.100913

Edsoulla Chung, Aaron Wan

{"title":"Examining the use of academic vocabulary in first-year ESL undergraduates’ writing: A corpus-driven study in Hong Kong","authors":"Edsoulla Chung, Aaron Wan","doi":"10.1016/j.asw.2024.100913","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asw.2024.100913","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A good command of academic vocabulary is important for academic success in higher education. However, research has primarily focused on the receptive academic vocabulary knowledge of L2 learners while devoting relatively limited attention to their productive use of such vocabulary and its impact on writing quality. To address this gap, we analysed the problem-solution essays written by 168 first-year undergraduates in Hong Kong, focusing on the relationship between their use of academic words in the Academic Vocabulary List (AVL) and the overall quality of their writing. We also explored the relationship between the size of students’ receptive academic vocabulary and the frequency of its use in writing. Findings revealed that essays with high scores contained a greater density and diversity of academic vocabulary than low-scored essays, with greater frequency of words in the 1–500 and 501–1000 tiers of the AVL significantly predicting better writing quality. The essays also showed a significant relationship between the participants’ receptive academic vocabulary size and the diversity of academic words used in writing. However, no significant relationship was observed between receptive academic vocabulary size and the density of academic words used. We highlight the implications of these findings for EAP teaching and research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46865,"journal":{"name":"Assessing Writing","volume":"63 ","pages":"Article 100913"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143137021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A meta-analysis of relationships between syntactic features and writing performance and how the relationships vary by student characteristics and measurement features

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Assessing Writing Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2024.100909

Jiali Wang, Young-Suk G. Kim, Joseph Hin Yan Lam, Molly Ann Leachman

{"title":"A meta-analysis of relationships between syntactic features and writing performance and how the relationships vary by student characteristics and measurement features","authors":"Jiali Wang, Young-Suk G. Kim, Joseph Hin Yan Lam, Molly Ann Leachman","doi":"10.1016/j.asw.2024.100909","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asw.2024.100909","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Students’ proficiency in constructing sentences impacts the writing process and writing products. Linguistic demands in writing differ in terms of both student characteristics and measurement features. To identify various syntactic demands considering these features, we conducted a meta-analysis examining the relationships between syntactic features (complexity and accuracy) and writing performance (quality, productivity, and fluency) and moderating effects of both student characteristics and measurement features. A total of 109 studies (effect sizes: 871; the total number of participants: 24,628) met the inclusion criteria. Results showed that there was a weak relationship for syntactic accuracy (r = .25) and complexity (r = .16). Writers' characteristics, including grade level and language proficiency, and measurement features, writing genres, writing outcomes, whether the writing task is text-based or not, and type of syntactic complexity measures, were significant moderators for certain syntactic features. The findings highlighted the importance of writer and measurement factors when considering the relationships between linguistic features in writing and writing performance. Implications were discussed regarding the selection of syntactic features in assessing language use in writing, gaps in the literature, and significance for writing instruction and assessment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46865,"journal":{"name":"Assessing Writing","volume":"63 ","pages":"Article 100909"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143137019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Editorial Volume 63

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Assessing Writing Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2025.100917

Martin East , David Slomp

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