{"title":"Introduction to the special issue: Innovation in L2 writing task design","authors":"Lisa McGrath, Raffaella Negretti","doi":"10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101073","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Second Language Writing","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101073"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138439057","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}
{"title":"Navigating complexity in plain English: A longitudinal analysis of syntactic and lexical complexity development in L2 legal writing","authors":"Yiran Xu , J. Elliott Casal","doi":"10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101059","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Since the 1960s, legal writing pedagogy in the United States has been heavily influenced by the plain English movement, which largely discourages the use of legal jargon and overly complex syntactic structures in legal documents. While these efforts to democratize legal English are laudable, it is unclear whether plain English practices can accommodate the needs of multilingual, foreign legal writers who have not yet acculturated to the U.S. legal discourse. Using mixed-effects modeling, this study tracks the development of syntactic and lexical complexity in 246 hypothetical legal essays written by 31 international Master of Laws students enrolled in a year-long legal language course. Results show that after one year of instruction, students demonstrated a significant increase in the use of nominalizations and sophisticated vocabulary. However, their sentences became notably shorter, and there was a marked decrease in the use of noun phrases with pre-modifying adjective within semesters. We discuss the intersection between plain English and academic writing practices and their impact on second language (L2) writers’ developmental trajectories. We also highlight important caveats to consider when implementing plain English pedagogy in legal language classrooms.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Second Language Writing","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101059"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1060374323000978/pdfft?md5=c9f4839d65589c94e416fbacb0183396&pid=1-s2.0-S1060374323000978-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136697365","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}
{"title":"Noticing and metalinguistic awareness in the L2 writing process: A translation-based writing task for L1 Arabic speakers preparing to teach Hebrew as a second language","authors":"Julia Schlam Salman , Irit Haskel-Shaham","doi":"10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101065","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study explores aspects of noticing and metalinguistic awareness in L2 writing via a translation-based writing task that involved L2 output followed by translation to the L1 and then reverse translation back to the L2. We designed an innovative writing task that included translation, informal contrastive analysis, and learners’ evolving interlanguage. We administered the task to 37, L1 Arabic speakers who were preparing to become teachers of Hebrew as a Second Language in Israel. We present what participants reported as salient during three stages of the task: (1) after producing written output in Hebrew (L2) and then translating the text into Arabic (L1); (2) after reverse translating the text from Arabic back to Hebrew (L1 to L2); and (3) after completing the writing task and orally debriefing as a group. Content and thematic analysis of participants’ collected reflections revealed four areas of linguistic saliency: (1) vocabulary and semantics; (2) syntax and structure; (3) content; and (4) pragmatics. Findings suggest translation-based writing tasks raise metacognitive awareness around these four components of L2 writing. Implications for L2 classroom writing pedagogy will be discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Second Language Writing","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101065"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134656444","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}
Mark Warschauer , Waverly Tseng , Soobin Yim , Thomas Webster , Sharin Jacob , Qian Du , Tamara Tate
{"title":"The affordances and contradictions of AI-generated text for writers of english as a second or foreign language","authors":"Mark Warschauer , Waverly Tseng , Soobin Yim , Thomas Webster , Sharin Jacob , Qian Du , Tamara Tate","doi":"10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101071","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Second Language Writing","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101071"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92136339","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}
{"title":"Generative AI: Same same but different?","authors":"Diane Pecorari","doi":"10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101067","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Second Language Writing","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101067"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92047063","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}
{"title":"AI technologies in the ESL/EFL writing classroom: The villain or the champion?","authors":"Pimyupa W. Praphan, Kittiphong Praphan","doi":"10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101072","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The impact of AI technologies, particularly ChatGPT, on the ESL/EFL writing classroom is unprecedented. In response to the focus paper by Warschauer and colleagues regarding this issue, this paper shares some insights from the experiences teaching English writing at the post-secondary level in Thailand. Due to the lack of institutional policies on the use of AI technologies, we need to devise our own strategies for our classes. While students are encouraged to use their voices instead of relying on AI, we attempt to adapt our practice by incorporating AI generators in a productive way to help students enhance their potential as L2 writers. However, there has been a debate among writing teachers in our context whether to accept AI tools as a part of teaching and learning.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Second Language Writing","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101072"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92047064","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}
{"title":"Generative artificial intelligence and second language writing","authors":"Tanita Saenkhum , Soo Hyon Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101066","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Second Language Writing","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101066"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92067849","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}
{"title":"Another contradiction in AI-assisted second language writing","authors":"Ryuko Kubota","doi":"10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101069","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Second Language Writing","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101069"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92136338","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}
{"title":"AI tools as affordances and contradictions for EFL writers: Emic perspectives and L1 use as a resource","authors":"Miyuki Sasaki","doi":"10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101068","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Second Language Writing","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101068"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92136337","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}
{"title":"Beyond ChatGPT: Multimodal generative AI for L2 writers","authors":"Joohoon Kang , Youngjoo Yi","doi":"10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101070","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In response to Warschauer et al.’s paper on the affordances and contradictions of AI-generated text, we as researchers in multimodal literacy focus on discussing the two affordances of multimodal generative AI models for L2 writers, such as (1) exploring and fostering multimodal literacy and (2) developing fine-tuned prompt literacy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Second Language Writing","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101070"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92136336","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}