{"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}
{"title":"Source-based writing of the high- and low-proficiency adolescent writer in the high-school L2 classroom","authors":"Gillian Baxter, Heike Neumann","doi":"10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101064","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Writing from sources is a fundamental academic skill that poses a challenge for students at all educational levels. However, few studies have investigated source use in the high-school context. The current study examines the source-based writing of 43 adolescent writers in a high-school second-language (L2) classroom. Students were classified into high- (<em>N</em> = 25) and low-proficiency (<em>N</em><span> = 18) levels based on scores obtained on an integrated writing task. They then completed an additional integrated writing task. Essays were analysed for four variables: amount of source use, accuracy of source ideas, thoroughness of attribution to source authors, and language used to integrate source information. Correlation coefficients suggested a significant relationship between writing scores and certain source-use patterns. Independent samples </span><em>t-</em>tests revealed significant differences between the two proficiency groups for accuracy of source use, thoroughness of attribution to source authors, verbatim copying with no citation, and indirect source use with implicit citation. The findings suggest that although high-school L2 writers are ready to meet certain demands of source-based writing, they require support in source-use subskills. This has implications for the eventual creation of pedagogical interventions designed to guide novice writers at this educational level through the developmental process of achieving effective source-based writing.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Second Language Writing","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101064"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92047062","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}
Henrik Kaatari , Tove Larsson , Ying Wang , Seda Acikara-Eickhoff , Pia Sundqvist
{"title":"Exploring the effects of target-language extramural activities on students’ written production","authors":"Henrik Kaatari , Tove Larsson , Ying Wang , Seda Acikara-Eickhoff , Pia Sundqvist","doi":"10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101062","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>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.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Second Language Writing","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101062"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2023-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49885830","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}