“…In fact, various L2 writing researchers have argued the need for replication studies (Ferris, , ; Goldstein, , ; Polio, ; Polio & Gass, ; Porte, ; Santos, ). Despite the general support, however, there has been a dearth of published replication studies with a few notable exceptions (Allison, Varghese, & Mei, ; Ferris, ).…”