Study of accuracy and grammatical complexity in EFL writing

Lahuerta, Ana Cristina

doi:10.6018/ijes/2018/1/258971

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“…Lexico-grammatical errors are common in these people's writing and prevent them from producing good-quality compositions (Luo & Liao, 2015). Many studies have investigated the linguistic errors made by EFL learners and have found that, when writing, EFL learners make both grammatical and lexical errors (Chaudhary & Al Zahrani, 2020;Karazoun, 2016;Lahuerta, 2018;Nuruzzaman et al, 2018;Sermsook et al, 2017;Zülal, 2020).…”

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Implementing Wiki as an Asynchronous Tool to Enhance the Grammatical and Lexical Accuracy of Saudi Secondary-School Learners’ EFL Writing

Sahla¹,

Altalhab²

2022

ELT

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Wikis have been increasingly integrated into English-writing teaching and have served as one of the Web’s most crucial social-networking tools, improving the writing of EFL learners worldwide. The purpose of this study has been to examine the positive effects of wiki-mediated collaborative writing and peer feedback on the grammatical and lexical accuracy of Saudi EFL learners’ writing. To this end, 26 female secondary-school learners participated in the study and were selected from a private school in Riyadh. They were randomly assigned to a control group (N=12) and an experimental group (N=14). Both groups were given an identical writing task. However, in the control group, members individually completed the task, which was then reviewed by the teacher, while in the experimental group, members collaboratively completed the task, which was then reviewed by peers on a wiki platform. The data collection for this study rests on pre- and post-writing tests. The obtained data suggest that collaborative writing and peer feedback on wiki significantly improved the participants’ grammatical, but not lexical, accuracy in their writing. However, the results of the post-test data also reveal that the experimental group outperformed the control group regarding the average total errors. The results confirm the efficiency with which wiki-based writing-oriented instruction can improve learners’ accuracy.

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Implementing Wiki as an Asynchronous Tool to Enhance the Grammatical and Lexical Accuracy of Saudi Secondary-School Learners’ EFL Writing

Sahla¹,

Altalhab²

2022

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“…In addition, some pronunciation differences between Spanish varieties (like /θ/ and /s/ phonemes) may have not been considered in previous studies. To our knowledge, in this country only Lahuerta (2015Lahuerta ( , 2018 has assessed the type of errors that students in Spain produce when spelling in English. Nevertheless, these studies focused on other aspects, like fluency or grammatical and lexical complexity, spelling remained in the background.…”

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Spelling errors by Spanish children when writing in English as a foreign language

2022

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English orthography differs from that of other European languages in terms of complexity and regularity. This difference may impact the development of accurate spelling in English, especially when it is learned as a foreign language in school. In this study we wanted to explore spelling development patterns of Spanish speaking children learning English at school. To do so, we analyzed spelling errors from a free narrative task from 136 children in fourth, fifth and sixth grades. We classified errors following a two-level procedure based on the Triple Word Form theory (Phonology, Orthography and Morphology) and the POMAS (Phonological, Orthographic, and Morphological Assessment of Spelling) system. While results showed almost no change in accuracy across grades, there was evidence of more errors related to orthography as compared to phonology and morphology. This points to an incomplete knowledge of English orthography. This study sheds light on the spelling development of foreign language learners, and illustrates the interference that the native language may have when the two orthographies of the speller are linguistically distant. Considering the findings, educational implications to improve foreign language spelling instruction at school are offered.

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“…Writing skill is a subset of students' language competence, with an emphasis on writing abilities. Students are demanded to produce various genres and rhetorical features and include language-specific abilities such as vocabulary and syntactic structures (Lahuerta, 2018;Baroudy, 2008). In EFL contexts, writing is considered the most difficult language skill to be mastered.…”

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The Influence of Mangarock Online Comics in Teaching Writing a Narrative Text

Hadi

Izzah

Larasati

2021

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Manggarock online comics are used by many researchers in enhancing students’ language skills. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of Manngarock online comics to improve students' writing skills at the ninth-grade students of SMP Harapan Masa, Depok, Indonesia. This study is categorized as a quantitative study using Pre-experimental design. To attain the data, researchers employ writing tests. The sample of this study is all students of the ninth-grade students of SMP Harapan Masa. The students are subjected to Manggarock online comics. To know the efficacy of Manggarock online comics, researchers apply statistical analysis, which is t-test. The students’ writing skills in the pre-tests and the post-test are calculated using descriptive statistical analysis. Based on the results of analysis, the mean score of students is 79.26. meanwhile, the value of t-test (16.243) was higher than t-table (2.015) in a significant level of 5% (0.05). Therefore, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) proposed was accepted while the null hypothesis was rejected. From the results of this analysis, this study can be concluded that the Manggarock online comics have a positive effect on students' writing skills at the ninth-grade students.

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Study of accuracy and grammatical complexity in EFL writing

Cited by 15 publications

References 23 publications

Implementing Wiki as an Asynchronous Tool to Enhance the Grammatical and Lexical Accuracy of Saudi Secondary-School Learners’ EFL Writing

Implementing Wiki as an Asynchronous Tool to Enhance the Grammatical and Lexical Accuracy of Saudi Secondary-School Learners’ EFL Writing

Spelling errors by Spanish children when writing in English as a foreign language

The Influence of Mangarock Online Comics in Teaching Writing a Narrative Text

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