Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de la gramática

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This qualitative case study investigates how second language (L2) student writers’ knowledge of grammar interacts with their experiences with academic transition. In particular, the study focuses on academically transitioning L2 student writers’ uptake of systemic functional grammar (SFG), which conceptualizes and explicitly explains language as a social semiotic resource for meaning making. The 14 L2 students involved in the study were transitioning to an informative writing course offered by a university in China. The data sources included interviews with the students and the students’ writing pieces and reflections, and were grounded in a thematic analysis. The study shows that the students experienced academic challenges. However, with their improved uptake of SFG, the students were able to overcome the contextual complexity of...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: expresión escrita

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Focusing on the relationship between linguistic, cognitive, socioemotional factors in writing English for academic purposes (EAP), this study investigated whether topic familiarity as an important cognitive factor of task complexity influences different levels of emotionality and linguistic complexity in EAP writing and whether there are relationships between emotionality and linguistic complexity. To do so, 64 international graduate learners enrolled in EAP writing courses participated in the present study. Each wrote on familiar and unfamiliar topics determined via a questionnaire at the onset of the study. Their writings were then measured for textual emotionality and linguistic complexity using automatic assessment tools. Results showed that EAP writings differed systematically in terms of both emotionality and linguistic...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: feedback/retroalimentación

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Despite the recognized importance of supervisors’ feedback in enhancing students’ academic development, research on novice supervisors’ perspectives, especially concerning undergraduate thesis supervision in English as a foreign language (EFL) contexts, remains scarce. In an attempt to address this gap, this qualitative case study explored the written feedback beliefs and practices of two novice supervisors in the department of English of two universities in mainland China. It examined how their beliefs were shaped and translated into practice during their supervision of EFL undergraduate students. Data were collected longitudinally over an 8-month period, including semi-structured interviews, written feedback samples, and voice messages, to capture the full thesis supervision process. Findings revealed that supervisors held varying...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) writing tools in second language (L2) academic writing presents both opportunities and challenges for medical education. This study employed a SWOT (strengths–weaknesses–opportunities–threats) analysis to examine medical students’ perspectives on using AI writing tools in their academic writing practice. Forty-two medical students from a major Iranian university participated in the study, providing weekly reflections and a final SWOT analysis over a 15-week academic writing course. Thematic analysis revealed that AI writing tools offer significant strengths in linguistic skill development, particularly in academic vocabulary enhancement, sentence improvement, and grammar and proofreading. However, weaknesses such as over-reliance on AI, lack of contextual understanding, and occasional...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: evaluación

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Research on group dynamic assessment has predominantly focused on whole-class mediation, with limited attention given to alternative formats such as in smaller groups. Grounded in sociocultural theory, the present study explored how a small-group online dynamic assessment using video conferencing (i.e., Zoom) and Google Docs enhanced the English academic writing abilities of university-level second language (L2) learners. Twelve students in an intermediate academic writing course were divided into four groups, each consisting of three to four students. An adjusted cumulative group dynamic assessment approach was implemented over three week cycles. The analysis examined both quantitative and qualitative changes in teacher mediation and student responsiveness, as observed in relevant episodes both within and across sessions. For the...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: expresión escrita

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To avoid plagiarism, students have to learn the appropriate and effective ways of source text use, such as paraphrasing, summarizing, and citation. However, few studies have investigated how learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) employ copy and paraphrase as source text use strategies in completing writing tasks involving reading material, and how characteristics of the reading material, such as genre, affect such use. This article reports an empirical study that attempted to address the issue. Eighty students from an undergraduate program of a Chinese university wrote summaries for a narrative text and an expository text. Their drafts and the source texts are compared to identify instances of retention of strings of words from sources. Analysis of the summary scripts showed that participants heavily relied on the source...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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This study examines the effectiveness of a contextualized intervention guided by the Situated Academic Writing Self-Efficacy Scale (SAWSES) in enhancing writing self-efficacy among English as a foreign language (EFL) undergraduates. Employing a mixed-methods design, the research involved 81 first-year students from a comprehensive university in Southeast China. Participants were divided into an experimental group (n = 41), which engaged in a SAWSES-based intervention incorporating reflective tasks, peer feedback, and process-oriented writing support, and a control group (n = 40), which received teacher-fronted, lecture-based, accuracy-focused instruction. Quantitative data from preintervention and postintervention surveys, supplemented by qualitative analysis of reflective journals, revealed significant gains in writing self-efficacy...

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Tipo: libro

Temas: expresión escrita

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Manual para profesores en activo y en formación que muestra los mecanismos y las claves de la expresión escrita, con un enfoque práctico pensado para guiar al docente en la enseñanza de estrategias y recursos.

• Aspectos relativos a la producción: la mecánica de la escritura, las convenciones socioculturales y las tipologías textuales.
• Características de los textos descriptivos, narrativos, expositivos y argumentativos, y pautas para enseñar a elaborarlos.
• Los pasos de la producción escrita y el tratamiento del feedback en el aula.
• La escritura académica, la colaborativa y la creativa.

Incluye las soluciones y da acceso a recursos digitales con actividades graduadas por niveles y artículos de investigación.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: escritura académica

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El objetivo del presente artículo es analizar las aportaciones de las herramientas de ayuda automática (HAA) al aprendizaje consciente de la escritura académica (EA) en entornos universitarios, considerando tres factores de diversidad: las diferencias entre aprender EA en L1 o L2, la experiencia previa con feedback correctivo y las particularidades de las distintas HAA. Específicamente, comparamos las características de dos HAA (arText y Estilector), las ponemos a prueba al revisar un corpus de artículos académicos y exploramos cómo percibe su utilidad un grupo de 24 informantes. El marco teórico son los estudios acerca de la EA y sobre el uso de HAA. Nuestra metodología es mixta y entre...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: expresión escrita

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La práctica de la habilidad escrita está experimentando una transformación desde una enseñanza convencional a un enfoque más personalizado e interactivo a través de plataformas educativas. En este artículo se presenta la evaluación de una plataforma para apoyar el proceso de escritura. El objetivo principal es evaluar el funcionamiento de la plataforma por parte del profesorado sobre la base de criterios de evaluación de plataformas para la enseñanza de lenguas. Para cumplir con dicho propósito se desarrolló y aplicó una encuesta digital de 26 preguntas, implementadas en Google Forms, a un grupo de 27 docentes. En cuanto a la metodología, se utilizó un enfoque mixto de investigación, el...

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