Immediate web-based essay critiquing system feedback and teacher follow-up feedback on young second language learners' writings: an experimental study in a Hong Kong secondary school
Autor: | William W. L. Cheung, Cynthia Lee, Fion S. L. Lee, Kelvin C. K. Wong |
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Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Zdroj: | Computer Assisted Language Learning. 26:39-60 |
ISSN: | 1744-3210 0958-8221 |
DOI: | 10.1080/09588221.2011.630672 |
Popis: | This article is an effort to add to computer-assisted language learning by extending a study on an essay critiquing system (ECS) feedback to secondary school language learners' writing. The study compared two groups of participants' performance, namely the treatment group which received both the system feedback and teacher feedback (i.e., blended learning mode), and the control group which received teacher feedback only. The study was conducted in a secondary school in Hong Kong in the form of an extra-curricular activity after school. Fifty-three students from the ages of 16 to 17 with different argumentative writing experience participated in a series of five writing workshops once a month voluntarily. The participants were assigned to a treatment and a control group based on the stratification approach. Their scores were compared and an interview with the treatment group was conducted. Analysing the total and content and organisation scores of the two groups, it was found that both groups demonstrated ... |
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