scholarly journals An AWE-Based Diagnosis of L2 English Learners’ Written Errors

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Jiun-Iung Lei

While Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) can perform an error diagnosis (Chen & Cheng, 2008), previous studies used to exclude it from the process of error analysis. This study aimed to examine the reactions of Grammarly Premium towards a group of night school students’ English writings at a Taiwanese technical university. The participants of the research produced 175 essays. The researcher checked the data against the AWE program. 1042 errors were detected and classified into 40 types. The 40 types of errors were at three hierarchical levels: a word and phrase level, a sentence level, and a discourse level. This study suggested future studies to view AWE’s functions in a new perspective and find it a space in the process of error diagnosis.

Author(s):  
Elena Cotos ◽  
Sarah Huffman

Valid evaluations of automated writing evaluation (AWE) design, development, and implementation should integrate the learners’ perspective in order to ensure the attainment of desired outcomes. This paper explores the learner fit quality of the Research Writing Tutor (RWT), an emerging AWE tool tested with L2 writers at an early stage of its development. Employing a mixed-methods approach, the authors sought to answer questions regarding the nature of learners’ interactional modifications with RWT and their perceptions of appropriateness of its feedback about the communicative effectiveness of research article Introductions discourse. The findings reveal that RWT’s move, step, and sentence-level feedback provides various opportunities for learners to engage with the revision task at a useful level of difficulty and to stimulate interaction appropriate to their individual characteristics. The authors also discuss insights about usefulness, user-friendliness, and trust as important concepts inherent to appropriateness.


2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Meilisa Sindy Astika Ariyanto ◽  
Nur Mukminatien ◽  
Sintha Tresnadewi

Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) programs have emerged as the latest trend in EFL writing classes. AWE programs act as a supplementary to teacher feedback and offer automated suggestions and corrections to students' linguistic errors such as grammar, vocabulary, or mechanics. As there is a need for better recognition of different AWE brands utilized for different levels of students, this research sheds light on identifying six university students’ views of an AWE program, namely ProWritingAid (PWA). The six students are categorized as having high or low writing achievement. This descriptive study delineates the students’ perceptions qualitatively. A semi-structured interview was used to collect the data. The findings suggest the students’ positive views of PWA because it could make class time more effective; it had useful feedback on grammar, vocabulary choices, and mechanics; and it built students‘ self-confidence over their compositions. In addition, for different reasons, the students engaged differently with PWA to enhance their drafts, e.g. using PWA only for the first drafts or for the first and final drafts. Finally, despite of the students’ constructive views on PWA, there was a risk that students only engaged superficially with the program by hitting the correction directly.


SenSaSi ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-46
Author(s):  
Rizdina Azmiyanti

Compulsory education for 12 years ending in high school. After high school, students are entitled to continue their education on campus to obtain a bachelor's degree. This activity aims to provide an overview of the world of lectures today. The method used is using an online platform due to the pandemic situation. The participants of this activity are 12th graders and 30 followers of LBB Neutron Malang Instagram. LBB Neutron Malang is one of the largest tutoring institutions in Malang which includes students from elementary to high school. In this activity there were 2 resource persons from the accounting department and the medical department and 1 moderator from the LBB Neutron Malang. This activity gave students a new perspective on the world of lectures. The materials discussed included why to choose the major, how to get tips and tricks to pass the exam, what kind of profession in the future, what kind of soft skills are needed in the world of work. This activity is expected to be positive for students to choose the right major, not just a trend. Keywords: Major, Accounting, Campus


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