Insights from lexical and syntactic analyses of a French for academic purposes assessment

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F23%3ASJZITAWG" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/23:SJZITAWG - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85173955169&doi=10.1016%2fj.asw.2023.100789&partnerID=40&md5=99f6ed6204640eae69dda9388fac8cf8" target="_blank" >https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85173955169&doi=10.1016%2fj.asw.2023.100789&partnerID=40&md5=99f6ed6204640eae69dda9388fac8cf8</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2023.100789" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.asw.2023.100789</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Insights from lexical and syntactic analyses of a French for academic purposes assessment

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

"With the objective of improving writing assessment of language instruction, we examine the lexical and syntactic features in two corpora of high and low scoring French texts of the Test du Certificat de Compétence en Langue Seconde (Second Language Certification Test; TCCLS) at the University of Ottawa (uOttawa). We first situate the test in its local context, demonstrating how our research objectives are born from specific needs to improve student outcomes. We then describe our creation of two corpora of high and low performing test takers, followed by lexical bundle (LB) analyses (Phase 1) and further linguistic complexity analyses with a French-language tool (Phase 2). Results indicate that high level writers used more LBs and borrowed more text from the prompt than low level writers. In addition, specific elements of linguistic complexity were identified, suggesting high level writers produced texts that were lexically richer and more syntactically advanced. We discuss the importance of these findings in improving our writing instruction, as well as the challenges of adapting tools and approaches traditionally associated with English to French. © 2023 The Authors"

Název v anglickém jazyce

Insights from lexical and syntactic analyses of a French for academic purposes assessment

Popis výsledku anglicky

"With the objective of improving writing assessment of language instruction, we examine the lexical and syntactic features in two corpora of high and low scoring French texts of the Test du Certificat de Compétence en Langue Seconde (Second Language Certification Test; TCCLS) at the University of Ottawa (uOttawa). We first situate the test in its local context, demonstrating how our research objectives are born from specific needs to improve student outcomes. We then describe our creation of two corpora of high and low performing test takers, followed by lexical bundle (LB) analyses (Phase 1) and further linguistic complexity analyses with a French-language tool (Phase 2). Results indicate that high level writers used more LBs and borrowed more text from the prompt than low level writers. In addition, specific elements of linguistic complexity were identified, suggesting high level writers produced texts that were lexically richer and more syntactically advanced. We discuss the importance of these findings in improving our writing instruction, as well as the challenges of adapting tools and approaches traditionally associated with English to French. © 2023 The Authors"

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

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Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

"Assessing Writing"

ISSN

1075-2935

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

58

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2023

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

1-14

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85173955169