Predicting human judgments of essay quality in both integrated and independent second language writing samples: A comparison study

doi:10.1016/j.asw.2013.05.002

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	Predicting human judgments of essay quality in both integrated and independent second language writing samples: A comparison study
	Guo, Liang 1; Crossley, Scott A.2; McNamara, Danielle S.3
刊名	ASSESSING WRITING
	2013-07
卷号	18 期号:3 页码:218-238
关键词	Integrated writing tasks Independent writing tasks Computational linguistics Writing assessment
ISSN号	1075-2935
DOI	10.1016/j.asw.2013.05.002
英文摘要	This study explores whether linguistic features can predict second language writing proficiency in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL iBT) integrated and independent writing tasks and, if so, whether there are differences and similarities in the two sets of predictive linguistic features. Linguistic features related to lexical sophistication, syntactic complexity, cohesion, and basic text information were investigated in relation to the writing scores for both integrated and independent samples. The results of this study show that linguistic features can be used to significantly predict essay scores in the integrated as well as the independent writing. When comparing across the two writing tasks, there are both similarities and differences in the two sets of predictive features. For instance, lexical sophistication was found to be a significant predictor for both tasks while features such as verbs in 3rd person singular form and semantic similarity were only significant predictors for the integrated task. These findings demonstrate that evaluation of the two writing tasks rely on similar and distinct features, and are at least partially assessed using different linguistic criteria. Implications of these findings for the assessment of second language (L2) writing are also discussed. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
WOS研究方向	Education & Educational Research ; Linguistics
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000209245800004
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://10.2.47.112/handle/2XS4QKH4/1959]
专题	上海财经大学
通讯作者	Crossley, Scott A.
作者单位	1.Shanghai Univ Finance & Econ, Shanghai, Peoples R China; 2.Georgia State Univ, Atlanta, GA 30312 USA; 3.Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Guo, Liang,Crossley, Scott A.,McNamara, Danielle S.. Predicting human judgments of essay quality in both integrated and independent second language writing samples: A comparison study[J]. ASSESSING WRITING,2013,18(3):218-238.
APA	Guo, Liang,Crossley, Scott A.,&McNamara, Danielle S..(2013).Predicting human judgments of essay quality in both integrated and independent second language writing samples: A comparison study.ASSESSING WRITING,18(3),218-238.
MLA	Guo, Liang,et al."Predicting human judgments of essay quality in both integrated and independent second language writing samples: A comparison study".ASSESSING WRITING 18.3(2013):218-238.