Discriminating L2 Writing Proficiency through the Use of Computational Tool Coh-Metrix
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Although many previous studies have examined how differences in writing proficiency are related to certain linguistic features, much more research is needed to provide a coherent understanding and more reliable predictors of L2 writing proficiency. In this vein, this study tried to fill this gap by identifying linguistic features to represent different proficiency levels of Korean EFL learners' writing by using the computational tool Coh-Metrix. The results showed that higher-level texts contain more varied words, adverbial phrases, and less overlapped and frequent words. The analysis also revealed that lower-level texts demonstrated less lexical diversity and more frequent, concrete, meaningful, and polysemous words while displaying less complex connectives and more coreferential cohesion. As a result, in line with previous studies, this study has important implications for providing reliable evidence that these linguistic features can be used to predict L2 writing quality.
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Although many previous studies have examined how differences in writing proficiency are related to certain linguistic features, much more research is needed to provide a coherent understanding and more reliable predictors of L2 writing proficiency. In this vein, this study tried to fill this gap by identifying linguistic features to represent different proficiency levels of Korean EFL learners' writing by using the computational tool Coh-Metrix. The results showed that higher-level texts contain more varied words, adverbial phrases, and less overlapped and frequent words. The analysis also revealed that lower-level texts demonstrated less lexical diversity and more frequent, concrete, meaningful, and polysemous words while displaying less complex connectives and more coreferential cohesion. As a result, in line with previous studies, this study has important implications for providing reliable evidence that these linguistic features can be used to predict L2 writing quality.
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