Implementing an automated feedback program for a foreign language writing course

A learner‐centric study

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ID21499133
AuthorsMohammad Hassanzadeh (0000-0003-1510-1149, Department of English Language and Literature Vali‐e‐Asr University of Rafsanjan Rafsanjan Iran, corresponding author), Samira Fotoohnejad (Department of English Language and Literature Vali‐e‐Asr University of Rafsanjan Rafsanjan Iran, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume37
Issue5
Pages1494-1507
Publication date2021-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Computer Assisted Learning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0266-4909 • E-ISSN: 1365-2729
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jcal.12587
OpenAlexW3189169916
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited27

Considering the prominence attached to written corrective feedback (WCF) within the domain of second/foreign language (L2) acquisition, automated writing evaluation (AWE) tools have steadily gained ground over the last two decades. The current study was an attempt to investigate the extent incorporating an AWE program, known as Criterion®, within a process writing framework would affect learners' writing quality in an English as a foreign language context. Moreover, we drew a comparison between the overall effects of computer‐ versus teacher‐generated WCF. Participants consisted of 53 tertiary level students from two intact essay‐writing classes. The within‐group findings revealed that the experimental group's writing scores rose significantly from the pretest to posttest after receiving automated WCF over several weeks. Significant progress was also noticed on all rounds of scores obtained from five essays assigned to this group except between the first and the second. As for the comparison between computer‐ and teacher‐administered WCF, the former condition was found to be more efficient. Overall, the findings provide a deeper insight into the workings of an automated evaluation tool and how it was employed in the L2 classroom to impart consistency to the assessment procedure and ease the burden traditionally placed upon teachers

Collaborative writing · Computer-Assisted Instruction · Corrective Feedback · Foreign language · Human–computer interaction · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Second language · Second language writing · Usability · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Student Assessment and Feedback · Writing and Handwriting Education · Artificial Intelligence

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