How Does the Language Control of L1 and L2 Writers Develop Over Time in First-Year Composition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21560554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Grant Eckstein (0000-0002-3667-4571, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA, corresponding author), Ruei-Han Chang (Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 600-629 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Written Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0741-0883 • E-ISSN: 1552-8472 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/07410883221099474 |
| OpenAlex | W4285037813 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 73 |
Most U.S. colleges and universities expect students to improve their writing ability by taking first-year composition (FYC) courses. In such courses, non-native English (L2) writers with diverse language backgrounds study alongside their native English (L1) speaking peers. However, it is not clear how different these populations are in terms of their language development over time, leaving questions unanswered about whether L2 writers develop more or less than L1 writers in an FYC curriculum. To investigate, we compared 75 L1 and L2 students’ written accuracy, fluency, and lexical and syntactic complexity over the semester of an FYC course. Data showed that L2 students had significantly higher rates of language error and less fluent and lexically complex writing compared to L1 writers. Moreover, L2 student writing became less grammatically accurate over 14 weeks despite showing greater fluency and syntactic complexity. These results suggest a need for plurilingual pedagogies in FYC that embrace diversity and inclusion while also providing L2 writers with instruction on socially powerful and dominant linguistic forms
Composition studies · Curriculum · Fluency · Lexical Diversity · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Second language · Second language writing · Vocabulary · Written language · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Writing and Handwriting Education
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |