Lu, Xiaojun;
Révész, Andrea;
Michel, Marije;
Kourtali, Nektaria;
Lee, Minjin;
Borges, Lais;
(2024)
Investigating the relationships of writing behaviours to linguistic complexity and accuracy in independent and integrated writing task performance.
Applied Linguistics Review
10.1515/applirev-2024-0004.
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Abstract
In this study, we examined the extent to which fluency, pausing, and eye-gaze behaviours relate to linguistic complexity and accuracy in L2 independent and integrated writing task performance. Sixty Chinese L2 users of English performed two independent and two integrated TOEFL iBT tasks over two sessions. Their keystrokes and eye movements during task performance were captured. The written outputs were analysed in terms of linguistic complexity and accuracy. Linear mixed effects regression analyses revealed stronger relationships of fluency and pausing behaviours to linguistic complexity and accuracy for independent than integrated writing, while stronger relationships of eye-gaze behaviours to linguistic complexity and accuracy were identified for integrated than independent writing. In addition, we found that greater accuracy in writing was linked to shorter pause duration between words for independent writing and shorter forward saccades for integrated writing, writing behaviours associated with more automated linguistic encoding processes.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Investigating the relationships of writing behaviours to linguistic complexity and accuracy in independent and integrated writing task performance |
| DOI: | 10.1515/applirev-2024-0004 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2024-0004 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | second language writing; fluency; pausing; eye movement; linguistic complexity; accuracy |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10201681 |
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