Based on 90 argumentative texts from the corpora of LOCNESS and WECCL, paper attempts to make a study syntactic complexity those texts. All data are processed online by Web-based L2 Syntactic Complexity Analyser, then with corpus tool AntConc IBM SPSS Statistics 20. The findings include: for one thing, L1 learners use more complex sentences verb phrases, embedded clauses, in their writings, com...

Building on Robinson’s (2001, 2003) Cognition Hypothesis, Skehan’s (1998) Limited Attentional Capacity Model, and Kellog’s (1986) model of writing, this study examined the effect of task planning on the fluency, accuracy, and complexity of 60 Iranian EFL learners’ argumentative and narrative writings under different planning conditions. A quasi-experimental design with three levels of planning ...

Cognitive and metacognitive strategies have been researched to find an effective strategy in teaching writing. However, little attention has given investigate what is on the students’ minds while applying those writing process. This descriptive qualitative study aims process of cognitive by EFL students performing argumentative essays. Three university English Department taking Essay Writing su...

The purpose of this study is to explore the differences in using adjectives between native speakers and Chinese EFL learners at beginner intermediate levels, with research data taken from three sub-written corpora ICNALE, written corpus A2 B1 levels. coded by UAM Corpus tool, version 3.2. result presented two aspects, namely, overall frequencies specific overused underused wordings. reveals tha...

Argumentative texts have been thoroughly analyzed for their argumentative structure, and recent efforts aim at their automatic classification. This work investigates linguistic properties of argumentative texts and text passages in terms of their semantic clause types. We annotate argumentative texts with Situation Entity (SE) classes, which combine notions from lexical aspect (states, events) ...

The modern era has brought with it significant organizational changes. These changes have not bypassed the academic world, and along with the old academic bonds that include a world of knowledge and ethics, academic faculty members are required more than ever not only to survive in the academic world, but also to thrive and flourish and position themselves as modern and opinionated academicians...