Qualitative and Quantitative Measures of Second Language Writing: Potential Outcomes of Informal Target Language Learning Abroad

Autor/inn/en	Brown, N. Anthony; Solovieva, Raissa V.; Eggett, Dennis L.
Titel	Qualitative and Quantitative Measures of Second Language Writing: Potential Outcomes of Informal Target Language Learning Abroad
Quelle	In: Foreign Language Annals, 44 (2011) 1, S.105-121 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0015-718X
DOI	10.1111/j.1944-9720.2010.01119.x
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Writing (Composition); Russian; Course Descriptions; Second Language Instruction; Language Proficiency; Writing Skills; Persuasive Discourse; Teaching Methods; Position Papers; Measures (Individuals); Guidelines; Language Tests; Error Patterns; Study Abroad; Grammar; Error Analysis (Language); Homework + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Schreibübung; Russisch; Kursstrukturplan; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Positionspapier; Messdaten; Richtlinien; Language test; Sprachtest; Fehlertyp; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Grammatik; Error analysis; Language; Fehleranalyse; Hausaufgabe
Abstract	This research describes a method applied at a U.S. university in a third-year Russian language course designed to facilitate Advanced and Superior second language writing proficiency through the forum of argumentation and debate. Participants had extensive informal language experience living in a Russian-speaking country but comparatively little formal language instruction, especially with regard to writing. The authors quantitatively analyzed weekly position papers and ACTFL pre- and post-Written Proficiency Test compositions using prescribed complexity measures and compared them with qualitative ACTFL proficiency ratings. Preliminary findings underscore the value to both the writer and instructor of applying both quantitative and qualitative measures; they likewise point out challenges associated with teaching students whose language has become automatized, albeit oftentimes error-full, in part owing to the nature of past language study. (Contains 10 notes, 2 tables, and 5 figures.) (As Provided).
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