Preliminary Indicators of EFL Essay Writing for Teachers' Feedback Using Automatic Text Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Phoophuangpairoj, Rong; Pipattarasakul, Piyarat
Titel	Preliminary Indicators of EFL Essay Writing for Teachers' Feedback Using Automatic Text Analysis
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Methodology, 8 (2022) 1, S.55-68 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Phoophuangpairoj, Rong) ORCID (Pipattarasakul, Piyarat)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2469-9632
Schlagwörter	Essays; Writing Evaluation; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Error Patterns; Online Courses; Teaching Methods; COVID-19; Pandemics; Writing Skills; Readability Formulas; Feedback (Response); Writing Instruction; Spelling; Grammar; Computer Software; Undergraduate Students; Error Correction; Foreign Countries; Thailand; Flesch Kincaid Grade Level Formula + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fehlertyp; Online course; Online-Kurs; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Schreibunterricht; Schreibweise; Grammatik; Korrektur; Ausland
Abstract	During the pandemic of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), English as a foreign language (EFL) students have to study and submit their assignments and quizzes through online systems using electronic files instead of hardcopies. This has created an opportunity for teachers to use computer tools to conduct preliminary assessment of the students' writing performance and then give advice to them timely. Hence, this paper proposed some indicators which were essay readability scored by Flesch Reading Ease (FRE), length of essays, errors in writing and a method to assist the teachers in providing writing feedback to the students. The results showed a large difference in FRE, the number of words, sentences, paragraphs and errors. The K-means clustering findings were applied to classify groups of students based on writing proficiency indicators. The findings also revealed that the number of words and sentences in the essays indicated some deficiencies. The concept of paragraph should be reinforced while some specific errors such as misspelling, grammatical and typographical errors found need to be eliminated. This study showcased that the computer tools should be integrated to process the students' essays so that the teachers can pinpoint the problems and make suggestions to their students in appropriate time. Lastly, the results can be served as the guidelines for the teachers to develop and adjust teaching materials pertinent to writing to enhance the writing performance of EFL learners. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01