How Different Are They? A Comparison of Generation 1.5 and International L2 Learners' Writing Ability

Autor/in	di Gennaro, Kristen
Titel	How Different Are They? A Comparison of Generation 1.5 and International L2 Learners' Writing Ability
Quelle	In: Assessing Writing, 18 (2013) 2, S.154-172 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1075-2935
DOI	10.1016/j.asw.2013.01.003
Schlagwörter	Writing Instruction; Administrators; Grammar; Writing Ability; Second Language Learning; Comparative Analysis; Postsecondary Education; Item Response Theory; Measurement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schreibunterricht; Grammatik; Schreibkompetenz; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Item-Response-Theorie; Messverfahren
Abstract	A growing body of literature in second-language writing suggests that the writing ability of international second language (L2) learners, who attend post-secondary education abroad after having completed high school in their home countries, and the so-called Generation 1.5 population, that is, L2 learners who enter post-secondary education after attending high school in the new country, differs. The present study provides much-needed empirical evidence concerning potential differences in the writing ability of these two groups. Many-facet Rasch measurement procedures were used to analyze learners' writing scores in five components, based on a theoretical model of writing ability: grammatical, cohesive, rhetorical, sociopragmatic, and content control. Results revealed that the international learners performed better overall than the Generation 1.5 learners and that the two groups had opposing strengths and weaknesses in grammatical and sociopragmatic control. Language program administrators and practitioners can use these results when designing curricula addressing the needs of diverse groups of L2 learners. (Contains 3 figures and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10