Technology in Second Language Writing: Advances in Composing, Translation, Writing Pedagogy and Data-Driven Learning

197 Pages·2022·8.209 MB·

by  Jingjing Qin, Paul Stapleton

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ADVANCES IN COMPOSING, TRANSLATION,
WRITING PEDAGOGY AND DATA-DRIVEN LEARNING
Edited by Jingjing Qin and Paul Stapleton
Technology in Second Language
Writing
This edited volume showcases state-of-the-art research in technological
applications in second language writing. It examines multimodal composing,
digital feedback, data-driven learning, machine translation, and technological
applications in writing pedagogy.
Technology in Second Language Writing reflects the rapidly changing field
of technology in second language learning and highlights technological
advances across different areas relevant to L2 writing. Composed of empiri-
cal studies, reviews, and descriptive essays, this book covers a variety of topics
across the areas of composing, pedagogy, and writing research. It includes
discussion of computer-mediated communication, language learners’ percep-
tions about using technology in their writing, the use of social media in writ-
ing, corpus learning, translation software, and the use of electronic feedback
in language classrooms.
Offering a multifaceted approach to technology in a wide variety of second
language writing contexts, this cutting-edge book serves as essential read-
ing for scholars and postgraduate students in the field of language teaching,
applied linguistics, and TESOL.
Jingjing Qin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Language Stud-
ies at Zayed University, UAE.
Paul Stapleton is an Independent Researcher. His academic interests include
L2 writing, critical thinking, and research methods.
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Technology in Second
Language Writing
Advances in Composing, Translation,
Writing Pedagogy and Data-Driven
Learning
Edited by
Jingjing Qin and Paul Stapleton
First published 2023
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Contents
List of contributors vii
1 Introduction: Advances in writing technology over
the eons 1
PAUL STAPLETON
2 Interactive academic EFL writing assisted by GT
for Chinese non-English major students 10
SHU-CHIAO TSAI
3 The use of Google Translate and complementary
resources by Chinese students: A case study writing
in Catalan 28
RUOCHEN NING
4 Using machine translation in EFL writing: A scoping
review 45
BURCU GOKGOZ-KURT
5 Repeated academic writing with synchronous and
asynchronous teacher electronic feedback: How are
macro and micro aspects affected? 63
SIMA KHEZRLOU
6 Wiki writing in medicine and students’ perceptions:
The case of an English-in-the-Discipline course
in Hong Kong 80
WENFENG WANG, SIMON BOYTON, LAURA WAKELAND, DAYA DATWANI,
JUAN CASTILLO, LETTY CHAN, AND SIMON SCANLON
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7 Multimodal resemiotization: Examining one L2 writer’s
interactions with equity videos 98
EMMA R. BRITTON, HENGYI LIU, XINYUE ZUO, AND THERESA Y. AUSTIN
8 The dialogical conception of beginning L2 writing via
social networking and telecollaboration 114
MARIA BONDARENKO AND LIUDMILA KLIMANOVA
9 Examining directness with corpus tools in Iraqi EFL
writing 133
ASHLEIGH COX, ERIC FRIGINAL, AND SABAH S. MUSTAFA
10 L2 handwritten assignments for automated writing
evaluation: A text recognition study 152
VAHID ABOLGHASEMI AND REZA FALAHATI
11 Using computer keystroke logging in the second
language composition classroom 167
HAMPUS HOLM, ETIENNE SKEIN, AND KIRK P. H. SULLIVAN
Index 182
Contributors
Vahid Abolghasemi Vahid Abolghasemi received his PhD in signal and
image processing from the University of Surrey, UK, in 2011. He is
currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Essex, UK. His main
research interests are signal and image processing, computer vision, and
machine learning.
Theresa Y. Austin She is a Professor of Language, Literacy, & Culture
at UMass Amherst. Theresa Y. Austin is a devoted anti-racist teacher-
educator/researcher committed to serving diasporic communities. She
collaborates on language planning and policy issues that advance social
justice and intercultural growth.
Maria Bondarenko Maria Bondarenko, PhD, is a Lecturer in Second
Language Pedagogy at the University of Heidelberg (Germany) and a
Lecturer in Russian language at the University of Montreal (Canada). Her
research focuses on different aspects of cognitive L2 pedagogy, L2 pedagogy
for beginners, telecollaboration, and gamification in L2 classrooms.
Simon Boyton Simon Boynton is a Lecturer at the Centre for Applied
English Studies of the University of Hong Kong and previously coordinated
the English-in-the-Discipline courses for the Faculty of Medicine.
Emma R. Britton Emma R. Britton recently earned a PhD in Language,
Literacy & Culture from Umass Amherst and works in the Language
Resource Center at Cornell University. Her research draws upon critical
linguistic and sociocultural theories to examine L2 writing pedagogies.
Juan Castillo Juan Castillo is a Lecturer at the Centre for Applied English
Studies of the University of Hong Kong and teaches English-in-the-
Discipline courses for medical students.
Letty Chan Assistant Lecturer at the Centre for Applied English Studies
of the University of Hong Kong and teaches English-in-the-Discipline
courses for medical students.
viii Contributors
Ashleigh Cox Ashleigh Cox is a doctoral student in Applied Linguistics,
Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA.
Daya Datwani Daya Datwani is a Lecturer at the Centre for Applied English
Studies of the University of Hong Kong and coordinates the wiki writing
project for English-in-the-Discipline courses for medical students.
Reza Falahati Reza Falahati is currently working as a Lecturer for
the Academic Language Programme (ALP) at the Vrije Universiteit,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, teaching writing courses in English. His
research interests are second language acquisition, phonetics, speech
production, academic discourse analysis, and pragmatics.
Eric Friginal Eric Friginal is a Professor and Head, Department of English
and Communications, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Burcu Gokgoz-Kurt Kutahya Dumlupinar University, School of
Foreign Languages, Department of English Translation and Interpreting
Department, 43000, Kutahya, Turkey.
(For correspondence: Kutahya Dumlupinar Universitesi, Evliya Celebi
Yerleskesi, Yabancı Diller Yüksekokulu
İngilizce Mütercim Tercümanlık Bölümü. A314. 43000, Kutahya,
TURKEY.)
Burcu Gokgoz-Kurt received her PhD from the University of South
Carolina in 2016. She is a Fulbright alumna who is interested in teaching
pronunciation, translation studies, and linguistics.
Hampus Holm Hampus Holm is a Doctoral Researcher in language
teaching and learning at Department of Language Studies, Umeå
University, Umeå, Sweden. He is writing his doctorate on the impact of
mobile digital literacies on the first and second language writing of upper
secondary Swedish school students.
Sima Khezrlou Sima Khezrlou received her PhD in TESOL from Urmia
University, Iran. Her research interests include instructed second language
acquisition, form-focused instruction, task-based language teaching, and
CALL.
Liudmila Klimanova Liudmila Klimanova, PhD, is an Assistant Professor
of Russian and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Arizona.
Her research focuses on topics related to telecollaboration and critical
virtual exchange, CMC, task-based learning, inclusive language teaching
pedagogies, and identity deployment in digital spaces. She is the editor of
Identity, Multilingualism, and CALL (Equinox).
Hengyi Liu Hengyi Liu is a current PhD candidate in Language, Literacy
& Culture from UMass Amherst, USA. He is interested in conducting
ethnographic research and using (multimodal) discourse analysis to
understand the use of language by multilingual students in the US context.
Contributors ix
Sabah S. Mustafa Sabah S. Mustafa is a Professor of English and Translation
at the Department of English, College of Languages, University of
Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the
Journal of College of Languages at the University of Baghdad. He has
been teaching English at the university for over 30 years. His primary
research program focuses on language and translation studies, contrastive
linguistics, corpus linguistics, language instruction, teaching EFL, and
intercultural rhetoric.
Ruochen Ning Ruochen Ning is a PhD student in the Grael research
group, Department of Translation and Language Science of Pompeu Fabra
University, Barcelona, Spain. Her research interests include L2 motivation,
language attitudes and identity, and language learning practice and
strategies. Her current research project focuses on the Catalan-learning
practices of Chinese students in Catalonia.
Jingjing Qin Dr Jingjing Qin is an Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics
at Language Studies Department, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Her research interests include L2 writing, written discourse, and second
language pedagogy.
Simon Scanlon Simon Scanlon is a Lecturer at the Centre for Applied
English Studies of the University of Hong Kong and teaches English-in-
the-Discipline courses for medical students.
Etienne Skein 36 Fairways Avenue, Hermanus, Western Cape, 7200 South
Africa
Etienne Skein is based in South Africa. He has published in the areas of
translanguaging, the teaching of writing, and the influence of e-sport on
second language English writing development.
Paul Stapleton Paul Stapleton is an Independent Researcher. His academic
interests include L2 writing, critical thinking, and research methods.
Kirk P. H. Sullivan Kirk P. H. Sullivan is a Professor of Linguistics at
Department of Language Studies, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. His
research interests include writing and cognition; the teaching of writing
from primary school to doctoral level; translanguaging; and teaching,
writing, and language learning.
Shu-Chiao Tsai No. 415, Chien-Kung Rd., Kaohsiung 80778, Taiwan,
R.O.C
Dr Shu-Chiao Tsai is a Full Professor in the Center of Liberal Arts at
National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan. His
research interest focuses on technology enhanced language learning and
the development of ESP (English for Specific Purposes) courseware and its
application in classroom.