Abstract: This study focuses on improving automated grammar correction in ESL (English as a Second Language) writing by combining BERT and Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). Traditional grammar ...

This study explored the extent to which the ethnic identity of a writer and the background (gender and area of teaching) of a rater can influence mainstream teacher candidates' evaluation of English ...

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School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China Introduction: Genres, having distinct communicative functions, elicit different levels of reasoning demands in writing tasks ...

Learning a new language is challenging, requiring a student to master four basic skills–listening, reading, speaking, and writing–from scratch. And it becomes even more challenging for ESL learners.

Genre researchers have found that writing in different genres involves different cognitive task loads and requires different linguistic demands. Generally speaking, narratives involve the description ...

Peer feedback is essential in writing English as a Second/Foreign Language (ESL/EFL). Traditionally, offline PF was more widely favored but nowadays online peer feedback (OPF) has become frequent in ...

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