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Investigating Syntactic Complexity in EFL Learners' Writing across Common European Framework of Reference Levels A1, A2, and B1 (2020)
Khushik, G. A., & Huhta, A. (2020). Investigating Syntactic Complexity in EFL Learners' Writing across Common European Framework of Reference Levels A1, A2, and B1. Applied Linguistics, 41(4), 506-532. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amy064
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Julkaisun tiedot
Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Khushik, Ghulam Abbas; Huhta, Ari
Lehti tai sarja: Applied Linguistics
ISSN: 0142-6001
eISSN: 1477-450X
Julkaisuvuosi: 2020
Volyymi: 41
Lehden numero: 4
Artikkelin sivunumerot: 506-532
Kustantaja: Oxford University Press
Julkaisumaa: Britannia
Julkaisun kieli: englanti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amy064
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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/66085
Tiivistelmä
The study investigates the linguistic basis of Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) levels in English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ writing. Specifically, it examines whether CEFR levels can be distinguished with reference to syntactic complexity (SC) and whether the results differ between two groups of EFL learners with different first languages (Sindhi and Finnish). This sheds light on the linguistic comparability of the CEFR levels across L1 groups. Informants were teenagers from Pakistan (N = 868) and Finland (N = 287) who wrote the same argumentative essay that was rated on a CEFR-based scale. The essays were analysed for 28 SC indices with the L2 Syntactic Complexity Analyzer and Coh-Metrix. Most indices were found to distinguish CEFR levels A1, A2, and B1 in both language groups: the clearest separators were the length of production units, subordination, and phrasal density indices. The learner groups differed most in the length measures and phrasal density when their CEFR level was controlled for. However, some indices remained the same, and the A1 level was more similar than A2 and B2 in terms of SC across the two groups.
Vapaat asiasanat: kieltenopetus; vieraat kielet; toinen kieli; yleiseurooppalainen viitekehys
Liittyvät organisaatiot
OKM-raportointi: Kyllä
Raportointivuosi: 2020
JUFO-taso: 3
