We describe the Indiana University system for SemEval Task 5, the L2 writing assistant task, as well as some extensions to the system that were completed after the main evaluation. Our team submitted translations for all four language pairs in the evaluation, yielding the top scores for English-German. The system is based on combining several information sources to arrive at a final L2 translat...

The objectives of this study were (a) to examine the writing performance of L2 learners on the level-specific tasks based on Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and (b) to study the likely difference between students' self-assessed level of writing and those reported by raters. The study was conducted with 138 Iranian students at BA and MA levels in Alborz Institute of Higher Educatio...

We describe our systems for the SemEval 2014 Task 5: L2 writing assistant where a system has to find appropriate translations of L1 segments in a given L2 context. We participated in three out of four possible language pairs (English-Spanish, FrenchEnglish and Dutch-English) and achieved the best performance for all our submitted systems according to word-based accuracy. Our models are based on...

This study examined the effects of task complexity and pre-writing condition on Malaysian L2 learners’ perceptions their argumentative writing concerning perceived difficulty, stress, confidence to perform task, interest in motivation complete task. It investigated whether dyadic triadic conditions for peer discussion modulate willingness participate learning opportunities. In a repeated-measur...