Integrated tasks are increasing in popularity, either replacing or complementing writing-only independent writing assessments. This shift has generated many research interests to investigate the underlying construct and features of integrated (IW) performances. However, due complexity IW construct, there conflicting findings about whether extent which various language skills text correlate scor...

Traditionally, people used to write by hand. Nowadays, people seldom write by hand, instead people write with computers. However, still there are many scopes to improve the writing environment because searching process is not seamlessly integrated with writing process. By regarding writing as a process of searching for words or expressions, it can be concluded that writing is, in a broad sense,...

Second language writing instruction has been greatly influenced by the growing importance of technology and the recent shift of paradigm from a cognitive to a social orientation in second language acquisition (Lantolf & Thorne, 2006). Therefore, the applications of computer assisted language learning and activity theory have been suggested as a promising framework for writing studies. The prese...

Despite the increased use of integrated tasks in high-stakes academic writing assessment, research on rating criteria which reflect unique construct summary skills is comparatively rare. Using a mixed-method approach expert judgement, text analysis, and statistical this study examines features that discriminate summaries produced by 150 candidates at five levels proficiency reading-writing (R-W...

Writing is a challenging task for English Foreign Language (EFL) instruction. Based on artificial intelligence technology, Automatic Evaluation (AWE) has received considerable attention from the EFL research community in recent years, since it can provide timely and personalized feedback to writing learners. However, researchers have pointed out that while AWE satisfactory vocabulary use gramma...

The potentials of mobile learning in teaching academic writing skills for ESL students are explored in this paper. Although there have been studies on MALL to improve writing skills, academic writing was never really touched. Few aspects are covered like the changes in educational technology, defining MALL, identifying issues in academic writing by ESL students, approaches used in academic writ...