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Which do students prefer to evaluate their essays: Peers or computer program
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Results showed that EFL learners in Taiwan generally opted for PE over AWE, which raises several relevant issues, including social learning, feedback strategies, computer anxiety and cultural impact.Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate problems and potentials of new technologies in English writing education. The effectiveness of automated writing evaluation (AWE) ( MY Access) and of peer evaluation (PE) was compared. Twenty-two English as a foreign language (EFL) learners in Taiwan participated in this study. They submitted their draft to MY Access, received feedback from this automated grading system and then made some revision. In addition to the AWE, they also had peer revision in writing class. Three issues, including how writers used the feedback from these two kinds of evaluation, what progress they made in writing and how they perceived these two kinds of evaluation, are discussed. Results showed that EFL learners in Taiwan generally opted for PE over AWE. These findings raise several relevant issues, including social learning, feedback strategies, computer anxiety and cultural impact. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]read more
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