RESEARCHING SIMPLICITY AND SOPHISTICATION IN STUDENT WRITING
The programs WordSmith and VocabProfile were used to research lexical differences between essays written in English by Spanish undergraduates and a set of essays independently judged as being of TWE grade 6 standard. The results indicated that writing by this group of students was generally characte...
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| description | The programs WordSmith and VocabProfile were used to research lexical differences between essays written in English by Spanish undergraduates and a set of essays independently judged as being of TWE grade 6 standard. The results indicated that writing by this group of students was generally characterised by low lexical variation, a preponderance of high-frequency words and under-use of academic vocabulary in comparison with the target style. Reasons for the apparent lexical simplicity of this sample of student writing are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-86c7859b8136426fbbdd4789d86a6d6b2022-12-22T00:15:09ZengUniversidad de MurciaInternational Journal of English Studies (IJES)1578-70442008-06-0181516610.6018/ijes.8.1.49091RESEARCHING SIMPLICITY AND SOPHISTICATION IN STUDENT WRITINGRuth BreezeThe programs WordSmith and VocabProfile were used to research lexical differences between essays written in English by Spanish undergraduates and a set of essays independently judged as being of TWE grade 6 standard. The results indicated that writing by this group of students was generally characterised by low lexical variation, a preponderance of high-frequency words and under-use of academic vocabulary in comparison with the target style. Reasons for the apparent lexical simplicity of this sample of student writing are discussed.http://revistas.um.es/ijes/article/view/49091WordSmithVocabProfileL2 writinglexical variationlexical rangeacademic lexis |
| spellingShingle | Ruth Breeze RESEARCHING SIMPLICITY AND SOPHISTICATION IN STUDENT WRITING International Journal of English Studies (IJES) WordSmith VocabProfile L2 writing lexical variation lexical range academic lexis |
| title | RESEARCHING SIMPLICITY AND SOPHISTICATION IN STUDENT WRITING |
| title_full | RESEARCHING SIMPLICITY AND SOPHISTICATION IN STUDENT WRITING |
| title_fullStr | RESEARCHING SIMPLICITY AND SOPHISTICATION IN STUDENT WRITING |
| title_full_unstemmed | RESEARCHING SIMPLICITY AND SOPHISTICATION IN STUDENT WRITING |
| title_short | RESEARCHING SIMPLICITY AND SOPHISTICATION IN STUDENT WRITING |
| title_sort | researching simplicity and sophistication in student writing |
| topic | WordSmith VocabProfile L2 writing lexical variation lexical range academic lexis |
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