Data di Pubblicazione:
2021
Citazione:
Complexity and second language writing quality / A. Nava (DI/SEGNI). - In: Sui sentieri delle lingue: sistemi linguistici tra movimento e complessità / [a cura di] E. Alberani, A. Andreani, C. Dozio, L. Paracchini. - Milano : Led, 2021. - ISBN 978-88-5526-557-7. - pp. 127-144
Abstract:
Given the key role played by writing skills in higher education and in pro
fessional contexts, in both one’s native language and, in a globalized world,
increasingly in English, research purporting to determine the best ways to assess writing proficiency/quality and to track writing development has
grown exponentially in recent years. In the Second Language Acquisition
(SLA) field, an influential approach analyses the quality of learners’ output
in a second language in terms of the degree of complexity, accuracy and
fluency it exhibits. While the notions of fluency and accuracy have a long
history, complexity is little explored. This article reviews the most recent
developments in second language studies that have sought to relate linguis
tic complexity indices to criteria of writing proficiency/quality. The article
further reports on the findings of an exploratory study into complexity and
writing quality which has analysed a small corpus of L2 English writing by
Italian undergraduates, an as yet under-researched population.
Tipologia IRIS:
03 - Contributo in volume
Keywords:
complexity; second language acquisition; English language teaching; academic writing
Elenco autori:
A. Nava
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Titolo del libro:
Sui sentieri delle lingue: sistemi linguistici tra movimento e complessità