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Key Defining Linguistic Features in the Writing Performance of First-Year University Students Across Different Language Proficiency Levels

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dc.contributor.authorCharnchairerk, Chalatip
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-14T17:17:29Z
dc.date.available2023-12-14T17:17:29Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.issuedBE2565
dc.description.abstractThis study sought to investigate the key determining characteristics in the writing performance of first-year Chulalongkorn University students across language proficiency levels as measured by CU-TEP. The focus was on both syntactic and lexical complexity components. The sample comprised the writings from a corpus of 4,812 first-year students divided into four CEFR levels (C1, B2, B1, and A2), using CU-TEP and corresponding CEFR levels as the strata. The sample size of all four groups was identical comprising 50 students each, totaling 200 students. Multiple computational tools were utilized for data analysis. The findings revealed that the distinctive features typifying the most proficient writers include the production of longer as well as more clausally and phrasally complex sentences. They also demonstrated high lexical richness through the use of wide-ranging vocabulary and rare or sophisticated academic words. These features were also discovered in other less proficient groups but to a lesser extent at decreasing proficiency levels. It was also found that the syntactic complexity measures that better differentiated proficiency levels were: mean length of sentence, mean length of T-unit, and mean length of clause while all three lexical complexity indices were proven to be good predictors of L2 writing quality.
dc.identifier.issn2630-0672 (Print), 2672-9431 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttps://harrt.in.th/handle/123456789/1905
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherLanguage Institute, Thammasat University
dc.publisher.placePranakorn, Bangkok
dc.subjectคุณสมบัติทางภาษาศาสตร์
dc.subjectความสามารถในการเขียน
dc.subjectระดับความสามารถทางภาษา
dc.subjectL2 Writing
dc.subjectProficiency Levels
dc.subjectSyntactic Complexity
dc.subjectLexical Complexity
dc.subject.isced0232 วรรณคดีและภาษาศาสตร์
dc.subject.oecd6.2 ภาษาและวรรณคดี
dc.titleKey Defining Linguistic Features in the Writing Performance of First-Year University Students Across Different Language Proficiency Levels
dc.typeบทความวารสาร (Journal Article)
dspace.entity.typePublication
harrt.itemID466
harrt.researchAreaภาษาศาสตร์ภาษาอังกฤษ
harrt.researchGroupภาษาอังกฤษ
harrt.researchTheme.1วากยสัมพันธ์ (Syntax)
harrt.researchTheme.2คำศัพท์ (Vocabulary)
mods.location.urlhttps://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/LEARN/article/view/259954
oaire.citation.endPage891
oaire.citation.issue2
oaire.citation.startPage858
oaire.citation.titleLEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network
oaire.citation.volume15
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