Relationships between measures of phraseological complexity and writing quality in a CEFR assessment context
Abstract
The present study contributes to understandings of the relationships between bigram and collocation complexity and writing quality by analysing a corpus of student placement tests in the UAE. At the heart of the study lies the need to understand the relationships between bigram and collocation diversity and sophistication. In developing such an understanding, the study extends work in this area by examining an underrepresented CEFR grading context. Using correlation analysis, findings indicate that several bigram and collocation measures correlate positively and negatively with essay grades. When built into regression modelling, the 3 predictors of: number of bigram types, Mean MI bigram type, and the number of non-collocation noun + noun bigram types emerge as significant measures that predict grade variation. The implications of these findings for assessment practices in ELF contexts are discussed.
Published
Jun 16, 2020
How to Cite
MCCALLUM, Lee.
Relationships between measures of phraseological complexity and writing quality in a CEFR assessment context.
Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, [S.l.], v. 5, n. 1, june 2020.
ISSN 2490-4198.
Available at: <http://arjals.com/index.php/Arab_Journal_Applied_Linguistics/article/view/197>. Date accessed: 18 jan. 2021.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1234/ajal.v5i1.197.
Section
New Articles
Keywords
Bigrams, collocation complexity, ELF assessment, assessment models.
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