Writing Expertise and Second Language Proficiency  

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Cumming, Alister H.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Learning: A Journal of Research in Language Studies (Full Text) vol. 39 no. 1 (Mar. 1989), page 81-142.
Fulltext: 39_01_Cumming.pdf (2.75MB)

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/LLE/39 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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The seconds-language writing performance of 23 young adults on three composition tasks was assessed in relation to their writing expertise and second-language proficiency. Both factors accounted for large proportions of variance in the qualities of written texts and problem-solving behavios in the second language. But the factors exerted independent effects, suggesting they are psychologically distinct. Writing expertise proved to relate to: qualities of discourse organization and content in the compositions produced; attention to complex aspects of writing during decision making, problem-solving behaviors in the second language behaviors involving heuristic searchs; and well-differentiated control strategies. Second-language proficiency proved to be an additive factor, enhancing the overall quality of writing produced, and interacting with the attention that participants devoted to aspects of their writing. But second-language proficiency did not visibly affect the processess of composing. In all analyses, more cognitively demanding argument and summary tasks produced significantly different behaviors from a less cognitively demanding letter task.

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