Getting a grip on the writing process: (Effective) approaches to write argumentative and narrative texts in L1 and L2

• This study explored writing processes in two languages (L1-Swedish and L2-English) and in twotext types (argumentative and narrative) of 158 upper-secondary students by analysing keystrokelogging data. The main aim of this study was to identify effective writing processes of argumentativeand narrative tasks in L1 and L2. First, results of the mixed effects model analysisshowed that students’ typical writing processes displayed differences in timing, higher and lowerorder pauses, production speed, and revision depending on the language in which they wrote andthe type of text they wrote. Secondly, using regression model analyses we explored which writingprocess patterns were positively related to text quality. By combining a reduced set of processmeasures, we identified effective writing process patterns. These patterns explained a rathersubstantial part of the variance in text quality, more precisely, between 56.1 % and 69.3 %. Thisstudy contributes to the current field of writing process studies by expanding our knowledge oftypical and effective writing processes in argumentative and narrative writing in upper-secondarystudents’ L1 and L2. These insights can be used to further shape writing education to supportstudents’ writing across languages and text types.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Språk och litteratur -- Jämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistik (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Languages and Literature -- General Language Studies and Linguistics (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Lärande (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Learning (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Språk och litteratur -- Studier av enskilda språk (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Languages and Literature -- Specific Languages (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Writing process

L1 and L2

Keystroke logging

Fluency

Pausing

Genres

Lingvistik

Linguistics

Engelska med språkvetenskaplig inriktning

English

Swedish

Svenska språket / Nordiska språk

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