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OverviewThis Element explores relationships between collocations, writing quality, and learner and contextual variables in a first-year composition (FYC) programme. Comprising three studies, the Element is anchored in understanding phraseological complexity and its sub-constructs of sophistication and diversity. First, the authors look at sophistication through association measures. They tap into how these measures may tell us different types of information about collocation via a cluster analysis. Selected measures from this clustering are used in a cumulative links model to establish relationships between these measures, measures of diversity and measures of task, the language background of the writer and individual writer variation, and writing quality scores. A third qualitative study of the statistically significant predictors helps understand how writers use collocations and why they might be favoured or downgraded by raters. This Element concludes by considering the implications of this modelling for assessment. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lee McCallum (Coventry University) , Philip Durrant (University of Exeter)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.160kg ISBN: 9781009074445ISBN 10: 100907444 Pages: 75 Publication Date: 08 September 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. FYC programmes and the writing context; 3. Review of collocation-writing quality studies; 4. Methodology; 5. Study one: the cluster analysis; 6. Study two: the statistical modelling; 7. Study three: qualitative understandings of writing quality; 8. Conclusions; References.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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