Morphological development in EAP student writing

Kim McDonough; Pakize Uludag; Heike Neumann

doi:10.1002/tesq.608

Morphological development in EAP student writing

Kim McDonough^*
, Pakize Uludag
, Heike Neumann

^*Corresponding author for this work

Concordia University

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Within the broader category of writing development, which has been operationalized as observable change over time in any aspect of writing (Polio, 2017), language development in second language (L2) writing specifically refers to changes in accuracy, complexity, fluency, or the frequency and emergence of forms in written texts as applied to lexical, morphological, syntactic, or formulaic aspects of language (Polio & Park, 2016). Distinct from the study of the relationship between language features and the assessment of text quality (e.g., what are the features of “good” essays?), language development in L2 writing examines changes in L2 writers’ language use independent of whether those changes positively contribute to text quality. Situated within this framework, this study explores the morphological development of the writing of L2 students enrolled in a one-semester English for academic purposes (EAP) course with an instructional focus on morphology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1065-1076
Number of pages	12
Journal	TESOL Quarterly
Volume	54
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.608
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020
Externally published	Yes

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