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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Beyond the Design of Automated Writing Evaluation: Pedagogical Practices and Perceived Learning Effectiveness in EFL Writing Classes
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Chen, Chi-Fen Emily; Cheng, Wei-Yuan Eugene – Language Learning & Technology, 2008
Automated writing evaluation (AWE) software is designed to provide instant computer-generated scores for a submitted essay along with diagnostic feedback. Most studies on AWE have been conducted on psychometric evaluations of its validity; however, studies on how effectively AWE is used in writing classes as a pedagogical tool are limited. This…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Writing Evaluation, Instructional Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
The Development of E-Mail Literacy: From Writing to Peers to Writing to Authority Figures
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Chen, Chi-Fen Emily – Language Learning & Technology, 2006
Though e-mail has become a common interpersonal communication medium, it does not mean that this medium is used without difficulty. While people can write e-mails to peers in any manner they like, writing e-mails to authority figures requires higher pragmatic competence and critical language awareness of how discourse shapes and reflects power…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Interpersonal Communication, Metalinguistics, Discourse Analysis