Expressive writing in a Saudi university English foreign language (EFL) classroom: Evaluating gains in syntactic complexity.

ABSTRACT: Background: This study determines if the English foreign language (EFL) Saudi students achieve greater syntactic complexity when they engage in expressive writing than when they write about a general topic. Methods: This study employs an ex post facto research design to compare the writing output of EFL learners. The sample comprised of 24 college students enrolled in an English writing course, at Department of English and Translation, College of Sciences and Arts, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia for the academic year 2021-2022. The participants were assigned randomly, and their writing was analyzed using the computer software named Web-based L2 Syntactic Complexity Analyzer. Lu's (2010) four board element of syntactic complexity and 14 units is employed to analyze the

SUBMITTER: Abdulaziz Alkhalaf SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10050904 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature