A comparative study on lexical and syntactic features of ESL versus EFL learners' writing.

ABSTRACT: This study analyzes the compositions of Hong Kong English as a second language (ESL) learners and English as a foreign language (EFL) learners in Mainland China in terms of lexical and syntactic features. A program based on the CoreNLP was developed and used to analyze written language texts, and differences in tags of parts of speech and syntactic dependencies between the two groups of texts were compared statistically to examine differences in the lexical and syntactic features of the learners' written language. The results show significant differences in the lexical and syntactic features of learners' writing. Specifically, in EFL learners' writing, there is a salient group pattern of higher lexical diversity, whereas ESL compositions are more flexible in vocabulary use with higher info

SUBMITTER: Zhang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9664217 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature