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Syntactic Complexity, Error And The Holistic Evaluation Of Esl Student Essays, John S. Sparks
Syntactic Complexity, Error And The Holistic Evaluation Of Esl Student Essays, John S. Sparks
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This study was designed to test five hypotheses in order to answer the following general research questions: 1) Are measures of syntactic complexity valid indices of ESL writing quality as measured by the holistic rating of student essays? 2) Would a measure of frequency and seriousness of error reflect evaluators' perceptions of ESL writing quality?