SSLW2024: Full Schedule

10:45am MST

Syntactic Complexity in L2 learners’ academic writing: A comparative corpus-based study of engineering students across L1 background

Thursday November 14, 2024 10:45am - 11:15am MST

North Ballroom 05

This study explores the correlation between syntactic complexity and writing quality in final year reports of civil engineering students of English as a Second Language (ESL) from Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia, assessing the quality of their writing.

Presenters

Muhammad Afzaal

Shanghai International Studies University

Shanshan Xiao

Shanghai International Studies University

Thursday November 14, 2024 10:45am - 11:15am MST
North Ballroom 05

Roundtable, R1.5