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Investigating the effects of digital multimodal composing on Chinese EFL learners’ writing performance: a quasi-experimental study
Yiqin Xu1,2
2023-05-04
Source PublicationComputer Assisted Language Learning
ISSN0958-8221
Volume36Issue:4Pages:785 - 805
Abstract

Despite repeated calls for the integration of digital multimodal composing (DMC) into English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching, the effect of the pedagogical use of DMC has been rarely investigated in the EFL context. Even less is known about the effects of DMC on students’ L2 writing development. This study aims to address this issue by investigating whether and to what extent DMC would influence Chinese EFL learners’ L2 writing performance. To this end, DMC was implemented as a pedagogical intervention in an EFL course offered at a Chinese university. The experimental group (n = 66) was required to complete three multimodal projects and the control group (n = 30) was asked to write on the same topics but without completing any multimodal project. All the participants completed two writing tasks before and after the intervention (a pretest-posttest design). The results of the study showed that as compared with the control group, the experimental group displayed significant improvements in five aspects of L2 writing (i.e., text length, mean length per T-unit, task requirement, content, and comprehensibility). Implications for integrating DMC into L2 writing teaching were considered. Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2021.1945635.

KeywordDigital Multimodal Composing Efl Experimental Study Language Learning Writing Performance
DOI10.1080/09588221.2021.1945635
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Indexed BySSCI ; A&HCI
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaEducation & Educational Research ; Linguistics
WOS SubjectEducation & Educational Research ; Linguistics ; Language & Linguistics
WOS IDWOS:000674779700001
PublisherROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD2-4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXON, ENGLAND
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85110865505
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Document TypeJournal article
CollectionUniversity of Macau
Faculty of Education
Corresponding AuthorYiqin Xu
Affiliation1.The Affiliated High School of South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
2.Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macao
First Author AffilicationFaculty of Education
Corresponding Author AffilicationFaculty of Education
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Yiqin Xu. Investigating the effects of digital multimodal composing on Chinese EFL learners’ writing performance: a quasi-experimental study[J]. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2023, 36(4), 785 - 805.
APA Yiqin Xu.(2023). Investigating the effects of digital multimodal composing on Chinese EFL learners’ writing performance: a quasi-experimental study. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 36(4), 785 - 805.
MLA Yiqin Xu."Investigating the effects of digital multimodal composing on Chinese EFL learners’ writing performance: a quasi-experimental study".Computer Assisted Language Learning 36.4(2023):785 - 805.
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