Abstract
AbstractThis study aims to prove the effectiveness of AWE (automated writing evaluation) feedback in English writing with the aid of the online grading system—Pigaiwang. A contrastive teaching experiment was employed with one class as experimental class and another class as control class. The two classes were required to take a pre-test to decide their writing level and a post-test to check their improvement. After a semester’s teaching experiment, the data was collected and analyzed. The results showed that most students in the experimental class held favorable attitude towards using AWE and their writing skills improved a lot by constant revision. However, the students in the control class, who only relied on teacher’ evaluation and feedback, did not improve their writing skills as greatly as students in experimental class because they seldom revised their essay and wrote the second draft. Given the efficiency of AWE feedback for L2 learners, it can be applied to the English writing teaching extensively. Though the online grading system has its advantages in improving students’ writing level, it also has limitations. So, the best choice should be a combination of human feedback and intelligent feedback.KeywordsEnglish writingValidity of AWE feedbackAutomated grading system
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