A Case Study of Text and Discourse Based on Juku, Coh-Metrix, and Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (LIWC)

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10.2991/icsste-15.2015.261How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Juku automated scoring system; Coh-Metrix automated computational evaluation tool; Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (LIWC)

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the main writing features in the English time-limited compositions by third-year English major students at Guangxi University in China. Three automated assessing tools were adopted: Juku automated scoring system designed in China; Coh-Metrix automated computational evaluation tool constructed by researchers in the USA; and Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (LIWC). The results showed that there are great differences in five dimensions in the writings of high and low score compositions based on the calculation of Juku and Coh-Metrix, and there exists a strong correlation between Chinese English majors’ argumentative writings and formal texts standardized by LIWC.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Liu Jia
AU  - Shen Ying
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DA  - 2015/04
TI  - A Case Study of Text and Discourse Based on Juku, Coh-Metrix, and Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (LIWC)
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Social Science and Technology Education
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 1050
SN  - 2352-5398
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