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Tillema, Marion; van den Bergh, Huub; Rijlaarsdam, Gert; Sanders, Ted – Language Testing, 2013
It is the consensus that, as a result of the extra constraints placed on working memory, texts written in a second language (L2) are usually of lower quality than texts written in the first language (L1) by the same writer. However, no method is currently available for quantifying the quality difference between L1 and L2 texts. In the present…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingualism, Effect Size, Essays