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Cheong, Choo Mui; Zhu, Xinhua; Liu, Yaping – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
Background: As a complex cognitive task, integrated writing (IW) requires not only different language modalities but also persistent cognitive effort. In practice, varied language modalities are taught together with IW tasks. However, little research has been done to investigate independent and integrated language tasks simultaneously. In…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Reading, Writing (Composition), Secondary School Students
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Zhu, Xinhua; Li, Guan Ying; Cheong, Choo Mui; Yu, Guoxing; Liao, Xian – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
This study investigates the relationship between three discourse synthesis skills (i.e., quotation, summarization, and connection) and students' overall integrated writing performance in Chinese, students' first language, and English, their second language. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that 63.6% of the variance in students' overall…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Discourse Analysis
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Zhu, Xinhua; Li, Xueyan; Yu, Guoxing; Cheong, Choo Mui; Liao, Xian – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2016
Integrated assessment tasks have been increasingly used in language tests, but the underlying constructs of integrated tasks remain elusive. This study aimed to improve understanding of the construct of integrated writing tasks in Chinese Language examinations in Hong Kong by looking at the language competences measured in the…
Descriptors: Chinese, Language Tests, Listening, Reading