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Comparing Measures of Syntactic and Lexical Complexity in Artificial Intelligence and L2 Human-Generated Argumentative Essays
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Nomsa Zindela – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2023
This study explores syntactic and lexical complexity in argumentative essays written by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Humans (HS). First year Tswana second language (L2) learners of English in a South African University wrote the HS argumentative essays. The AI essays have been generated by ChatGPT-3.5 on the same topics. Using a…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Syntax, Vocabulary, Artificial Intelligence
Student-Written versus ChatGPT-Generated Discursive Essays: A Comparative Coh-Metrix Analysis of Lexical Diversity, Syntactic Complexity, and Referential Cohesion
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Tlatso Nkhobo; Chaka Chaka – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2023
This article reports on a comparative analysis of two sets of essays, student-discursive essays (SDEs) and ChatGPT-generated discursive essays (ChatGPT-GDEs) on the same essay topic using Coh-Metrix. It focused on three Coh-Metrix indices, lexical density, syntactic complexity, and referential cohesion as the basis for the comparative analysis.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Persuasive Discourse, Writing (Composition)
Academic Biliteracies: Multilingual Repertoires in Higher Education
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Palfreyman, David M., Ed.; van der Walt, Christa, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2017
Research on academic literacy within higher education has focused almost exclusively on the development of academic literacy in English. This book is unique in showing how students use other languages when they engage with written academic content--whether in reading, discussing, or writing--and how increasingly multilingual higher education…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Bilingual Education, Multiple Literacies, College Students
A Content Analysis of the Essays of Black and White South African High School Pupils
Unterhalter, B. – Race, 1973
Six hundred and six essays written during 1969 and 1970 are compared in terms of the main themes or events described; the pupils individually chose to write on either the topic of What happened on Saturday night' or My Street.' (JM)
Descriptors: Black Students, Content Analysis, Essays, High School Students