Phraseological complexity as an index of L2 Dutch writing proficiency
(2019) Vocab@Leuven 2019 — Location: Leuven, Belgium (1.July.2019)
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- Measures of phraseological complexity have been shown to differentiate between EFL learners at the B2-C2 levels of the CEFR (Paquot, 2018; 2019), indicating the important role of phraseological competence in the assessment of learner writing. I present the results of a corpus-based study investigating the cross-linguistic validity of measures of phraseological complexity by assessing their effectiveness as indices of L2 Dutch (writing) proficiency. Measures of phraseological diversity (root type token ratio—RTTR) and sophistication (based on mutual information—MI) are computed for the target phraseological units, relational or grammatical co-occurrences, using an L2 Dutch corpus compiled from more than 2,700 written exam extracts produced by learners at the B1-C1 CEFR levels. The measurements are then compared across proficiency levels, as well as to the results obtained for L2 English. The results are discussed in terms of their contribution to the description of phraseological competence in learner writing, as well as its role in the assessment of L2 Dutch writing.
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Rubin, R. (2019). Phraseological complexity as an index of L2 Dutch writing proficiency. Vocab@Leuven 2019, Leuven, Belgium. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/122176