Doctorat en Littérature Anglaise

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    The Integration of Automated Writing Evaluation Technology to Enhance Students' Writing Skills: The Case of Second Year English as a Foreign Language Students of Setif 2 University
    (2025-05-23) Sara BOUABDALLAH
    The current study scrutinized the effectiveness of integrating Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) technology in developing the writing skills of second-year students of English at Mohamed Lamine Debaghine Sétif 2 University. After interviewing seven teachers of written expression and administering a preliminary questionnaire to 25 students, the findings confirmed that learners indeed face challenges in grammar, vocabulary, mechanics, and overall writing organization. Most students reported receiving little feedback and struggling with self-correction, while teachers noted that providing corrective feedback was time-consuming. Consequently, the integration of AWE technology, specifically the Virtual Writing Tutor tool, was suggested as a remedy. Its effectiveness was investigated through a quasi-experimental pretest/posttest non-equivalent group design, using a mixed-methods approach as a methodological framework to guide the current investigation. Two intact groups, an experimental group (N=37) and a control group (N=37), were selected, and their performance in both pretest and posttest was analyzed across five writing subcomponents: content, organization, grammar, vocabulary, and mechanics. After receiving the treatment of using AWE for 14 weeks, the experimental group outperformed the control group in the posttest. With a statistical outcome derived from the independent samples t-test, a significant difference of p<0.05 was indicated across several subcomponents, especially grammar, mechanics, and vocabulary. These results prove the positive effects of AWE integration on the participants’ writing performance. In addition, the post-experimental questionnaire and interviews demonstrated the learners’ positive perceptions towards using the tool in the classroom, highlighting increased motivation, autonomy, and willingness to continue using AWE in the future. Therefore, EFL teachers are recommended to incorporate Automated Writing Evaluation technology into the classroom to enhance the teaching and learning of writing