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The impact of auto-correction features in text-processing software on the academic writing of ESL learners
ID Lekamge, Rashmika (Author), ID Smith, Clayton (Author)

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Abstract
The intrusion of technology into language education is undeniable. However, its impact on English as a Second Language (ESL) learners remains unexplored. This study explores how the text-processing and suggestion features of Microsoft Word affect the English language development of ESL learners. The writing samples show that while beginners make fewer spelling and punctuation errors, prolonged reliance on software weakens long-term language proficiency. This finding is supported by cluster analysis of first-year undergraduates, third-year undergraduates, and postgraduates. Conversely, first-year undergraduates learners excel in structuring paragraphs and writing a variety of sentences, which are the areas untouched by automation offered in the tested software. Semi-structured interviews with research-active academics and postgraduate students further validated these findings, highlighting a critical decline in writing confidence due to over-dependence on emerging technology. The study underscores the hidden costs of convenience, urging a recalibration of technology-integrated language pedagogy.

Language:English
Keywords:automated writing correction, ESL development, technology dependence, writing proficiency decline, text-processing software
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:FF - Faculty of Arts
Publication date:01.01.2025
Year:2025
Number of pages:Str. 69-91
Numbering:Vol. 22, no. 1
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-180490 This link opens in a new window
UDC:[811.111’243:378]:004.912
ISSN on article:1581-8918
DOI:10.4312/elope.22.1.69-91 This link opens in a new window
COBISS.SI-ID:271147267 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUL:10.03.2026
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Title:ELOPE : English language overseas perspectives and enquiries
Shortened title:ELOPE
Publisher:Slovensko društvo za angleške študije, Slovensko društvo za angleške študije, Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
ISSN:1581-8918
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Language:Slovenian
Title:Vpliv funkcije samodejnega popravljanja v programih za urejanje besedil na akademsko pisanje učencev in učenk angleščine kot drugega tujega jezika
Abstract:
Vdor tehnologije v učenje jezikov je nesporen, a je njen vpliv na angleščino kot drugi tuji jezik premalo raziskan. Študija raziskuje, kako funkcije samodejnega popravljanja in predlogov v programu Microsoft Word vplivajo na razvoj znanja angleščine pri študentih in študentkah angleščine kot drugega tujega jezika. Pisni vzorci so pokazali, da začetniki naredijo manj napak pri črkovanju in ločilih, a dolgotrajna odvisnost od programske opreme oslabi dolgoročno jezikovno znanje. To potrjuje analiza prvega letnika, tretjega letnika in podiplomskih študentov in študentk. Prvi letnik se je sicer izkazal pri strukturiranju odstavkov in variiranju povedi, ki ju programska oprema ne avtomatizira. Polstrukturirani intervjuji z raziskovalci in raziskovalkami in podiplomskimi študenti in študentkami so ugotovitve potrdili ter izpostavili občuten upad samozavesti pri pisanju zaradi pretirane odvisnosti od sodobne tehnologije. Raziskava izpostavi skriti davek udobja in nujnost ponovnega uravnoteženja pedagoških pristopov pri vključevanju tehnologije v jezikovni pouk.

Keywords:samodejno popravljanje pri pisanju, razvoj ESL, tehnološka odvisnost, upad pisne zmožnosti, programska oprema za obdelavo besedil

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