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Research Methods in the Study of L2 Writing Processes
Edited by Rosa M. Manchón and Julio Roca de Larios
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 5] 2023
► pp. 292–314

Chapter 14
Setting up a coding scheme for the analysis of the dynamics of children’s engagement with written corrective feedback

Triangulating data sources

| University of Murcia

This chapter describes the development of a coding scheme for the analysis of young English as a foreign language learners’ engagement with model texts. After outlining the theoretical rationale underlying our analytical procedure, and the methodological problems we experienced when attempting to apply constructs developed in research with adults to a younger and less proficient group of learners, I go on to explain the multiple steps involved in our process-product analysis. Careful triangulation of different measures including the children’s written texts, handwritten notes, and transcripts of their collaborative dialogue across two multi-stage tasks, enabled us to identify a series of trajectories involving diverse combinations of noticing, strategic problem-solving, and degrees of uptake. The coding categories and methodological decisions are illustrated with examples from the children’s data. Limitations in the procedure are also highlighted.

Article outline
  • Introduction
  • Overview of the research programme
  • Coding scheme of children’s writing and WCF trajectories
    • Uncovering children’s strategic problem-solving while writing
    • Coding the written texts of very low proficiency learners
    • Accounting for children’s noticing from model texts
    • Tracing children’s problem-solving trajectories across the multi-stage task
    • Determining the language learning potential of the trajectories
    • Verifying the connection between the trajectories and L2 writing development
  • Conclusion
  • References
Published online: 23 October 2023
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https://doi.org/10.1075/rmal.5.14coy
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