Application analysis of Iwrite platform in English writing teaching in higher vocational education

Abstract

This paper first analyzes the current obstacles of English writing and teaching under the traditional writing teaching model. Then based on constructivism and input-out theory, relying on Iwrite, we conducted a one-year experimental teaching. The experimental class adopts the online and offline hybrid writing teaching based on Iwrite, while only traditional offline teaching is adopted in control class. By comparing the results of pretest and post-test, students’ scores of the experimental class increased from 37.3 to 70.4, which is a big improvement in contrast to the rise from 35.3 to 56.5 in control class. Additionally, on the one hand, Iwrite platform can provide real-time feedback so that students can make modifications in time to practice writing many times. On the other hand, teachers can design targeted teaching based on statistics of mistakes in students’ writing from Iwrite. Therefore, the author proposes that it is essential to establish the mixed model of online and offline English writing teaching.

Computer or Human: A Comparative Study of Automated Evaluation Scoring and instructors’ feedback on Chinese College Students’ English Writing

“…Pigai and iWrite are the most extensively used two systems locally, and their performance and validity of them were studied thoroughly. Studies showed that both systems had shortcomings in scoring and providing feedback for learners (Qian et al, 2019;Yan, 2019;Wu, 2020). Aim Writing is another new AES system developed by Microsoft Research of Asia (MSRA), and it was launched in China in late 2019.…”

Computer or human: a comparative study of automated evaluation scoring and instructors’ feedback on Chinese college students’ English writing

“…Pigai and iWrite are the most extensively used two systems locally, and their performance and validity of them were studied thoroughly. Studies showed that both systems had shortcomings in scoring and providing feedback for learners (Qian et al, 2019;Wu, 2020;Yan, 2019). Aim Writing is another new AES system developed by Microsoft Research of Asia (MSRA).…”