Developing a persuasive writing model for secondary school

Aziz, F.; Said, Seriaznita Mat

doi:10.1007/s10671-019-09253-6

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“…By pointing out the errors or weaknesses of the opposing side’s argument through evidence, the author can further strengthen the viewpoint and make the argument more comprehensive. To date, the Toulmin argumentation model has been widely applied in assessing the quality of second language argumentative writing ( Qin and Karabacak, 2010 ; Liu and Stapleton, 2014 ; Stapleton and Wu, 2015 ; Aziz and Said, 2020 ; Qin, 2020 ).…”

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Fusion weighted features and BiLSTM-attention model for argument mining of EFL writing

2023

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Argument mining (AM), an emerging field in natural language processing (NLP), aims to automatically extract arguments and the relationships between them in texts. In this study, we propose a new method for argument mining of argumentative essays. The method generates dynamic word vectors with BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers), encodes argumentative essays, and obtains word-level and essay-level features with BiLSTM (Bi-directional Long Short-Term Memory) and attention training, respectively. By integrating these two levels of features we obtain the full-text features so that the content in the essay is annotated according to Toulmin’s argument model. The proposed method was tested on a corpus of 180 argumentative essays, and the precision of automatic annotation reached 69%. The experimental results show that our model outperforms existing models in argument mining. The model can provide technical support for the automatic scoring system, particularly on the evaluation of the content of argumentative essays.

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Fusion weighted features and BiLSTM-attention model for argument mining of EFL writing

2023

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“…Persuasive writing also opens up numerous opportunities for a career after graduation [4] [5] allowing them to become politicians, lawyers, business people and advertisers. However, persuasive writing is very challenging for students despite their natural ability to argue as adolescents even though it improves as they mature [6] [7]. In fact, secondary school students can compose effective persuasive essays but lack the ability to strengthen their arguments [7].…”

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“…However, persuasive writing is very challenging for students despite their natural ability to argue as adolescents even though it improves as they mature [6] [7]. In fact, secondary school students can compose effective persuasive essays but lack the ability to strengthen their arguments [7]. A possible reason why students produce mediocre persuasive essays is because the teachers are not able to adequately teach them the genre [8] [9].…”

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“…Limited exposure to a complex genre such as persuasive writing would cause students to be pressured as they attempt to compose their essays during examinations [11]. The way persuasive writing is being taught in schools also does not help as the process of writing instruction in Malaysia is considered too exam-oriented and instructor-centred [12] [7]. Numerous strategies being used in the classroom include copying a model essay [12] [7], the Five-Paragraph Essay Style [13] and the mind-mapping strategy [14].…”

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Formulating a Modern Instructional Model to Help Improve the Persuasive Writing of Students

2019

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Persuasive writing is an important writing genre for students to master as they are required to compose strong arguments for research papers and essays for tertiary level education. However, English persuasive writing is introduced late to secondary school students and there appears to be a lack of specific instructions for ESL students in secondary schools. This lack of attention and specific instruction can cause students to produce weak persuasive essays as a result. The purpose of this case study is to uncover the reasons behind the students’ difficulties with argumentative writing to formulate a model that can be a relevant teaching tool for classroom instruction. This is done by analyzing the essays of 150 low-scoring secondary school students with Toulmin’s Model as well as a set of questionnaires that are targeted at the students and the interviews that were conducted with their teachers. From the results, the researcher can formulate a prototype modern persuasive writing model that can be used in the English classroom as a teaching tool.

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Process Approach Writing Instruction for Low Proficiency Learners: Bridging the Gap from Keywords to Sentences

Ahmed Shukri,

Ismail,

Idris

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Proceedings of the International Conference on Advancing and Redesigning Education 2023

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Developing a persuasive writing model for secondary school

Cited by 5 publications

References 19 publications

Fusion weighted features and BiLSTM-attention model for argument mining of EFL writing

Fusion weighted features and BiLSTM-attention model for argument mining of EFL writing

Formulating a Modern Instructional Model to Help Improve the Persuasive Writing of Students

Process Approach Writing Instruction for Low Proficiency Learners: Bridging the Gap from Keywords to Sentences

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