An Innovative Use of Interactive Technology in Second Language Writing Instruction and Corpus Linguistic Analysis

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The comparison of syntactic complexity between two groups

Dimensions	Variable	Experimental group	Control group	p
Unit length	MLC	9.403 (1.112)	8.436 (0.747)	0.025
	MLS	13.785 (3.007)	10.782 (1.429)	0.001
	MLT	12.112 (2.768)	9.923 (1.375)	0.000
Sentence complexity	C/S	1.428 (0.095)	1.095 (0.238)	0.012
Dependent clause usage	C/T	1.412 (0.084)	1.206 (0.238)	0.011
	CT/T	0.180 (0.118)	0.130 (0.056)	0.028
	DC/C	0.299 (0.086)	0.020 (0.189)	0.038
	DC/T	0.295 (0.141)	0.070 (0.032)	0.025
Parallel structure usage	CP/C	0.293 (0.049)	0.152 (0.211)	0.036
	CP/T	0.292 (0.296)	0.219 (0.140)	0.038
Specific phrase structure	CN/C	0.980 (0.066)	0.807 (0.298)	0.007
	CN/T	0.981 (0.482)	0.675 (0.402)	0.000
	VP/T	1.358 (0.308)	1.192 (0.044)	0.042

The comparison of connection ability between two groups

Variable	Experimental group	Control group	p
MAO	0.527 (0.173)	0.292 (0.016)	0.000
MSO	0.546 (0.215)	0.349 (0.114)	0.002
CNCALL (%)	55.384 (3.392)	53.333 (3.880)	0.0024
CNCCaus (%)	10.603 (1.309)	9.399 (2.206)	0.0011
CNCADC (%)	7.940 (3.683)	6.436 (2.961)	0.028
CNCTemp (%)	28.109 (2.256)	28.765 (1.973)	0.257
CNCAdd (%)	12.044 (3.203)	8.851 (2.728)	0.000

Changes in the vocabulary and syntax of the second language

Dimensions	Time nodes	N	Mean	SD
Vocabulary accuracy	Pre-test	45	0.9375	0.0244
	Medium test	45	0.9717	0.0164
	Post-test	45	0.9812	0.0400
Syntax accuracy	Pre-test	45	0.4840	0.2306
	Medium test	45	0.6983	0.1563
	Post-test	45	0.7718	0.1319

Statistical test results of writing vocabulary accuracy

(a) Intergroup differences in vocabulary accuracy
	Sum of squares	df	Mean square	F	Sig.
Intergroup	0.027	2	0.013	22.871	0.000
Within group	0.068	132	0.001
Toal	0.095	134

Statistical test results of writing syntax accuracy

(a) Intergroup differences in syntax accuracy
	Sum of squares	df	Mean square	F	Sig.
Intergroup	1.551	2	0.728	25.832	0.000
Within group	3.278	132	0.038
Toal	4.829	134