Discourse Cohesion and Coherence and the Writing Quality of English Argumentative Essays: An Analysis Based on Coh-Metrix
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| Title: | Discourse Cohesion and Coherence and the Writing Quality of English Argumentative Essays: An Analysis Based on Coh-Metrix |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Yaojing Xie |
| Source: | Science Insights Education Frontiers. 2026 32(2):5249-5264. |
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| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Discourse Analysis, Connected Discourse, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills, Writing Evaluation, Persuasive Discourse, Essays, Scores, Natural Language Processing, Readability, Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Majors (Students), College Students, Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | China |
| ISSN: | 2644-058X 2578-9813 |
| Abstract: | The study aims to examine the relationship between discourse cohesion and coherence and the quality of English writing, leveraging Coh-Metrix to conduct a quantitative analysis of textual features of 386 English argumentative essays in the four dimensions of connectives, referential cohesion, latent semantic analysis, and situation models. The results reveal the presence of statistically significant correlations between a portion of the discourse cohesion and coherence indicators included in the study and the quality of the essays sampled, as well as their varied predictive effects on writing scores. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1508222 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The study aims to examine the relationship between discourse cohesion and coherence and the quality of English writing, leveraging Coh-Metrix to conduct a quantitative analysis of textual features of 386 English argumentative essays in the four dimensions of connectives, referential cohesion, latent semantic analysis, and situation models. The results reveal the presence of statistically significant correlations between a portion of the discourse cohesion and coherence indicators included in the study and the quality of the essays sampled, as well as their varied predictive effects on writing scores. |
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| ISSN: | 2644-058X 2578-9813 |
