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Supporting Spanish Writers using Automated Feedback

دعم الكتاب الإسبانيين باستخدام ردود الفعل الآلية

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 Publication date 2021
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We present a tool that provides automated feedback to students studying Spanish writing. The feedback is given for four categories: topic development, coherence, writing conventions, and essay organization. The tool is made freely available via a Google Docs add-on. A small user study with third-level students in Mexico shows that students found the tool generally helpful and that most of them plan to continue using it as they work to improve their writing skills.



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