What Linguistic Features Predict High-Quality Writing
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Feb 26, 2026
Abstract
Writing is a basic component of language proficiency, acting as a vital medium for the representation of one’s thoughts, perspectives, attitudes, and more. English writing is a compulsory skill in learning and using the language, and writing proficiency is indicative of the holistic linguistic ability of the individual. Nevertheless, writing instruction has been widely perceived as a major challenge in English language education. Therefore, encouraging debates on “what makes a good English essay” is potentially beneficial for teachers and learners successfully addressing this challenge.
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High-Quality, Writing
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Xie, Y. (2026). Discourse cohesion and coherence and the writing quality of English argumenta-tive essays: An analysis based on coh-metrix. Science Insights Education Frontiers, 32(2), 5249 5264. https://doi.org/10.15354/sief.26.or178
Crossley, S. A., & Kim, M. (2022). Linguistic features of writing quality and development: A longi-tudinal approach. The Journal of Writing Analytics, 6(1), 59-93. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37514/JWA-J.2022.6.1.04
Ding, Y. & Zhao, T. (2019). Chinese University EFL Teachers’ and Students’ Beliefs About EFL Writing: Differences, Influences, and Pedagogical Implications. Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics,42(02),163-181+263. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/CJAL-2019-0010
Taguchi, N., Crawford, W., & Wetzel, D. Z. (2013). What linguistic features are indicative of writing quality? A case of argumentative essays in a college composition program. Tesol Quarterly, 47(2), 420-430. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.91
Wang, J., Kim, Y. S. G., & Cho, M. (2024). Linguistic features in narrative and opinion genres and their relations to writing quality in fourth grade writing. Journal of Research in Reading, 47(2), 220-239. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9817.12453
Xie, Y. (2026). Discourse cohesion and coherence and the writing quality of English argumenta-tive essays: An analysis based on coh-metrix. Science Insights Education Frontiers, 32(2), 5249 5264. https://doi.org/10.15354/sief.26.or178
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Wang, M. (2026). What Linguistic Features Predict High-Quality Writing. Science Insights Education Frontiers, 32(2), 5209–5211. https://doi.org/10.15354/sief.26.co014
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