Saudi Graduate Students’ Perceptions Toward Automated Writing Feedback for Improving Academic Writing

Abstract

Over the last few years, we have witnessed a growth in the studies that focus on the feedback on writing in a second language, including computer-based feedback (Zhang & Hyland, 2018). Automated writing feedback refers to the immediate feedback generated by computers to correct or improve the text. The current study discusses the perceptions of Saudi graduate students toward using automated writing feedback to improve their academic writing. The design of the research is a quantitative survey study. A questionnaire consisting of 13 items is the instrument for data collection. The sample size is 46 (male and female) Saudi graduate students. By using descriptive statistics, the findings revealed positive perceptions of the use of automated writing feedback tools. The findings of this study could shed light on the importance of conducting more research on the impact of automated writing feedback in one particular writing aspect, such as organization, content, coherence, unity, or style.