14th Article "College student perceptions of writing errors, text quality, and author characteristics"

Ayu Rini Tri Utari
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Review of the 14th article


"College student perceptions of writing errors, text quality, and author characteristics"

Conventional and empirical wisdom shows that mistakes in writing both the quality and characteristics of the author. Texts that exhibit poor spelling and grammar, or lack of compelling arguments and clear structure, are perceived as lower quality. Moreover, the authors themselves may be perceived as less intellegent, creatibe, hardworking or trustworty.

70 students was tested low-level error effects and higher level errors using designs in subjects. The results show that students pay attention to both types of errors but are much more sensitive to low-level errors.