Established in 2014, the mission of the Academic and Global Communication program Classroom Research Unit (CRU) is to conduct research in and of AGC's educational context and to apply findings to inform AGC's curriculum and teacher development, in addition to sharing our research findings in various academic and professional venues. The CRU consists of AGC faculty and graduate research assistants (M.A. Applied Linguistics students).

Dr. Joseph J. Lee, Associate Professor of Instruction in the Linguistics Department and the Associate Director of AGC, heads the Classroom Research Unit. His research and teaching interests include genre studies, English for Specific/Academic Purposes (ESP/EAP), classroom discourse studies, advanced academic literacy, applied corpus linguistics, and teacher education. He is also interested in issues of learner and teacher identities. Research and educators interested in the CRU's research projects or findings can contact Dr. Lee at leej3@ohio.edu.

Completed Projects

Publications

• Casal, J. E., & Lee, J. J. (2019).Syntactic complexity and writing quality in assessed first-year L2 writing. Journal of Second Language Writing, 44, 51-62.
• Lee, J. J., Bychkovska, T., & Maxwell, J. (2019). Breaking the rules? A corpus-based comparison of informality in L1 and L2 undergraduate student writing. System, 80, 143-153.
• Casal, J. E., & Lee, J. J. (2018). Discourse practices of an online writing tutor: A reflective exploration. In G. Kessler (Ed.), TESOL voices: Online and hybrid classroom education (pp. 41-48). Alexandria, VA: TESOL Press.
• Lee, J. J., Hitchcock, C., & Casal, J. E. (2018). Citation practices of L2 university students in first-year writing: Form, function, and stance. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 33, 1-11.
• Lee, J. J., Vahabi, F., & Bikowski, D. (2018). Second language teachers' written response practices: An in-house inquiry and response. Journal of Response to Writing, 4(1), 34-69.
• Bikowski, D., & Casal, J. E. (2018). Interactive digital textbooks and engagement: A learning strategies framework. Language Learning & Technology, 22(1), 119-136.
• Bychkovska, T., & Lee, J. J. (2017). At the same time: Lexical bundles in L1 and L2 university student argumentative writing. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 30, 38-52.
• Lee, J. J., & Deakin, L. (2016). Interactions in L1 and L2 undergraduate student writing: Interactional metadiscourse in successful and less-successful argumentative essays. Journal of Second Language Writing, 33, 21-34.
• Bikowski, D., & Vithanage, R. (2016). Effects of web-based collaborative writing on individual L2 writing development [PDF]. Language Learning & Technology, 20(1), 79-99.
• Wallace, L. (2015). Reflexive photography, attitudes, behavior, and CALL: ITAs improving spoken English intelligibilit. CALICO Journal, 32(3), 449-479.
• Lee, J. J., & Casal, J. E. (2014). Metadiscourse in results and discussion chapters: A cross-linguistic analysis of English and Spanish thesis writers in engineering. System, 46, 39-54.

Presentations

• Bychkovska, T., & Lee, J. J. (accepted). Nominalization in high- and low-rated L2 undergraduate student research papers. Paper to be presented at SLRF 2020, Nashville, TN (Virtual).
• Larkin, R., & Tytko, T. (2020, February). A corpus-based analysis of this/these in L2 student writing. Invited talk for the Linguistics Colloquium Series, Department of Linguistics, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. 
• Lee, J. J., Larkin, R., & Tytko, T. (2019, October). Use of this/these in high- and low-rated L2 university student writing. A corpus-based study. Paper presented at the Ohio TESOL Conference, Columbus, OH.
• Lee, J. J., Tytko, T., & Larkin, R. (2019, April). "This what?" A corpus-based analysis of this/these in Chinese ESL undergraduate student writing. Paper presented at the Ohio University CALL Conference, Athens, OH.
• Lee, J. J.,Bychkovska, T., Maxwell, J., & LaRue, M. (2018, March). Academic rebels' Informality in L1 and L2 university student writing. Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, Chicago, IL.
• Casal, J. E., & Lee, J. J. (2018, March). Syntactic complexity in L2 English university student writing: What student writers do and how they are assessed. Paper presented at the AAAL Conference, Chicago, IL.
• Lee, J. J., Bychkovska, T., Maxwell, J., & LaRue, M. (2017, October). Breaking the rules? L1 and L2 university students' use of informal features in academic writing. Paper presented at the Ohio TESOL Conference, Columbus, OH.
• Bikowski, D., & Casal, J. E. (2017, May). Interactive digital resources: Developing students? mobile learning strategies and engagement. Paper presented at the CALICO Conference, Flagstaff, AZ.
• Lee, J. J.,Bychkovska, T., Maxwell, J., & LaRue, M. (2017, April). "Never begin sentences with conjunctions!" A corpus-based analysis of sentence-initial And and But in university student writing. Paper presented at the Ohio University CALL Conference, Athens, OH.
• Du, Q., & Castaneda-Jimenez, G. (2017, March). Discrepancies between teachers' and students' perceptions about collaborative writing tasks. Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, Seattle, WA.
• Lee, J. J., Hitchcock, C., & Casal, J. E. (2017, March). Citations in L2 university student writing: Form, function, and stance. Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, Seattle, WA.
• Bychkovska, T., Lee, J. J., & Vahabi, F. (2017, March). Lexical bundles in L1 and L2 university student argumentative essays. Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, Seattle, WA.
• Casal, J. E., Lee, J. J., & Hitchcock, C. (2017, March). "According to...": An analysis of L2 university writers? citation practices. Paper presented at the AAAL Conference, Portland, OR.
• Bychkovska, T., Lee, J. J., & Vahabi, F. (2016, October). Lexical bundles in university student writing: A comparison of L1 and L2 writers. Paper presented at the Ohio TESOL Conference, Columbus, OH.
• Vahabi, F., Lee, J. J., & Bikowski, D. (2016, April). ESL teachers? electronic feedback practices across writing tasks. Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, Baltimore, MD.
• Lee, J. J., Bychkovska, T., & Vahabi, F. (2016, March). "At the same time": Lexical bundles in university student argumentative essays across academic disciplines. Paper presented at the Ohio University CALL Conference, Athens, OH.
• Du, Q., & Castaneda-Jimenez, G. (2015, October). What counts as collaboration? Investigating undergraduate ESL students' and teachers' perspectives of collaborative writing. Paper presented at the Ohio TESOL Conference, Columbus, OH.
• Vahabi, F., Lee, J. J., & Bikowski, D. (2015, October). Teachers? e-feedback practices in ESL composition: Does the type of text matter? Paper presented at the Ohio TESOL Conference, Columbus, OH.
• Lee, J. J., & Bikowski, D. (with Deakin, L.) (2015, June). Interactional metadiscourse in ?successful? and ?less successful? ESL argumentative essays. Paper presented at the CAES International Conference, Hong Kong.
• Lee, J. J., Bikowski, D., Deakin, L., Vahabi, F., Casal, J. E., & Castaneda-Jimenez, G. (2015, April). Corpus of Ohio Learner and Teacher English (COLTE): An introduction. Paper presented at the Ohio University CALL Conference, Athens, Ohio.
• Du, Q., & Castaneda-Jimenez, G. (2015, March). Re-examining collaboration: Students' and teachers' perspectives of web-based collaborative writing. Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, Toronto, Canada.
• Deakin, L. (2015, March). Audience interaction in ESL argumentative compositions. Paper presented at the Master's Student Forum, TESOL Convention, Toronto, Canada.
• Deakin, L., & Lee, J. J. (2014, November). Interactions in ESL student writing: A corpus-based study. Paper presented at the Ohio TESOL Conference, Columbus, OH.
• Castaneda-Jimenez, G., & Du, Q. (2014, May). Investigating teacher guidance for web-based collaborative writing activities. Paper presented at the CALICO Conference, Athens, OH.
• Casal, J. E., & Lee, J. J. (2014, March). Metadiscourse in thesis results and discussion chapter: A cross-cultural corpus-facilitated analysis of English and Spanish engineering writers. Paper presented at the AAAL Conference, Portland, OR.
• Lee, J. J., & Casal, J. E. (2014, February). Interactional metadiscourse across languages: A corpus-facilitated comparison of engineering master?s theses in English and Spanish. Invited talk for the Linguistics Society of Ohio University, Department of Linguistics, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.

Ongoing Projects

• Nomalization in Student Writing (Dr. Joseph J. Lee & Tetyana Bychkovska)
• Grammatical Accuracy Development in Student Writing (Dr. Joseph J. Lee)
• Passive Voice in Engineering Writing (Dr. Joseph J. Lee, Julia Rigby, & Edwin Dartey)