Children's meaning-making choices in EFL writing: The use of cohesive devices and interpersonal resources

Previous research has addressed L2 writing development in relation to form (e.g., complexity, accuracy, fluency) and holistic measures. Despite the academic interest in these formal and global features, however, researchers have been dissatisfied with the measurements that typically assess writing through quantitative criteria (e.g., Ortega, 2015). What is needed is not mere numbers, but something far richer that can explain what exactly each...