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Table 2 Frequency and duration of pauses made by more- and less-skilled EFL writers

From: Profiling the pausing behaviour of EFL learners in real-time computer-aided writing: a multi-method case study

 

More-skilled writers

(N = 4)

Less-skilled writers

(N = 4)

Mean SD

Mean SD

Total task time (minutes)

33.19 6.05

34.37 4.01

Total pause time (minutes)

16.52 6.21

20.54 5.77

Total number of pauses (times)

122.00 23.71

156.25 13.15

Mean pause duration (seconds)

8.10 2.30

7.91 1.83