Carola Strobl
List of John Benjamins publications in which Carola Strobl is involved.
2025 The effects of corpus-focused instruction on the development of stylistic translation revision competence in future translators Translation Spaces 14:2, pp. 221–252 | Article
In this paper, we investigate stylistic translation revision competence, more specifically if and how corpus-focused instruction (CFI) improves translation trainees’ ability to detect and correct stylistic inappropriateness in Dutch — English translations of academic texts. Two forms of CFI —… read more
2025 The influence of L1 Dutch on connective use in L2 German academic writing: A contrastive corpus-based analysis International Journal of Learner Corpus Research: Online-First Articles | Article
The present study provides a comparative corpus-based analysis of summaries written by three groups: first-language (L1) German writers, second-language (L2) German writers with L1 Dutch, and L2 German writers with other L1s. The aim is to determine whether there are differences in connective… read more
2022 Assessing writing development during study abroad: The role of task and measures of linguistic and communicative performance The Assessment of Functional Adequacy in Language Performance: Special issue of the Journal on Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning 2:1 (2022), Kuiken, Folkert and Ineke Vedder (eds.), pp. 60–84 | Article
In research about second language (L2) development during study abroad (SA), writing is underrepresented. This is partly due to the difficulty of designing adequate tasks and measures to gauge writing development during a short immersion period. Our study explores the applicability of a… read more
2021 Writing development during study abroad: The role of language contact and social networks Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education 6:1, pp. 124–162 | Article
Previous research on the benefits of study abroad (SA) has mainly focused on oral communication skills and L2 English, while written communication and other foreign languages have received far less attention. This study addresses this gap by investigating writing development in L2 German. It… read more