Creating 2 L1-inferences passages using MagicSchool's Raina: Useful results obtained

 TOOL: Raina in MagicSchool

MY STARTING QUESTION: 

I'm a university lecturer about to deliver a lecture on individual differences in second language learning. One of the differences I will introduce is learners' L1 background, which will have an effect on the English (as a second language) that they produce. 

Create 2 passages of about 120 words in length written by grade 6 students. The 2 passages should have the same content. Passage 1 is written by a Chinese ESL learner, and hence contains English language errors typically made by Chinese learners. Passage 2 is written by a Japanese learner and hence contains errors typically made by Japanese learners. 

REVISING MY INSTRUCTIONS

After the first set of results, I asked Raina to: 

1. use errors which are specifically caused by L1 interference; 

2. highlight in the 2 passages the errors caused by L1 interference. 

FINAL RESULT

a. 2 passages with L1 interference due to (i) Chinese, and (ii) Japanese. 

b. errors in bold; 

c. explanations of how each error is caused by L1 interference. 

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KEY TAKEAWAY

- MagicSchool can do a great job creating problem passages according to my instructions