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In GenAI-supported EFL writing practice, students' follow-up questioning of the AI, rather than mere revision after its use, is significantly associated with writing improvement. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To assess shifts in secondary students' metacognitive self-regulated writing, follow-up questioning, and revision during GenAI interaction, and determine their links to EFL writing outcomes.

August 30, 2026Innovation in Language Learning and TeachingOpen Access

Self-regulated writing and follow-up questioning in GenAI-supported after-school EFL practice

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ZLZhoutiao LiChinese University of Hong Kong

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Pretest–posttest study reveals that follow-up questioning with GenAI predicts writing performance gains in secondary EFL learners, highlighting the value of interactive feedback dialogue.

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To assess shifts in secondary students' metacognitive self-regulated writing, follow-up questioning, and revision during GenAI interaction, and determine their links to EFL writing outcomes.
Conducted a mixed-methods, single-group pretest–posttest study involving 132 rural upper secondary EFL students over one semester.
Collected pre- and post-questionnaires, student GenAI interaction logs across four writing cycles, writing assignments, and semi-structured interview data.
Analyzed data via mixed-effects models, Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, regression analyses, and thematic interview coding.
Metacognitive self-regulated writing increased unevenly, yielding the greatest gains in Goal-Oriented Monitoring and Goal-Oriented Evaluating alongside modest gains in Writing Planning.
Follow-up questioning and revision frequency increased across successive writing cycles.
Writing performance improvement was significantly associated with follow-up questioning but not with revision frequency, while Goal-Oriented Monitoring correlated with both behaviors.

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Zhoutiao Li (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a93f00a6c1a8fb52e79c1b6 https://doi.org/10.1080/17501229.2026.2719851

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Pretest–posttest study reveals that follow-up questioning with GenAI predicts writing performance gains in secondary EFL learners, highlighting the value of interactive feedback dialogue.

Self-regulated writing and follow-up questioning in GenAI-supported after-school EFL practice

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