Committing errors is expected in the development of language acquisition and learning; however, there is limited research that contributes to the literature on the effect of gender of English as a foreign language (EFL) writing. This study explored the gender differences in EFL students' writing using two approaches: human evaluation and computer-aided error analysis (CEA). A corpus of 90,753 words was compiled from written samples collected from 197 participants (98 males and 99 females [freshmen or sophomores]) who were studying on a full-time basis in a private institution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). By utilizing descriptive analysis and factorial two-way ANOVA to detect counting errors, the findings reveal that the distinctions between male and female writings are nonsignificantly related to specific errors. Generally, the results exhibit noteworthy differences between the error types of the two male and female groups (more error frequency in the male-written productions). The findings support educators and decision-makers on implementing more learner-conscious teaching approaches, enhancing male and female students' EFL writing skills. This study further suggests diagnostic information about challenging EFL writing areas, which can benefit educators and course designers in establishing effective teaching strategies and feedback approaches that should be implemented to promote EFL writing skills.

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使用人类和计算机辅助方法进行基于性别的 EFL 写作错误分析

在语言习得和学习的发展过程中会出现错误；然而，关于英语作为外语 (EFL) 写作的性别影响的文献研究非常有限。本研究使用两种方法探讨了 EFL 学生写作中的性别差异：人工评估和计算机辅助错误分析 (CEA)。一个 90,753 字的语料库是从 197 名参与者（98 名男性和 99 名女性 [新生或大二学生]）在沙特阿拉伯王国 (KSA) 的一家私立机构全日制学习的书面样本中收集的。通过利用描述性分析和因子双向方差分析来检测计数错误，研究结果表明，男性和女性写作之间的差异与特定错误无显着相关。一般来说，结果表明，男性和女性两个群体的错误类型之间存在显着差异（男性书写作品中的错误频率更高）。研究结果支持教育工作者和决策者实施更多以学习者为中心的教学方法，提高男女学生的 EFL 写作技巧。本研究进一步提出了有关具有挑战性的 EFL 写作领域的诊断信息，这有助于教育工作者和课程设计者建立有效的教学策略和反馈方法，以提高 EFL 写作技能。提高男女学生的EFL写作技巧。本研究进一步提出了有关具有挑战性的 EFL 写作领域的诊断信息，这有助于教育工作者和课程设计者建立有效的教学策略和反馈方法，以提高 EFL 写作技能。提高男女学生的EFL写作技巧。本研究进一步提出了有关具有挑战性的 EFL 写作领域的诊断信息，这有助于教育工作者和课程设计者建立有效的教学策略和反馈方法，以提高 EFL 写作技能。