McCarthy, PhilipGregersen, TammyAdetoyese, Oladiji Opeyemi2023-07-042023-07-042023-0529.232-2023.02http://hdl.handle.net/11073/25293A Master of Arts thesis in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) by Oladiji Opeyemi Adetoyese entitled, “Automated Writing Evaluations in The ESL Classroom”, submitted in May 2023. Thesis advisor is Dr. Philip McCarthy and thesis co-advisor is Dr. Tammy Gregersen. Soft copy is available (Thesis, Completion Certificate, Approval Signatures, and AUS Archives Consent Form).Automated feedback systems have taken center stage in global education. It is unarguably evident that there have been noticeable increases in attempts by many technological companies to develop automated feedback tools that support, enhance, and facilitate assessments and language learning in the classrooms. For most English as a Second Language Student (ESL) students, quality feedback is fundamental to correct use of English language for academic purpose, especially in their academic writing tasks. However, one of the major challenges has been the inability of many ESL students to access effective feedback that is timely, appropriate, and supportive. Another challenge that most ESL students face is the lack of autonomy and collaborations in the feedback review process. Most peer review and automated writing feedback tools follow a one-way communication style where the students are forced to accept the feedback passively. A solution to this ordeal of most ESL students may be found in the automated writing tool called, Auto-peer. Auto-Peer as an automated writing tool enhances effective peer review system whereby students feel comfortable to self- reflect and make correct writing decision following the timely, appropriate, and supportive guidance of Auto-Peer. This research therefore presents how Auto-Peer enhances student feedback literacy, autonomy, and student writer agency with a focus on topic sentence openers of ESL students in their academic writing.en-USStudent feedback literacyPeer reviewWriter agencyWriter autonomyAutomated writing feedbackThesis