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Saleem Mohd Nasim; Amr M. Mohamed; Syeda Mujeeba; Tahany S. Shaaban – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
The aim of this research was to determine the levels of metacognitive awareness among college students in Saudi Arabia, with a focus on both academic majors and gender. There were 113 participants (58 females and 55 males) from the Information Technology (n = 68) and Human Resources (n = 45) majors. Using the Metacognitive Awareness of Writing…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Writing Skills, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning
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Stefanie Frisch, Editor; Karen Glaser, Editor – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2025
This volume presents state-of-the-art research in early foreign language (L2) education in instructed contexts with a special focus on primary school (ages 5-12). Over the past two decades, early language teaching has become an important factor in both academic inquiry and education policy. Studies have attested to the value of early L2 learning…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Elementary School Students, Trend Analysis
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Qaddour, Kinana – English Teaching Forum, 2017
This activity uses podcasts to model narrative writing techniques. The challenges students face when exercising narrative writing skills are unique when compared to those of persuasive and expository writing; my students have repeatedly expressed their qualms with articulating experiences that engage their audience. Although students have…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Audio Equipment, Information Dissemination, Writing Skills
Johnson, Eli; Karns, Michelle – Eye on Education, 2012
This is a must-have resource for educators committed to meeting the needs of their struggling students in Grades 3-6. Teachers get a whole toolbox filled with research-based, easy to implement RTI interventions that really work! Get strategies in five core areas--plus correlations to the Common Core State Standards and effective scaffolding tips…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, State Standards, Reading Strategies, Second Language Learning
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Baralt, Melissa; Pennestri, Susan; Selvandin, Marie – Language Learning & Technology, 2011
This paper introduces readers to Wordle, a data visualization tool, and describes how word clouds, or wordles generated by Wordle, were used in an action research project designed to facilitate the teaching of foreign language (FL) writing within a dual coding theoretical framework. Over the course of one semester, students in a third-semester…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Strategies, Action Research, Second Language Learning
Johnson, Eli; Karns, Michelle – Eye on Education, 2011
Targeted specifically to K-2 classrooms, the 25 Response-to-Intervention (RTI) strategies in this book are research-based and perfect for teachers who want to expand their toolbox of classroom interventions that work! Contents include: (1) Listening Strategies--Help students focus and understand; (2) Reading Strategies--Help students comprehend…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Writing Strategies, Reading Strategies, Second Language Learning
Richards, Janet C.; Lassonde, Cynthia A. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
The 25 mini-lessons provided in this book are designed to develop students' self-regulated writing behaviors and enhance their self-perceived writing abilities. These foundational writing strategies are applicable and adaptable to all primary students: emergent, advanced, English Language Learners, and struggling writers. Following the SCAMPER…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Cues, Writing Strategies, Form Classes (Languages)
Blecher-Sass, Hope Sara; Moffitt, Maryellen – Free Spirit Publishing, 2010
Improve students' writing skills and boost their assessment scores while adding arts education, creativity, and fun to your writing curriculum. With this vibrant resource, improving writing skills goes hand-in-hand with improving test scores. Students learn how to use acting and visualization as prewriting activities to help them connect writing…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Second Language Learning, Prewriting, Writing Skills
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Zinn, Gesa – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2004
This article presents the implementation of Katja von Garnier's film Bandits into a composition course that focuses on writing strategies. It offers specific exercises geared toward the intermediate to intermediate high-writer on the ACTFL scale with an emphasis on the main characters in Bandits and female criminals in general. In providing…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Strategies, German, Second Language Learning
Bailey, Luke – 1993
A study examined use of prewriting techniques among 11 students of English as a Second Language (ESL), of varying language backgrounds, enrolled in a pre-freshman composition class. It investigated use of both prewriting strategies and invention techniques taught in class, looking at: (1) whether they would be used when not specifically required;…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Developmental Studies Programs, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Jenks, Christopher J. – 2003
This checklist is designed to help develop writing strategies for English language learners (ELLs), focusing on a variety of linguistic strategies inherent in the writing process. It provides them with a graphical representation of the cognitive process involved in complex writing, promoting self-assessment strategies and integrating oral…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Sun, Yu-Chih – 1998
A 50-item, five-point Likert scale inventory was designed to be a valid and reliable group-administered instrument to provide a profile of the declarative knowledge of electronic mail (e-mail) strategies used by students learning English as a second language (ESL) or foreign language (EFL). The inventory was developed primarily for voluntary use…
Descriptors: Classification, Classroom Techniques, Electronic Mail, English (Second Language)
Spiegel, Marina; Sunderland, Helen – 1999
This book sets out to adapt and use some of the practical approaches of genre theory to the teaching of writing to English as a Second or Other Language (ESOL) and Basic Skills students in Britain. The book has 9 units exploring different types of text or genres, descriptions of people, descriptions of places, personal narratives, folk stories,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Check Lists, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Farrell, Thomas S. C., Ed. – TESOL International Association, 2006
The Language Teacher Research Series aims to connect research and practice by highlighting the insights that teachers themselves describe after examining their own practices. This first volume of the five-volume series presents research conducted by language teachers at all levels, from high school English teachers to English language teacher…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Researchers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning