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Grabe, William; Zhang, Cui – TESOL Journal, 2013
"As Kroll (1993), among others, has pointed out, reading has traditionally been seen as a skill to be taught separately from writing, as well as something students are somehow expected to already know about when they reach the writing course, Teaching reading in a writing course may seem like an odd idea, if not an entirely unnecessary one. It may…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Writing Instruction
Zhang, Cui – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Recently, the number of English as a second language (ESL) students who study in the United States has rapidly increased. This increase poses serious challenges for the U.S. universities in which the students are enrolled as well as for the students themselves. One of the challenges the students face is a lack of training in one type of writing…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, English for Academic Purposes
Aydin, Selami – Online Submission, 2009
The findings obtained from previous research indicate that test anxiety has significant effects on the foreign language learning process. Thus, this paper aims to present a synthesis of research results on the "sources" and "effects" of test anxiety among foreign language learners. The results of the studies reviewed in the…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Examiners, Foreign Countries
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Rodriguez, Gloria M.; Cruz, Lisceth – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: The analysis contained in this article was commissioned by the Social Science Research Council's Transitions to College project. Although the historical context and contemporary issues associated with English learners (ELs) and undocumented immigrant students are in many ways distinct, the project team strongly believed that…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Attainment, Second Language Learning, Program Effectiveness
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers