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Ansarin, Ali Akbar; Khabbazi, Salva Kazemipour – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2021
This study aims at comparing the effect of single- and dual-annotation modes, working memory (WM), and three tasks of different involvement loads (sentence writing, close deletion, and paragraph writing) on passive and active vocabulary development of proficient English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. While listening to an expository text,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Short Term Memory, Vocabulary Development
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Hanjani, Alireza Memari – International Journal of English Studies, 2019
This classroom-based study examined the effect of collective peer scaffolding activity on self-revised as well as new narrative and descriptive paragraphs developed by 32 EFL university students in a paragraph writing course in Iran. Each genre was discussed and practiced every other week and was followed by a collective peer scaffolding session.…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Peer Evaluation, Writing Evaluation, Revision (Written Composition)
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Bagheridoust, Esmaeil; Husseini, Zahra – English Language Teaching, 2011
Writing as one important skill in language proficiency demands validity, hence high schools are real places in which valid results are needed for high-stake decisions. Unrealistic and non-viable tests result in improper and invalid interpretation and use. Illustrations without any written research have proved their effectiveness in whatsoever…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Rasekh, Abbass Eslami; Toluei, Bahareh – English Language Teaching, 2009
This study investigates the effect of Iranian EFL students' proficiency level on their ability in identifying paragraph boundaries of unparagraphed expository texts and in producing paragraph boundaries in their own L2 expository writings. Further, this study seeks the correlation between advanced and intermediate learners' ability to identify and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning