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Andriani, Erina – Journal of English Teaching, 2022
Literature reviews provide the literature that illustrates the common knowledge and the researchers' stand in their research. The literature review is designed with suitable organization and framing so the readers can build their knowledge. However, only few studies on the organization and framing of a literature review. Therefore, the researcher…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Literature Reviews
Shen, Yuru – English Language Teaching, 2017
English writing is one of the four indispensable skills that English learners need to master, but unfortunately, many Chinese college students have much difficulty composing clear, concise and coherent essays although they have studied English for at least over six years. To address the problem, the researchers and teachers in China have tried…
Descriptors: Readability, Readability Formulas, Writing Strategies, College Students
Xie, Jianping – English Language Teaching, 2017
The ultimate communicative purpose of literature reviews is to convince the reader of the worthiness of the writer's research, which is realized stage by stage and evaluation plays an important role in achieving this end. However, concerns about evaluation demonstration in novice academic writers' literature reviews have been repeatedly voiced in…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Masters Theses, English (Second Language), College Second Language Programs
Alharbi, Bader – English Language Teaching, 2018
The purpose of this study is to explore the existing effect of gloss conditions on reading comprehension and vocabulary understanding of learners in the context of English as a foreign language. The study composed of 72 male students aged between 19 and 21 years selected from Qassim University in Saudi Arabia. The participants were divided into…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Postsecondary Education, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language)
Kiliç, Mehmet; Genç, Bilal; Bada, Erdogan – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2016
The literature on the topical organization of essays suggests that there are four possible types of progression from the topic of one clause to the topics of the following clauses. These are parallel, sequential, extended parallel, and extended sequential progressions. Essay writers' ability to create cohesion and coherence can be evaluated on the…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Essays, Writing Exercises, English (Second Language)
Castillo, Rigoberto – Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2017
Changes to the pedagogy of foreign languages (FL) have taken place with the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). These changes provide instructors with opportunities to become meaning facilitators and designers. This article presents the rationale behind the pedagogy for a university course to enhance FL for academic…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Influence of Technology, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)

Leow, Ronald P. – Applied Language Learning, 1997
Investigated the effects of written input enhancement and text length on college students' second-language comprehension and intake. First-year Spanish students were exposed to one of four conditions with enhanced and non-enhanced short and long text. Exposing students to short authentic reading materials facilitated reading comprehension but not…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, Higher Education, Linguistic Input