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Learner Autonomy, Self-Regulation Skills and Self-Efficacy Beliefs -- How Can Students' Academic Writing Skills Be Supported?
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Mickwitz, Åsa; Suojala, Marja – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
High self-efficacy beliefs and effective self-regulatory strategies are increasingly important in academic settings, and especially in developing academic writing skills. This article deals with how students develop academic writing skills in two different pedagogical settings (as autonomous learners and in a traditional learning environment), and…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Improvement, Personal Autonomy, Self Efficacy
Applying the Writing Scales of the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" to the New HSK Test of Proficiency in Chinese: Realities, Problems and Some Suggestions for Chinese Language Teachers and Learners
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Hsiao, Ya Ping; Broeder, Peter – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
This article explores levels of proficiency in Chinese with reference to the new HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) Chinese Proficiency Test and the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" (CEFR). Special attention is given to learning and teaching the writing of Chinese characters and the use of Pinyin, a phonetic Romanization…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Tests, Chinese, Language Proficiency