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Larsson, Kristoffer – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Educationalists have had serious problems in proposing well-grounded ways of teaching critical thinking. Reviews of the field have called for research to develop theory concerning the learning experience associated with critical thinking enhancement, as well as to explore more tailored teaching and evaluation methods. This article suggests an…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Essays, Critical Thinking, Evaluation Methods
Mahmoud Abdi Tabari; Xiaofei Lu; Yizhou Wang – Language Awareness, 2025
This study explored the relationship between task complexity, textual emotionality, and linguistic complexity in second language (L2) writing. Fifty-eight L2 English learners performed simple and complex versions of an argumentative writing task manipulated along with resource-directing variables. The essays were first analysed for textual…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Siu, Fiona K. P. – Online Submission, 2023
This research aims to investigate the effects of two teaching sequences -- interleaving and blocking -- on the participants' use of three types of cohesive devices (conjunctions, conjunctive adverbs and prepositions [thereafter CCPs]) in their argumentative essays. The participants included 50 native Cantonese-speaking university students taking…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Form Classes (Languages)
Jie Liu – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2025
The mixed-method study firstly drew on regression analysis to check what influential variables were in constructing authorial voice of 45 Chinese MTI students (postgraduates) in an EFL writing course, and then based upon quantitative findings, qualitatively examined how students' EFL writing may resonate with voice teaching in the course with data…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Laz, Cheryl – Teaching Sociology, 2020
Although there is a great deal of available material on using nontraditional resources for teaching sociology, the pedagogical uses of science fiction have not been examined for 20 years. This essay first asserts the need for an update based on changes in society and in science fiction over the past two decades. The paper then focuses on the uses…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Sociology, Introductory Courses, Science Fiction
Tay, Dennis – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2022
Metaphors are well-known tools for teaching statistics to novices. However, educators might overlook metaphor theoretical developments that offer nuanced and testable perspectives on their pedagogical applications. This article introduces the notion of metaphor types--"correspondence" (CO) and "class inclusion" (CI)--as…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Teaching Methods, Statistics Education, Comparative Analysis
Vatansever, Ayse; Toker, Türker – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
This study explores the influence of feedback mode on learners' behavioral and affective engagement through a mixed method research design. Fourteen English as a foreign language (EFL) learners at a Turkish university performed four writing tasks (i.e., two essays and two reports) throughout an authentic seven-week distance foreign language (L2)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Feedback (Response)
Umutlu, Duygu; Akpinar, Yavuz – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2020
This study investigated different modalities of videos in a flipped classroom for English writing classes in an intensive English program at a state university in Turkey. This quasi-experimental study was conducted with six experimental groups (n= 109) and one control group (n = 18). The dataset included the participants' scores of an essay…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Video Technology
Ellis, David L.; Vincent, Mark A. – History Teacher, 2020
The moment many students begin to get excited about history is when they realize that much historical knowledge is contested, enmeshed in a productive argument that never ends and therefore endlessly fascinates. Such an epiphany might occur at any time. But a frequent catalyst is classroom debate, a formalized contest that dramatizes and vitalizes…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, Debate
Lan, Yu-Ju; Tam, Van Thi Thu – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2023
Using a smartphone is a very convenient way to learn languages in modern life. To understand the impact of the immersive environment created by a smartphone on essay writing in Chinese for second language learners, a study was conducted on 36 Vietnamese students in their first year at a university in Taiwan. This study adopted an experimental…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Teaching Methods, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Seo, Youngjoo; Kim, Changhyun – English Teaching, 2020
Literature has been repeatedly recognized as an effective source of authentic materials in EFL classrooms. Literature exposes learners to coherent and expert writing which can enable them to write better and facilitates students' creative writing skills. The purpose of this study was to investigate the teaching procedures of using short fiction in…
Descriptors: Fiction, Writing Instruction, High School Students, Second Language Learning
Writing to Increase Complexity: Spanish L2 Learners' Complexity Gains in a College Composition Class
Restrepo-Ramos, Falcon – Hispania, 2021
This study examines the linguistic complexity of Spanish as a second language (L2) in learners' essays across proficiency levels at two timelines of a composition class during a college semester. Data comes from 22 L2 learners of Spanish enrolled in two sections of a third-year composition class at the college level, who were assigned nine…
Descriptors: Spanish, Writing Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Lee, Jooyoung – Language Teaching Research, 2021
Many international students in American universities are required to take writing courses in English as a second language (ESL) before participating in a mainstream first-year composition (FYC) course. Given that the goal of ESL writing course is to prepare students for FYC course, the connection between ESL and FYC courses is significant. This…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Colovic-Markovic, Jelena – Applied Language Learning, 2019
This classroom-based study investigates whether students who receive explicit instruction make more gains over time and more improvement to produce academic formulas in controlled (c-test) and uncontrolled (essay) situations, respectively, than those who do not receive such intervention. Whereas both groups improved over time, the treatment group…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Writing (Composition)
Rahimi, Mohammad – Language Teaching Research, 2021
The impetus for the present study came from Ferris' (2010) article discussing the gap between theory, research, and practice in written corrective feedback (WCF). To address this gap, the present study aimed at comparing the impact of focused vs. comprehensive WCF and revision on the improvement of written accuracy of learners of English as a…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Writing Instruction, Essays, Writing Evaluation