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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
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Burzynska, Kamila – Teaching English with Technology, 2012
The Internet provides a powerful digital learning environment for language acquisition and noticing. Thus implementation of challenging tasks to be solved by exploring the Web may sound appealing. The primary idea of the WebQuest project emphasizes data collection. The idea of the TalenQuest, however, goes beyond this traditional concept so as to…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Materials
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Nimehchisalem, Vahid – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2010
This paper reviews the issues of concern in writing scale development in English as Second Language (ESL) settings with an intention to provide a useful guide for researchers or writing teachers who wish to develop or adapt valid, reliable and efficient writing scales considering their present assessment situations. With a brief discussion on the…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Tests, Research Tools, Writing Instruction
Mulcrone, Patricia; Chapman, Jean B. – 1981
From September 15, 1980 to June 30, 1981, William Rainey Harper College (Illinois) conducted a project to train high school equivalency program teachers with limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in their classes. The training addressed the special needs of the LEP students in mathematics, English writing, and English reading instruction in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs