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Yang, Yu-Fen; Harn, Ruey-Fen; Hwang, Gwo-Haur – Educational Technology & Society, 2019
Many students who study English as a foreign language (EFL) have difficulty transferring linguistic features between languages while writing. This study aims to investigate how college students improve their EFL writing with text revisions by using a bilingual concordancer (Chinese and English). A sample of 32 college students consented to…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Indexes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Yang, Yu-Fen – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
An incorrect concept map may obstruct a student's comprehension when writing summaries if they are unable to grasp key concepts when reading texts. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of automatic scaffolding and measurement of three-layer concept maps on improving university students' writing summaries. The automatic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Concept Mapping, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Lin, Chi-Jen; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Fu, Qing-Ke; Chen, Jing-Fang – Educational Technology & Society, 2018
English business writing is an important and challenging course for English as Foreign Language (EFL) students since it is not only related to English writing skills, but also to business knowledge. Context-game based learning seems to be a good approach to situating students in a meaningful and interesting practicing environment, which could…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Business Communication
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Hung, Hui-Chun; Young, Shelley Shwu-Ching – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
English as Foreign Language (EFL) students face additional difficulties for academic writing largely due to their level of language competency. An appropriate structural process of writing can help students develop their academic writing skills. This study explored the use of the e-readers to facilitate EFL students' process-based academic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Academic Discourse, Writing (Composition)