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How Effective Is Thinking Maps® Instruction in Improving Jordanian EFL Learners' Creative Reading Skills?
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Bataineh, Ruba Fahmi; Alqatnani, Alaeddin Khalid – TESOL Journal, 2019
This study examines the potential effect of a Thinking Maps®--based treatment on the creative reading skills (viz., fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration) of Jordanian learners of English as a foreign language. The researchers drew a purposeful sample of two intact 10th-grade sections (N = 57) from a public school in Zarqa, Jordan.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Control Groups
Effects of Textual Enhancement and Input Enrichment on L2 Development
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Rassaei, Ehsan – TESOL Journal, 2015
Research on second language (L2) acquisition has recently sought to include formal instruction into second and foreign language classrooms in a more unobtrusive and implicit manner. Textual enhancement and input enrichment are two techniques which are aimed at drawing learners' attention to specific linguistic features in input and at the same…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Data Analysis
Do Peer Reviews Help Improve Student Writing Abilities in an EFL High School Classroom?
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Kurihara, Noriko – TESOL Journal, 2017
Several studies have reported the benefits of peer reviews in English as a second language (ESL) and English as a foreign language (EFL) writing classrooms. However, there has been little empirical research on whether such peer reviews improve students' writing abilities. The current study investigated the effects of peer review on the development…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, High School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning