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Download full textToba, Rostanti; Noor, Widya Noviana; Sanu, La Ode – Dinamika Ilmu, 2019
The aim of this study is to investigate issues of Indonesian EFL students' writing skills, covering ability, problem and reason why they got problems in writing comparison and contrast essay. The convergent parallel of mixed methods was used to explore these issues by involving 52 EFL students of IAIN Samarinda who enrolled the academic essay…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Skills, English (Second Language), English Language Learners
Grünke, Matthias; Leonard-Zabel, Ann Marie – International Journal of Special Education, 2015
The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of the current research involving composition writing with respect to students experiencing difficulties. It responds to the fact that composition writing is a largely neglected area in education and research. This paper will review the following: (a) the reasons why writing competence is so vitally…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), College Students, Writing Skills, Writing Difficulties
Al Murshidi, Ghadah – English Language Teaching, 2014
The study examines writing challenges Emirati and Saudi students face at U.S. universities. Based on a sample of 219, a mixed methods approach was used to analyze responses from the participants. The results of the questionnaire reveal that Less than 31% Emirati and Saudi students feel "comfortable" in completing written assignments. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Mixed Methods Research, Questionnaires
Direct linkBharuthram, S.; McKenna, S. – Africa Education Review, 2012
Many students enter tertiary education unfamiliar with the 'norms and conventions' of their disciplines. Research into academic literacies has shown that in order to succeed in their studies, students are expected to conform to these norms and conventions, which are often unrecognized or seen as "common sense" by lecturers. Students have…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Universities, Writing Skills, Intellectual Disciplines
Doolan, Stephen M. – Written Communication, 2014
Developmental composition courses serve a sizable and growing number of Generation 1.5 students, or long-term U.S. resident language learners, and it is believed that language challenges may be part of Generation 1.5 writers' difficulty in controlling the academic register. The current study investigates possible similarities and differences…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Student Characteristics, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)
Schwilk, Christopher L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Understanding writing assignments is critical to college students' success as they transition from high school to postsecondary environments, but students with writing difficulties struggle to extrapolate required tasks from assignments presented in narrative form. The researcher examined the ability of students to identify assignment tasks when…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Writing Assignments, College Students, Identification
