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Direct linkHamid Allami; Boshra Najari; Zia Tajeddin – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2025
This study explores the impact of sociocultural theory-based instruction on enhancing L2 learners' writing skills including grammatical accuracy, coherence, cohesion, task response, and lexical resources for the IELTS. To this end, a cohort of 40 participants, spanning intermediate and advanced proficiency levels, was divided into experimental and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Writing Skills
Nushi, Musa; Razdar, Mahshid – Cogent Education, 2021
The writing module of the IELTS has proven to be a challenging section for test takers. Part of this difficulty may stem from the divergence between what test takers expect to learn in such courses and what is delivered by instructors. To address this issue, a 24-item questionnaire (Student Questionnaire A) relating to IELTS writing preparation…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing Tests, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Firoozjahantigh, Mojgan; Fakhri Alamdari, Ebrahim; Marzban, Amir – Cogent Education, 2021
The instruction of metadiscourse markers to L2 writers has been recommended by some scholars to assist them in employing a certain tone in persuading readers. Nonetheless, there is a dearth of research investigating the effect of process-based instruction on hedging and boosting devices to L2 learners. To fill this gap, the present study aimed at…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Process Approach (Writing), Writing Instruction, English for Academic Purposes
Woods-Groves, Suzanne; Hua, Youjia; Therrien, William J.; Kaldenberg, Erica R.; Lucas, Kristin G.; Hendrickson, Jo M.; McAninch, Melissa J. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
This investigation explored the use of strategic instruction to improve the essay-test taking skills of young adults who were enrolled in a campus-based, post-secondary education program for individuals with developmental disabilities. A random assignment to treatment or control groups and a pre- and posttest design was used. The participants…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Writing Instruction, Essays, Test Wiseness
Download full textJacobs, Patricia; Fu, Danling – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2014
This article presents a case study on two fourth grade students with learning disabilities in two different writing situations: writing for test preparation and writing for digital stories. The students' writing behaviors, processes, and products in these two settings are contrasted. The differences in the students' writing experiences suggest…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Inclusion, Classroom Techniques, Case Studies
