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An Investigation of the Relationship between Cohesion and Syntactic Complexity of Take-Away Writing and Advanced Content Complexity and Depth
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Gardner, Matthew Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In secondary and post-secondary content courses, the use of writing to facilitate complex learning in advanced content areas, which is called writing to learn content, can help students to evaluate their understanding, higher order cognition, and thinking about the content to learned (Carifio, 2005; Hayes, 2006; Carifio, 2015). The primary focus…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Syntax, Content Area Writing, Literary Styles
Diagnostic Assessment of Novice EFL Learners' Discourse Competence in Academic Writing: A Case Study
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Wang, Yumin; Xie, Qin – Language Testing in Asia, 2022
Discourse competence is an essential component of communicative competence and central to the mastery of academic writing. This article reports a three-tiered diagnostic assessment of two English as a foreign language (EFL) student writers' discourse competence in terms of textual features, composing strategies, and knowledge about academic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Diagnostic Tests
Enhancing the Use of Evidence in Argumentative Writing through Collaborative Processing of Content-Based Automated Writing Evaluation Feedback
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Shi, Zhan; Liu, Fengkai; Lai, Chun; Jin, Tan – Language Learning & Technology, 2022
Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) systems have been found to enhance the accuracy, readability, and cohesion of writing responses (Stevenson & Phakiti, 2019). Previous research indicates that individual learners may have difficulty utilizing content-based AWE feedback and collaborative processing of feedback might help to cope with this…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Accuracy
The Pittsburgh Study of Writing
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Bartholomae, David; Matway, Beth – Across the Disciplines, 2010
This essay presents results from a comprehensive study of writing in the undergraduate curriculum at the University of Pittsburgh. It is in two sections. The first section reports on interviews with faculty from across the disciplines in the School of Arts and Sciences; the second reports finding from student focus groups and from an extensive…
Descriptors: Interviews, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Focus Groups
A Study in Content Language Acquisition
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Broer, Kathleen – Online Submission, 2003
This study examines how young second language learners acquire academic language. Among the main language groups represented were Punjabi, Hindi, Tamil, Estonian, Serbian, Arabic as well as 23 other language groups. I monitored over 75 students, in grades 1, 2 and 4. I was interested in exploring what strategies best promoted coherence in…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Languages
A Study in Content Area Language Acquisition
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Broer, Kathleen – Online Submission, 2003
This study was conducted at a public school with a population of over 900 students. Among the main language groups represented were Punjabi, Hindi, Tamil, Estonian, Serbian, Arabic as well as 23 other language groups. The author monitored over 75 students, in grades 1, 2 and 4. She was interested in exploring what strategies best promoted…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Acquisition, Grade 1, Grade 2