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Natthaphong Sirijanchuen; Kittitouch Soontornwipast – rEFLections, 2025
Following a paradigm of English as an international language -- one that values cultural diversity -- this classroom research conducted a quasi-experiment using a single-group pretest and posttest design. The study incorporated learning materials from both Anglophone and non-Anglophone settings, utilizing international movie trailers with English…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Language Skills, Writing Skills
Harwood, Nigel – Written Communication, 2023
Various forms of proofreading of student writing take place in university contexts. Sometimes writers pay freelance proofreaders to edit their texts before submission for assessment; sometimes more informal arrangements take place, where friends, family, or coursemates proofread. Such arrangements raise ethical questions for universities…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Ethics, Writing Assignments
Integrating Reading and Writing in Testing Reading Comprehension of the Afghan EFL Language Learners
Noor, Shagofah – Cogent Education, 2021
This study was conducted to evaluate a potential new way of assessing reading comprehension at the college level in Afghanistan. In this study, synthesis writing is evaluated to determine if reading-writing integration can help in assessing the reading comprehension of Afghan sophomore students. Furthermore, a gap-filling activity was used to…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Reading Comprehension, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Seker, Meral; Karagül, Banu Inan – Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age, 2022
Background: The abrupt transition to virtual language learning environments due to the COVID-19 pandemic has brought considerable challenges to educational practices. In the context of foreign/second language learning and teaching, it has become more difficult to ensure that learners have the necessary engagement and motivation levels along with…
Descriptors: College Students, Writing Strategies, COVID-19, Pandemics
Merkel, Warren – TESOL Journal, 2020
In recent decades, a wealth of studies on second language writing and plagiarism have emerged, particularly with the increase of international students enrolling in academic institutions that favor English-medium instruction. In most of these studies, the plagiarism-related variables (e.g., paraphrase) under scrutiny are determined by the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Writing Attitudes
Jiuliang Li – Language Education & Assessment, 2023
While self-regulated learning (SRL) has been studied in various disciplines, insufficient attention has been paid to how formative assessment/assessment for learning (AfL) promotes students' SRL in learning English as foreign language (EFL) context. The present study attempted to address the gap. Forty four non-English majors in the second year of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Md. Mahadhi Hasan; Anika Sikder; Rashed Mahmud – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2025
Some serious instances of plagiarism have been discussed in Bangladesh's institutions, where students, researchers, and even faculty members were given severe penalties. This study explores the factors influencing teachers of English at the tertiary level in Bangladesh regarding plagiarism, including emerging concerns around AI-based plagiarism. A…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Waaed Belgacem; Zeineb Deymi – Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2023
This exploratory practice study addresses the puzzle of EFL writing anxiety experienced by pre-service teachers. To decipher the puzzle, probe its likely causes, and propose solutions, we conducted an exploratory study with a group of 37 first-year, preservice teachers at the Higher Institute of Human Sciences of Medenine (HIHSM), Tunisia, using a…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Lesson Plans
Lee, Senyung; Lim, Gad S.; Basse, Rachel – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2021
This study investigated the extent to which an extended time limit in an argumentative writing test affects the quality of argumentation in L2 writing. Thirty-two adult ESL learners each wrote two essays on different prompts, one in 30 minutes and one in 45 minutes in a counter-balanced design. The 64 essays were analytically rated by four trained…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Writing (Composition), Adult Learning
Cahyono, Bambang Yudi; Rahayu, Titik – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2020
There have been a lot of research studies on the role of motivation in education and language learning. However, research on the role of motivation in the area of EFL (English as a foreign language) writing is a rare undertaking. This study aimed to examine the correlation between EFL students' motivation in writing and their writing proficiency.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Student Motivation, Writing Skills
Vögelin, Cristina; Jansen, Thorben; Keller, Stefan D.; Möller, Jens – Language Learning Journal, 2021
This experimental study examined the influence of vocabulary and spelling on teachers' perceptions of English as a second language (ESL) essays. Sixty-nine pre-service teachers from Switzerland and Germany rated four upper-intermediate ESL argumentative essays and provided written comments on strengths and weaknesses of the student compositions.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary, Spelling
Yi-Chun Christine Yang – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2024
This study examines the relationship between EFL students' noticing and three written feedback strategies. The convenience sampling method was adopted and four intact classes were randomly assigned into four groups: the model, the error correction, the reformulation, and the control groups. After the completion of picture-cued writing tasks as…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Error Correction
Rahimi, Muhammad; Zhang, Lawrence Jun – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
This study explored the effects of increasing the number of elements and the degree of reasoning on second language (L2) writing and also examined the relationship between writing motivational beliefs and anxiety and L2 writing in simple versus complex tasks. Sixty upper-intermediate L2 learners were invited to write simple and complex…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Writing (Composition), Student Motivation, Anxiety
Hwang, Wu-Yuin; Nurtantyana, Rio; Purba, Siska Wati Dewi; Hariyanti, Uun; Indrihapsari, Yuniar; Surjono, Herman Dwi – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2023
English as Foreign Language (EFL) writing is challenging for students due to the lack of related lexical resources to inspire them for meaningful writing besides grammar feedback. Moreover, it is crucial to design personalized feedback based on students' original writings in helping to improve their writing abilities. Therefore, we developed Smart…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Lee, Jooyoung – Language Teaching Research, 2021
Many international students in American universities are required to take writing courses in English as a second language (ESL) before participating in a mainstream first-year composition (FYC) course. Given that the goal of ESL writing course is to prepare students for FYC course, the connection between ESL and FYC courses is significant. This…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)