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Faeze Safari; Alireza Ahmadi – Language Learning Journal, 2025
Integrated writing tasks, which require students to incorporate information from multiple sources into their writing, are gaining attention in language assessment and writing instruction due to their alignment with the expectations of academic and professional writing. Understanding what aspects of integrated tasks are perceived as challenging by…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing Assignments, Second Language Learning, Information Sources
Rashtchi, Mojgan – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2019
The variety of activities and techniques suggested for improving the writing skill shows that EFL/ESL learners need scaffolding to gain mastery over it. The present study employed the reader-response approach to provide the assistance EFL learners require for writing argumentative essays. Five upper-intermediate EFL learners in a private class…
Descriptors: Essays, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Reader Response
Breno B. Silva; Katarzyna Kutylowska; Agnieszka Otwinowska – Language Teaching Research, 2024
The involvement load hypothesis (ILH), which predicts the lexical learning potential of tasks, assumes that writing sentences (SW) and compositions (CW) using novel target words (TWs) lead to similar lexical gains. However, research on the issue is scarce and contradictory. One possibility is that the higher cognitive load of CW hinders learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Writing Assignments, Writing (Composition)
Luzhen Tang; Kejie Shen; Huixiao Le; Yuan Shen; Shufang Tan; Yueying Zhao; Torsten Juelich; Xinyu Li; Dragan Gaševic; Yizhou Fan – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2024
Background: Learners' writing skills are critical to their academic and professional development. Previous studies have shown that learners' self-assessment during writing is essential for assessing their writing products and monitoring their writing processes. However, conducting practical self-assessments of writing remains challenging for…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Formative Evaluation, Writing Assignments, Writing Skills
Nujood Al-Reshaid; Ahmad I. Alhojailan – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background/purpose: Academic writing in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) poses challenges for graduate students, particularly in achieving coherence and organization. Thematic choices play a crucial role in guiding readers and ensuring textual cohesion. While Theme selection has been explored in various contexts, little research has examined…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Literary Genres, Writing Strategies, Semantics
Papangkorn, Papitchaya; Phoocharoensil, Supakorn – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
The present study aimed at investigating the similarities and differences of interactional metadiscourse markers and 3-word and 4-word participant-oriented bundles used in English argumentative texts of native speakers of English (NATIVE) and L1 Thai speakers (THAI) through the use of AntConc. The findings revealed that stance resources were used…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Native Speakers, Thai, Second Language Instruction
Pong-ampai Kongcharoen; Jiraporn Dhanarattigannon; Intira Bumrungsalee – rEFLections, 2025
In recent years, there has been a growing trend of using informal styles in academic writing, including research articles. To examine the degree of formality in students' writing, this corpus-based study aimed to analyze the formal linguistic features in the academic writing assignments of English-major students at a Thai university. The learner…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Essays, Majors (Students), English (Second Language)
Luvuno, Monica Dudu; Ajani, Oluwatoyin Ayodele – International Journal of Higher Education, 2022
This study was conducted at a university based in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The purpose of the study was to determine if the explicit instruction of selected grammar aspect, modal auxiliary verbs, improved students' ability to write English. The study was qualitative in nature and a case study design was adopted. The focus was in relation to a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Verbs, English (Second Language)
Estela Ene; Thomas A. Upton – CALICO Journal, 2024
Teacher-moderated online chats are a common option for conducting writing conferences with students. The efficacy of chat sessions is impacted by the expectations for and structure of these sessions. This corpus-based study used a move analysis to determine the purposes and organization of 129 chats between 3 experienced teachers and 106 students…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Computer Mediated Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Petchprasert, Anongnad – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2021
Recently, the integration of linguistics and technology has been promoted and widely used in the field of linguistics and English writing research for several purposes. One of those purposes is to evaluate English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing ability by using electronic assessment tools. In the current study, an automated writing evaluation…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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
Joannidou, Shaunna; Sime, Julie-Ann – Research-publishing.net, 2021
As teaching moves increasingly online, language teachers are faced with the challenge of how to support dyslexic students in an inclusive manner in and out of the classroom. This paper will focus on an innovative educational multi-modal, mobile application -- Comics for Inclusive English Language Learning (CIELL) -- supporting upper-intermediate…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Student Needs, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
Somayeh Tahmouresi – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Individual differences factors (IDs) play significant roles in second language (L2) learning. Compared to the general field of SLA, however, little is known in the L2 writing domain regarding the influence of learner factors in L2 writing achievement. Therefore, in this study, I aimed to extend the IDs research in L2 writing by closely examining…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Individual Differences, Universities, English (Second Language)