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Jeannine Wishart; Grace Oakley; Jennifer Shand – Language and Education, 2024
This article reports on the qualitative findings of a mixed methods study that investigated primary school teachers' beliefs, practices and choices of resources for teaching written grammar. Qualitative data were collected from Primary teachers in Western Australia through semi-structured interviews (n = 10) and analysed thematically. Although all…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Grammar
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Tom Slagle – Journal of Basic Writing, 2023
Responding to a lack of attention to language in transfer pedagogies, this study examines the potential effects that direct language-level instruction has on the metalinguistic awareness of students who were enrolled in stretch and corequisite courses at two four-year, public universities. Informed by a functional view of language, the instruction…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Metalinguistics
Quigley, Alex – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022
This book explains seven critical steps to improve children's writing. Though seemingly 'natural', writing proves devilishly difficult for far too many school pupils and closing this gap can have a lasting impact on their academic and life success. With the goal of giving every teacher the knowledge and skill to teach writing with confidence, it…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Achievement Gap, Writing Instruction, Teacher Competencies
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Pratabjai Tatsanajamsuk – rEFLections, 2024
This comparative case study explores the roles of reading-to-write and writing-only approaches on students' L2 writing skills. Six third-year English major students from a Thai university, with diverse proficiency levels, participated in the study. Data from students' writing samples, semi-structured interviews, and observations were analyzed…
Descriptors: Role Theory, Undergraduate Students, Reading Writing Relationship, Second Language Learning
Jessica L. Evankovich – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Grammar instruction and its role in writing proficiency have been the subject of long-standing controversy in literacy instruction. While traditional grammar instruction has been proven ineffective, many teachers still implement this approach due to a familiarity with the method or an insecurity in their grammar knowledge. Research instead points…
Descriptors: Grammar, English Instruction, Literacy Education, Middle School Teachers
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Eda Tekin; Genç Osman Ilhan – European Journal of Education, 2025
This study examines the reflections of using Pixton, the digital comics Web 2.0 tool, on the basic language skills of international exchange students under the Erasmus+ program. For this purpose, student-made comic strips were used to teach the basic grammar of the language, which resulted in using the language in their daily lives and supporting…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Cartoons, Web 2.0 Technologies, Second Language Instruction
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Mushoffan Prasetianto; Rizkiana Maharddhika – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2025
Responding to the pivotal role of English nowadays, higher education institutions require every student to take an English course. In higher education, teaching English focuses more on the specific discipline of the students. It helps students to have good English capabilities within their field of study. Writing skill is demanded because the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Agricultural Education, Agriculture Teachers
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Fatih Karatas; Faramarz Yasar Abedi; Filiz Ozek Gunyel; Derya Karadeniz; Yasemin Kuzgun – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence application, has emerged as a promising educational tool with a wide range of applications, attracting the attention of researchers and educators. This qualitative case study, chosen for its ability to provide an in-depth exploration of the nuanced effects of AI on the foreign language learning process within…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Second Language Learning, Natural Language Processing, Technology Uses in Education
Nayibe Azzad – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The field of Heritage Language has experienced a great deal of advancement in the past few decades. Much research effort has been dedicated to analyzing and understanding different aspects of heritage language speakers, but less work has been done in the topic of pedagogical approaches. The few recent studies on pedagogical approaches have focused…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Heritage Education
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Martínez Lirola, María – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2022
This article offers a proposal for integrating the social network Facebook into an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom in tertiary education. The main objectives of this article are the following: (1) to offer a pedagogical proposal so that students can develop written skills and grammar at the same time that they acquire social…
Descriptors: Social Media, Teaching Methods, Writing Improvement, Interpersonal Competence
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Pham, Vu Phi Ho; Do, Thi Huyen – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
Previous research studies were successful in employing Task-based instruction (TBI) to enhance students' either speaking or writing skills or grammar knowledge. However, few research studies have investigated whether the TBI impacts students' grammatical performance in both speaking and writing skills. The quasi-experimental research investigated…
Descriptors: Grammar, Speech Skills, Writing Skills, Task Analysis
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Hamid 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
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McCormack-Colbert, Anne; Ware, Jean; Jones, Susan Wyn – Support for Learning, 2018
The benefits of grammar instruction in the teaching of writing is contested in most English-speaking countries (Jones et al., 2012). The majority of Anglophone countries abandoned the teaching of grammar in the 1950s based on the conclusions that it had no positive impact on learners' development of reading, writing and language (Locke, 2005).…
Descriptors: Grammar, Writing Instruction, English, Teaching Methods
Pouya Vakili – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The main purpose of this dissertation is to examine the (in)effectiveness of the Usage-based grammar approach through explicit instruction of adverbials in the US educational context. One area that can complicate the question of native speakers' grammar knowledge is their awareness of grammatical terms and their functions. Along with exploring…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Usage, Form Classes (Languages), Writing Instruction
Traga Philippakos, Zoi A.; Graham, Steve – International Literacy Association, 2020
Reading is seen by many as an essential ingredient for learning to write. Is the relationship between reading and writing reciprocal? Does the path to better reading involve becoming a good writer? The answer to these questions presents a paradox. One does not have to learn to write in order to learn to read, as learning how to write or type words…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Reading Skills, Reading Instruction, Writing Skills
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