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Pervaiz Yaseeni; Fahim Rahimi; Fareed Sahil – Journal of Research Initiatives, 2024
Academic writing is a salient skill for medical students all over the world. Academic writing starts with composing effective paragraphs, laying the foundation for students' advancement in writing during college. This study investigated common mistakes in English paragraph writing committed by the first-year medical students of the Medicine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Students, Paragraph Composition, Scores
Yu, Shuying – English Language Teaching, 2022
People frequently struggle with comprehending the text they read and require more intensive support to develop proficiency in reading comprehension. Some find it perplexing observing all the elements and constituents of the paragraph theory. Good readers, however, can understand what a paragraph is by studying the conjunction relationships between…
Descriptors: Paragraph Composition, Reading Comprehension, Text Structure, Form Classes (Languages)
Robert-Mihai Botarleanu; Mihai Dascalu; Scott Andrew Crossley; Danielle S. McNamara – Grantee Submission, 2022
The ability to express yourself concisely and coherently is a crucial skill, both for academic purposes and professional careers. An important aspect to consider in writing is an adequate segmentation of ideas, which in turn requires a proper understanding of where to place paragraph breaks. However, these decisions are often performed…
Descriptors: Paragraph Composition, Text Structure, Automation, Identification
Ferdi Çelik; Zerrin Eren – MEXTESOL Journal, 2023
This qualitative study investigates the errors committed by Turkish EFL learners and the rate of spelling mistakes to grammar errors in learners' paragraphs. In order to examine these issues, 19 participants studying at a private high school in Turkey took part in this study. The qualitative data were collected through students' paragraphs written…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Error Patterns
Schumaker, Jean Bragg – Exceptionality, 2023
This study involved a pretest-posttest control-group design in which four multimedia writing programs were tested with secondary students across a school year. These programs were based on strategic instruction and focused on the skills of writing complete sentences, paragraph writing, and theme writing. Measures included scores on practice…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Writing Strategies, Writing Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Mohamed S. Bakry; Mahmoud Mohamed Emam – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Expository writing (EW) is crucial for the literacy development of students with intellectual disabilities (ID) in inclusive classrooms. Students with ID, however, struggle with EW due to problems with generating, organizing, and producing text. Similarly, teachers of students with ID face challenges with employing the appropriate instructional…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Expository Writing, Intellectual Disability, Inclusion
Umbreen Tariq – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2025
Purpose: This study aims to explore computer-assisted language learning (CALL) activities to improve the English essay writing of Pakistani university students. It highlights the role of CALL in the language proficiency model cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP), which can enable second language learners to engage in more critical…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Maki, Kathrin E.; Ittner, Anne; Pulles, Sandra M.; Burns, Matthew K.; Helman, Lori; McComas, Jennifer J. – Contemporary School Psychology, 2022
Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) provide instruction and intervention to all students in schools. However, when many students within a setting demonstrate reading difficulties, there is likely a tier 1 problem which makes it infeasible to implement tier 2 or tier 3 interventions with large numbers of students due to limited resources. The…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Jama, Itithaz – International Education Studies, 2022
This research focused on the common errors that EFL learners included in their writing. The frequent errors that the study focused on were at the micro level, specifically the structures that related to gerund and infinitive forms. The participants were selected from the English language department at one of the Saudi universities. They were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Error Patterns
Tiryaki, Esra Nur; Bi?can, Gülsat – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2021
It is observed that individuals have problems in written expression in the Turkish education system, and a permanent solution can not be developed to solve these problems. Therefore, the primary objective of this research is to determine the problems of prospective Turkish teachers in paragraph creation. This research was carried out in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Writing Skills, Paragraph Composition
Firstya Evi Dianastiti; Sarwiji Suwandi; Budhi Setiawan – International Journal of Language Education, 2024
The purpose of this research is to describe the challenges and factors causing difficulties of deaf students in mastering writing skills at inclusive universities in Indonesia. This research is focused in Central Java province because of the more universities are considered as inclusive universities. This research was conducted in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, Deafness, Writing Skills
Derek B. Rodgers; Amanda M. Kern; Jeremy W. Ford; Michael Crawford; Mali Sawyer – Exceptionality, 2024
Students with dyslexia often struggle with developing text-writing skills at the paragraph level. However, the literature is filled with examples of how explicit instruction paired with time-based feedback can be used to improve such skills for students with a variety of disabilities. Examples from the literature have demonstrated positive effects…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Paragraph Composition, Intervention, Dyslexia
Patarapongsanti, Ampika; Thongsan, Nuchsara C.; Sukrutrit, Praweerata; Para, Chamnan; Saphanuchart, Nawarat – English Language Teaching, 2022
Effective written communication is not only a crucial skill for academic achievement but also for business context as it could lead to individual professional career success and profitable accomplishment. To achieve these goals requires concise and correct communication. This study, therefore, aims to explore the most frequently-made errors by 30…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Devotha Msuya; Jafari Abdala – Discover Education, 2025
This study investigated teachers' classroom practices in teaching English writing skills through competence-based language teaching among secondary students in the Mtama district. It aimed to identify teachers' instructional strategies and explore the challenges faced in ordinary-level classrooms. Employing a qualitative case study design, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Secondary School Students
Karafil, Burcu; Oguz, Aytunga – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2022
In this study, it was aimed to develop a scale to determine English paragraph writing self-efficacy beliefs of university students. The scale was developed in three stages. In the first stage, literature review was conducted and expert opinions were taken. A trial form consisting of 45 items in Likerttype was prepared. Moreover, a pilot study was…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Paragraph Composition, Self Efficacy