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Dan Song; Alexander F. Tang – Language Learning & Technology, 2025
While many studies have addressed the benefits of technology-assisted L2 writing, limited research has delved into how generative artificial intelligence (GAI) supports students in completing their writing tasks in Mandarin Chinese. In this study, 26 university-level Mandarin Chinese foreign language students completed two writing tasks on two…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Second Language Learning, Standardized Tests, Writing Tests
Wilby, James – Language Teaching Research, 2022
This programme evaluation study examined the changes in writing motivation, self-regulation and integrated writing task scores of international students over the course of a pre-sessional course on English for academic purposes (EAP). In addition, the study also investigated the relationship between writing task motivation, self-regulation, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Students, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Husain Abdulhay; Moussa Ahmadian – rEFLections, 2024
This study attempted to discern the factor structure of the achievement goal orientation and goal structure constructs across the domain-specific task of essay writing in an Iranian EFL context. A convenience sample of 116 public university learners participated in a single-session, in-class study of an essay writing sampling and an immediate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Factor Structure, Goal Orientation, Factor Analysis
Arefsadr, Sajjad; Babaii, Esmat; Hashemi, Mohammad Reza – International Journal of Language Testing, 2022
This study explored possible reasons why IELTS candidates usually score low in writing by investigating the effects of two different test designs and scoring criteria on Iranian IELTS candidates' obtained grades in IELTS and World Englishes (WEs) essay writing tests. To this end, first, a WEs essay writing test was preliminarily designed. Then, 17…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Writing Evaluation
Teng, Feng – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
This empirical study explores metacognition and its relationship with writing performance. Through multivariate analyses, the study investigates the role of metacognitive knowledge and regulation in mediating writing performance. Participants were 882 students from eight universities in China who were learning English as a foreign language (EFL).…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Self Management, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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)
Ahmadi, Saeed; Riasati, Mohammad Javad; Bavali, Mohammad – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
The present study aimed at investigating whether academic IELTS candidates perform differently in writing on either a chart topic or a table topic of the IELTS writing task 1 with regard to the four IELTS writing marking criteria i.e. task achievement, coherence and cohesion, lexical resource, and grammar range and accuracy. The study adopted a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Writing Tests
Houston Independent School District, 2020
The Houston Independent School District offers two different English as a Second Language (ESL) programs for language minority students. One of these is a Content-Based ESL (CBESL) program where ESL methodology is used to deliver English instruction across a variety of subject areas. The second is a Pullout ESL program (PO-ESL) where students…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English Language Learners, School Districts
Doolittle, Martha – Online Submission, 2015
Austin Independent School District's English language learner students' (ELLs) results for the state's academic tests (STAAR) 2015 in reading and writing, grades 3 through 5, and the state's English language proficiency test (TELPAS) 2015, grades kindergarten through 5, are summarized.
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Kozulin, Alex; Levi, Tziona – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2018
Little attention has been paid to the question about generality versus modularity of the learning potential (LP). The main research question of our study was: Is the students' LP established with the help of a dynamic assessment of their English as a foreign language (EFL) oral proficiency general enough to predict their subsequent EFL reading and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Oral Language
Karakoç, Dilek; Köse, Gül Durmusoglu – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
This study is an attempt to clarify the incremental and multidimensional nature of foreign language vocabulary development and its relation to the participants' reading and writing performances and general language ability of English as a foreign language (EFL). With this principle aim, the current study investigated the relationship between…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Savage, Robert; Kozakewich, Meagan; Genesee, Fred; Erdos, Caroline; Haigh, Corinne – Developmental Science, 2017
This study examined whether decoding and linguistic comprehension abilities, broadly defined by the Simple View of Reading, in grade 1 each uniquely predicted the grade 6 writing performance of English-speaking children (n = 76) who were educated bilingually in both English their first language and French, a second language. Prediction was made…
Descriptors: Prediction, Writing Skills, Bilingualism, Bilingual Education
Genç, Gülten; Kulusakh, Emine; Aydin, Savas – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2016
Emotional intelligence has recently attracted educators' attention around the world. Educators who try to investigate the factors in language learning achievement have decided to pave the way to success through emotional intelligence. The relationship between emotional intelligence and language learning is the major concern of this study. The…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Language Skills, Correlation, Second Language Learning
Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali Salmani – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2015
This paper reports the results of a study conducted to find (a) the impact of anxiety on EFL learners' writing performance, and (b) the relationship between anxiety and foreign language writing ability. 137 (N = 137) EFL learners took the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS), the Oxford Placement Test (OPT), and a writing task on a…
Descriptors: Anxiety, English (Second Language), Writing Skills, Writing Achievement
Bikowski, Dawn; Vithanage, Ramyadarshanie – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
This study investigated the effect of repeated in-class web-based collaborative writing tasks on second language writers' (L2) individual writing scores. A pre-test post-test research model was used in addition to participant surveys, class observations, and teacher interviews. Participants included 59 L2 writers in a writing class at a large U.S.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Collaborative Writing, Web Based Instruction, Writing Instruction
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