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Direct linkSamaneh Ghaneiarani; Sayyed Mohammad Alavi; Shiva Kaivanpanah – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
Despite the widespread use of Learner-Oriented Assessment (LOA) in (English as a Foreign Language EFL classes, concerns persist regarding its suitability for contexts such as Iran. Drawing on Carless's (SHE, 31:219-233, 2006) criteria for LOA, the present study examined the effectiveness of peer and teacher feedback in an academic writing course.…
Descriptors: Writing Ability, Student Centered Learning, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Download full textShabani, Karim – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2018
The present study was designed to test a group-based format of dynamic assessment (G-DA) in the context of writing over a time span of twelve weeks of instruction. A cohort of 60 students took a homogeneity test and based on the results, 44 students were selected to participate forming the two groups of experimental (N = 22) and control (N = 22).…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Cohort Analysis, Experimental Groups, Control Groups
Çepni, Sevcan Bayraktar; Demirel, Elif Tokdemir – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2016
This study aimed to find out the impact of "text mining and imitating" strategies on lexical richness, lexical diversity and general success of students in their compositions in second language writing. The participants were 98 students studying their first year in Karadeniz Technical University in English Language and Literature…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Imitation, Lexicology
Sepasdar, Mansoreh; Esmaeeli, Hadiseh; Sherafat, Zahra – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2014
The current study explored the effect of portfolio assessment on the improvement of the Iranian students' writing. Additionally, students' attitudes towards using portfolio were investigated. Participants of the study were 46 pre-intermediate Iranian male and female university students who were chosen from a larger group of 70 students. They were…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, College Students
Shao, KaiQi; Yu, WeiHua; Ji, ZhongMin – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
The aim of this study was threefold: (1) to further examine the possibility of using literature-based activities to raise EFL students' emotional intelligence (hereafter EI) and (2) to see whether there is any relationship between students' EI and writing achievement, in addition (3) to shed light on the implementation of such activities into the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Emotional Intelligence, Writing Achievement
Nguyen, Le Thi Cam; Gu, Yongqi – Language Teaching Research, 2013
This study investigates the effects of strategy-based instruction (SBI) on the promotion of learner autonomy (LA). LA was conceptualized and operationally defined as learner self-initiation and learner self-regulation. An intervention study was conducted with the participation of 37 students in an experimental group, and 54 students in two control…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Curriculum Development, Control Groups, Experimental Groups
Nazari, Behzad; Ninknejad, Sahar – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2015
The present study highly supported the effective role of providing background information via email by the teacher to write e-mail by the students in learners' writing ability. A total number of 50 EFL advanced male students aged between 25 and 40 at different branches of Iran Language Institute in Tehran, Tehran. Through the placement test of…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Writing (Composition), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
Jahin, Jamal Hamed – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
This study aimed to ascertain the current level of writing apprehension experienced by Saudi prospective EFL teachers and their current level of essay writing ability. It also aimed to assess the impact of peer reviewing on their writing apprehension level and essay writing ability. Data collection was carried out via two instruments: Second…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, English (Second Language), Feedback (Response), Control Groups
Hashemnezhad, Hossein; Zangalani, Sanaz Khalili – English Language Teaching, 2012
The aim of the present paper was to investigate the effects of processing instruction and traditional instruction on Iranian EFL learners' writing ability. Thirty participants who were non-randomly selected out of 63 Intermediate EFL learners, taking English courses in a language institute in Khoy-Iran, participated in this quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
