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Exploring Online Discussions through an Academic Literacies Approach
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Roose, Tamara Mae; Newell, George E. – ELT Journal, 2020
This preliminary study explores how international students bring their cultural knowledge and experiences into relationship with other writers' ideas as they engage in an online discussion in response to a news text. This article focuses on a language excerpt from an online discussion group, including the assignment prompt, reading text, student…
Descriptors: Academic Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Second Language Writing Complexity in Academic Legal Discourse: Development and Assessment under a Curricular Lens
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Yiran Xu – ProQuest LLC, 2020
In the past three decades, the construct of second language (L2) writing complexity has been theorized and refined in both second language acquisition (SLA) (Crossley, 2020; Housen, De Clercq, Kuiken, & Vedder, 2019; Lu, 2011; Norris & Ortega, 2009) and Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) research (Byrnes, 2009; Ryshina-Pankova, 2015;…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Difficulty Level, Academic Language, Language Usage
Voicing the Academy
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Allison, Davina – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2018
The development of an appropriate authorial voice is considered to be fundamental to successful academic writing in the target language. Voice research in second language (L2) writing, therefore, seeks to delineate voice salience in L2 academic texts, the relationship between voice and high quality academic writing, the second language writer's…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Writing Skills, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Text Integration and Speaking Proficiency: Linguistic, Individual Differences, and Strategy Use Considerations
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Crossley, Scott A.; Kim, YouJin – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2019
The current study examined the effects of text-based relational (i.e., cohesion), propositional-specific (i.e., lexical), and syntactic features in a source text on subsequent integration of the source text in spoken responses. It further investigated the effects of word integration on human ratings of speaking performance while taking into…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Syntax, Oral Language, Speech Communication
Educating for a Just Society. The Forty-First Yearbook: A Double Blind Peer-Reviewed Publication of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers
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Babino, Alexandra, Ed.; Cossa, Nedra, Ed.; Araujo, Juan J., Ed.; Johnson, Robin D., Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2019
The theme for the 62nd annual conference of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers was Educating for a Just Society. Connie Briggs, previous Program Chair, reminded us that, "Education has always been the foundation of a democratic nation. It is important that our students understand the principles upon which our nation was…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Social Justice, Arabs, Culture
The Impact of Text-Structure Strategy Instruction on the Text Recall and Eye-Movement Patterns of Second Language English Readers
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Yeh, Li-Hao; Schwartz, Ana I.; Baule, Aaron L. – Reading Psychology, 2011
Previous studies have demonstrated the efficacy of the Text Structure Strategy for improving text recall. The strategy emphasizes the identification of text structure for encoding and recalling information. Traditionally, the efficacy of this strategy has been measured through free recall. The present study examined whether recall and eye-movement…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Recall (Psychology)