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Peer reviewedJackson, Robert K. – Reading Improvement, 1972
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Proficiency, Language Research
Peer reviewedDoushaq, Mufeeq H. – English for Specific Purposes, 1986
Analysis of content area writing of Arab university students (N=96) studying English for Academic Purposes revealed problems in three major categories: sentence structure, paragraph structure, and content. Weakness in foreign language writing skills appeared related to weakness in mastery of Arabic writing skills. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Arabic, Arabs, Cohesion (Written Composition), College Students
Gaies, Stephen J. – 1976
The present study reports on exploratory research to determine whether the Aluminum Paragraph, a sentence-combining exercise developed by O'Donnell (Hunt, 1970) to measure the development of syntactic complexity in the writing of native speakers of English, can also serve as a measure of the active syntactic proficiency of learners of English as a…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Learning Levels
