NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Foreign Language Writing Fellows Programs: A Model for Improving Advanced Writing Skills
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Snyder, Delys Waite; Nielson, Rex P.; Kurzer, Kendon – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
Within the growing field of scholarly literature on foreign language (FL) writing pedagogy, few studies have addressed pedagogical questions regarding the teaching of writing to advanced language learners. Writing fellows peer tutoring programs, although typically associated with first language writing instruction, likely can benefit and support…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Portuguese, Literature, Writing Strategies
Fluency, Accuracy, and Complexity in Graded and Ungraded Writing
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Armstrong, Kimberly M. – Foreign Language Annals, 2010
This study describes the effect of grades on second language writing performance. Do students write better when their essays are graded, and what implications might this have for foreign language instruction? This study compares three different types of student writing: graded compositions; for-credit online discussion boards; and ungraded,…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Essays, Writing Instruction, Second Language Instruction
Writing to Read and Reading to Write: Teaching Literature in the Foreign Language Classroom.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Kauffmann, Ruth A. – Foreign Language Annals, 1996
Discusses the use of writing assignments to improve the capacity of literature students to read and analyze assigned texts in the foreign language. The approach provides a higher level of motivation for self-correction that will enable students to overcome, rather than formalize, their errors. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Essays, Higher Education, Literature, Reading Comprehension