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Hung, Hui-Chun; Young, Shelley Shwu-Ching – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
English as Foreign Language (EFL) students face additional difficulties for academic writing largely due to their level of language competency. An appropriate structural process of writing can help students develop their academic writing skills. This study explored the use of the e-readers to facilitate EFL students' process-based academic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Academic Discourse, Writing (Composition)
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Peterson, Patricia; Johnson, Gae; Showalter, Stephen – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Students with learning disabilities have significantly lower achievement in math and science than students from the general population. If these students with learning disabilities also are English Learners, the challenges for success in math and science are even more difficult. Teachers need to infuse best practices into their classrooms to…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Learning Disabilities, Teaching Methods
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Ward, Jeremy – English for Specific Purposes, 2009
This paper concerns the teaching of English to learners who are studying, or will soon study, engineering and who are expected to do at least part of their studying through textbooks written in English. Such students, especially in universities in developing countries, often find themselves very poorly equipped by their secondary education for…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Word Lists, Engineering, College Students