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Direct linkRoose, 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
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
Download full textAllison, 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
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
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
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)
Perkins, Kyle; And Others – 1988
A study was undertaken to identify the prerequisite relations (or hierarchies among the items) existing in the item responses of a sample of 86 foreign students who took the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) vocabulary and reading comprehension test, Form 3JTF1. The form contains 30 vocabulary items and 30 reading comprehension items.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Factor Analysis, Foreign Students, Item Analysis
Peer reviewedGupta, Renu – English for Specific Purposes, 1995
Examines introductions to research articles written by three international graduate students and identifies three basic problems. Student and nonnative writers may have difficulty with handling both the hierarchical as well as the linear structure of written discourse, especially introductions that create problems for both the writer and the…
Descriptors: Discourse Modes, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Graduate Students
