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Svanes, Ingvill Krogstad; Andersson-Bakken, Emilia – Education Inquiry, 2023
This study identifies the various functions of open questions in whole-class teaching in language arts classrooms in primary school, and it explores how these questions may work as a mediating tool. Open questions are considered a valuable tool in classroom discourse, enhancing dialogue and students' learning by giving the students an opportunity…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Classroom Communication, Language Arts
Pong-ampai Kongcharoen; Jiraporn Dhanarattigannon; Intira Bumrungsalee – rEFLections, 2025
In recent years, there has been a growing trend of using informal styles in academic writing, including research articles. To examine the degree of formality in students' writing, this corpus-based study aimed to analyze the formal linguistic features in the academic writing assignments of English-major students at a Thai university. The learner…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Essays, Majors (Students), English (Second Language)
Jane E. Hardy; Victoria Rodrigo – Dimensions, 2025
Extensive reading is an approach to language learning that encourages learners to read a large quantity of easy reading material. A substantial body of research confirms the effectiveness of this approach for developing proficiency in both first (L1) and second (L2) languages. This paper explains what extensive reading is, why it is important, and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Habits, Reading Materials
Gardner, Sheena; Nesi, Hilary; Biber, Douglas – Applied Linguistics, 2019
While there have been many investigations of academic genres, and of the linguistic features of academic discourse, few studies have explored how these interact across a range of university student writing situations. To counter misconceptions that have arisen regarding student writing, this article aims to provide comprehensive linguistic…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Language, Writing (Composition), Writing Assignments
Lee, Senyung; Lim, Gad S.; Basse, Rachel – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2021
This study investigated the extent to which an extended time limit in an argumentative writing test affects the quality of argumentation in L2 writing. Thirty-two adult ESL learners each wrote two essays on different prompts, one in 30 minutes and one in 45 minutes in a counter-balanced design. The 64 essays were analytically rated by four trained…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Writing (Composition), Adult Learning
Mohammad H. Adam – Online Submission, 2024
Writing proper English sentences poses a significant challenge for Arabic-speaking postsecondary students studying English as a Foreign Language (EFL) due to substantial differences between Arabic and English syntactic structures. This basic qualitative study explored the perceptions of Arabic-speaking EFL learners at an Arabian university…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Arabic, Native Language
Sariani; El Khairat, Mutia; Yaningsih – International Journal of Language Education, 2021
In response to the current situation of the pandemic COVID-19 outbreak which has been affected worldwide, this study examines the opt on online learning for writing skill, and to assess the development of the writing task. It draws the data from an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) student's writing documents, and marking documents of three…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, COVID-19, Pandemics
Muhyidin, Asep; Juansah, Dase Erwin; Ediwarman; Hamdiyah, Aisyah – Online Submission, 2018
This research focused on the ability of writing argumentative text correlate to writing motivation and grammatical competence. This research used survey method through correlational study. It was conducted on the students of grade X in SMA Negeri 3 Serang in academic year 2016/2017 using simple random sampling technique. The data collection in…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Secondary School Students, Writing Assignments, Writing (Composition)
Bushnell, Adam, Ed.; Gill, Angela, Ed.; Waugh, David, Ed.; Smith, Rob, Ed. – SAGE Publications Ltd (UK), 2020
How do teachers identify the potential for greater depth writing and encourage children to meet their full potential? This book was created by people who are not only passionate about primary education, but who are also leading experts in their own particular areas. They have made use of their wide experience to offer practical guidance on greater…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Writing (Composition), Writing Teachers
Elder, Cristyn L.; Davila, Bethany – Composition Studies, 2017
This course design describes a 3-credit, two-week intensive Stretch and Studio Practicum course at the University of New Mexico (UNM). Because the Stretch and Studio composition curriculum is designed to help students who may be at greater risk of not succeeding, instructors are required to complete the practicum before teaching in the program.…
Descriptors: Practicums, Success, Hispanic American Students, Writing (Composition)
Crane, Cori – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2016
Adopting a genre lens informed by Systemic Functional Linguistics (cf. Halliday & Matthiessen, [Halliday, M. A. K., 2004]; Martin & Rose, [Martin, J. R., 2008]), this paper explores the text-structural and lexico-grammatical choices that second language (L2) writers of German make in personal letter writing. Close analysis of two student…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Writing (Composition), German
Corkett, Julie K.; Benevides, Tina – Journal of International Special Needs Education, 2016
Written expression is an essential skill to actively function in today's society. For many learners, especially those with a learning disability (LD), writing can be a source of frustration. Technology in its various forms, holds promise to assist students in this area. The current study examines the role that tablet technology, specifically,…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Handheld Devices, Learning Disabilities, Handwriting
Young Joo Han – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Second language (L2) writing research has shed light on the important question of whether instructors' feedback (written and/or oral) is beneficial for students' writing (Conrad & Goldstein, 1999; Bitchener, 2008; Ferris, 2006; Truscott, 2007), and yet there are still debates about the efficacy of teacher feedback. One of the reasons why this…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing (Composition)
Yoon, Choongil – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
The present study investigated how 6 Korean ESL graduate students in Canada used a suite of freely available reference resources, consisting of Web-based corpus tools, Google search engines, and dictionaries, for solving linguistic problems while completing an authentic academic writing assignment in English. Using a mixed methods design, the…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Writing (Composition), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Phoocharoensil, Supakorn; Moore, Benjamin; Gampper, Chanika; Geerson, Edward B.; Chaturongakul, Panna; Sutharoj, Siripen; Carlon, William T. – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2016
English grammar and lexis seem to be among the most problematic areas in second language (L2) acquisition. A good number of past studies have investigated English learners' different kinds of errors, using a variety of elicitation techniques, such as a translation task, a grammaticality judgment task, a role play, an essay, etc. The current study…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency