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Mahmoud M. S. Abdallah; Heba Hassan Hemdan; Laila Kamel Eid Ibrahim – Online Submission, 2024
The current research paper investigates the impact of McCarthy's 4MAT model on developing writing skills among upper-grade primary pupils. Sixty-four pupils in six primary-stage grades were chosen as the study participants and were divided randomly into two matched groups (a control group and an experimental one). The researcher adopted the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Models, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods
Xiaohan Liu – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2024
Although the literature widely acknowledges the benefits of formative writing assessment in daily teaching, there is limited understanding of how frontline teachers implement it and the reasons behind their approach, particularly in EFL secondary school contexts where assessment has predominantly served selective purposes. Drawing on interviews,…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Writing Evaluation, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Debra McKeown; Kay Wijekumar; Julie Owens; Karen Harris; Steve Graham; Puiwa Lei; Erin FitzPatrick – Grantee Submission, 2023
Writing is a critical skill for success in all areas of life, but it is one of the least taught skills in school. Teachers consistently report being unprepared to teach writing. In this study, set in a Southern U.S. boomtown, teachers received two days of practice-based professional development for a ten-week implementation of self-regulated…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Evidence Based Practice, Writing Strategies, Self Management
Qian Du; Ying Liu – Language Teaching Research, 2024
We examined how a group of Chinese undergraduate students understood paraphrasing and source use conventions for research paper writing in English. Prior scholarship has generated valuable insights about novice second language (L2) writers' unconventional source use practices, but little is known about how these writers interpret and understand…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Writing Instruction, English for Academic Purposes
Nicole Schutte; Zhandi van Zyl – Perspectives in Education, 2023
In this conceptual paper, borne from the experiences of two academic literacy lecturers at the NWU, we ask, regarding elements of assessment, how we can sensibly adapt an intervention-style writing course in a post-COVID higher education context. We propose a course correction model, applicable to academic literacy writing courses, to address the…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Reflection, COVID-19, Pandemics
Durrant, Philip; Brenchley, Mark – Applied Linguistics, 2023
Complex noun phrases (NP) are central to mature academic writing and often a focus of explicit teaching. The National Curriculum in England, for example, requires specific components of NP complexity to be taught at specific educational stages. However, the evidence base for such practices is unclear. Research on the emergence of NP components is…
Descriptors: Nouns, Phrase Structure, Academic Language, National Curriculum
Norphealey Eang; Sirirat Petsangsri; John Morris – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
English writing and critical thinking are not only fundamental to academic success but also play a crucial role for the holistic development of primary students. This study investigated the effects of a cloud-based gamified instruction integrating peer assessment on primary student English writing and critical thinking. A pre- and post-test with a…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Computer Software, Grade 6, Critical Thinking
Gang Yang; Wei Zhou; Huimin Zhou; Jiawen Li; Xiaodong Chen; Yun-Fang Tu – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Second language (L2) writing plays an important role in improving the learners' language skills of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in terms of language expression and linguistic thinking. Therefore, improving writing skills is still a focus area for EFL learners. To enhance EFL learners' writing ability and optimize their writing quality, an…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Writing Skills
Iskandar Abdul Samad; Siti Sarah Fitriani; Yunisrina Qismullah Yusuf; Syamsul Bahri Ys – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
English is a demanding language for EFL students especially ones without access to additional support like tutorials, extra classes, and opportunities to use English in their daily lives. Scaffolding the writing process for students and making automatic use of genre knowledge would help them improve their English writing performance. Little is…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Literary Genres
Hyesook Park – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2022
The present study examines the linguistic features of Korean college students' English writings in terms of their writing quality and genre. Forty-eight Korean college students took part in the study, and their writing samples, comprised of narrative and exposition compositions, were collected to analyze on the basis of fluency and syntactic…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Evaluation, Syntax, English (Second Language)
Aisah Apridayani; Wei Han; Kanyanat Sakkanayok – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2024
Despite the critical role of academic English writing proficiency in higher education, existing research has inadequately addressed the comparative impact of teacher-led and student-involved assessments on writing outcomes. To address the research gap, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of 'Teacher-Only Assessment' compared to…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Writing Skills, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Second Language Learning
Lijuan Han – SAGE Open, 2024
In this study, an explanatory sequential design was utilized to examine the impact of strategy-based instruction (SBI) on the writing performance and motivation of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in a writing course. A total of 50 Chinese EFL students were selected from two intact classes and were randomly assigned to either the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
Rachel Schechter; Rumeysa Yucel – Online Submission, 2024
The insufficient focus on developing writing instruction in education is a significant problem. Despite the crucial link between writing and reading skills and their impact on academic and life success, there is a notable lack of emphasis on writing in schools. Writing A-Z is a digital-first program that helps teachers establish a writing…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Writing Processes, Writing Assignments
Pasika Tantipidok – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
The study examined the enhancement of EFL Thai undergraduates' narrative paragraph writing through extensive reading (ER) and investigated the attitudes of EFL Thai undergraduate students towards ER. Forty-nine non-English major students at a public university in Thailand participated in the study over ten weeks. Two experimental groups were…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing Evaluation
Ming Chen; Yongbing Liu – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2025
This corpus-based study investigates lexical richness in English writing by Chinese senior high school students. Lexical uses in 303 compositions were compared across three grades in terms of lexical sophistication, variation, density and errors. Timed compositions were sampled from Writing Corpus of English Learners, and the sample sizes of three…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, High School Students, Connected Discourse, Foreign Countries