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Tsuji, Kayo – English Language Teaching, 2021
The first language (L1) use is vital to developing the quality of second-language (L2) writings. Establishing a clear argument with the logical flow in L2 can be a daunting task for learners with low L2 proficiency. To determine if L1 use is positively related to students' L2 texts, the researcher conducted a comparative study with 77 Japanese L2…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Comparative Analysis, Writing Instruction
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Wellington, Jerry – Teaching in Higher Education, 2010
This paper starts from the premise that there is more to writing than simply skill, knowledge and ability, i.e. cognition. This is an important part of writing but is only one aspect of it. The paper discusses the idea of the affective domain and goes on to focus largely on the positive and negative attitudes and feelings of graduate students…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Negative Attitudes, Writing Attitudes