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Li, Chili; Wang, Yuehua; Qian, Long; Shang, Zhenru – English Language Teaching, 2022
This paper reports on the results of a quantitative study that was aimed to measure the use of socio-cultural strategies in learning English writing among a group of 155 Chinese university English major students. This quantitative survey was informed by the socio-cultural theory that holds that L2 learning is a mediational process in which a…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Sociocultural Patterns, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Chen, Ai-hua – English Language Teaching, 2022
This study examined the effects of integrating writing strategy training into EFL writing instruction on learners' strategy use and writing performance. Two classes of EFL adult learners participated in this study. The experimental group were instructed with the writing strategy training in their EFL writing class for 14 weeks, whereas the control…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Writing Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Alghasab, Maha Bader – English Language Teaching, 2020
The flipped classroom is an instructional strategy that encourages students to undertake prior preparation for lessons, in particular through the use of online materials provided by their teachers. Empirical studies of the language classroom have supported the effectiveness of this strategy for language development. However, only a limited number…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Blended Learning, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Pangaribuan, Tagor; Manik, Sondang – English Language Teaching, 2018
This research held at SMA HKBP 1 Tarutung North Sumatra on the research result of test XI[superscript 2] and XI[superscript 2] students, after they got treatment in teaching writing in recount text by using buzz group and clustering technique. The average score (X) was 67.7 and the total score buzz group the average score (X) was 77.2 and in…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Intermode Differences, Writing Processes
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Niño, Fernando López; Páez, Martha Elizabeth Varón – English Language Teaching, 2018
The present article is centered on the description and analysis of the process of action-research followed by a group of twenty eight fifth graders of primary level in a public school in Colombia who improved their writing ability in English as a Foreign Language through the application of several creativity writing strategies. Among those…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills, Second Language Learning
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Hussain, Syed Sarwar – English Language Teaching, 2019
Of all English Language skills, writing poses the greatest challenge for students due to the demands of style, structure and vocabulary. Even if second language learners (L2 learners) can speak the language well enough for everyday activities--shopping, traveling, and so on, producing an academic write-up that is precise, accurate, objective and…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), English for Special Purposes
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Haiyan, Miao; Rilong, Liu – English Language Teaching, 2016
This paper outlines the alignment-oriented approach in classroom EFL writing. Based on a review of the characteristics of the written language and comparison between the product-focused approach and the process-focused approach, the paper proposes a practical classroom procedure as to how to teach EFL writing. A follow-up empirical study is…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Writing (Composition), Alignment (Education), Written Language
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Tan, Helen; Eng, Wong Bee – English Language Teaching, 2014
Metadiscourse is a prevalent linguistic resource that helps writers to manage the flow of the propositional contents and to direct their stance towards their contents and readers. Its dominance in persuasive writings has motivated this study which is to examine the occurrences and forms of metadiscourse use in the writing of both the high (HEP)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Discourse Analysis, Persuasive Discourse
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Raoofi, Saeid; Chan, Swee Heng; Mukundan, Jayakaran; Rashid, Sabariah Md – English Language Teaching, 2014
This study reports on an investigation into writing strategies of Malaysian university students learning English as a second language. Qualitative data were collected from 21 undergraduate university students aged 19 to 21. The students interviewed reported using a variety of writing strategies. It was also found that all of the participants…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Shi, Weixuan; Han, Jikun – English Language Teaching, 2014
Writing, as an advanced model of output, not only conveys the subject but also realizes the communication between readers and writers. Metadiscourse can help writers arrange and organize the discourse to influence readers' understanding of the text and their attitude towards its content. Taking writing samples of College English Test Band 4…
Descriptors: Writing Research, College English, Student Writing Models, Meta Analysis
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Shafiee, Sajad; Koosha, Mansour; Afghar, Akbar – English Language Teaching, 2015
This study sought to explore the effect of teaching prewriting strategies through different methods of input delivery (i.e. conventional, web-based, and hybrid) on EFL learners' writing quantity. In its quasi-experimental study, the researchers recruited 98 available sophomores, and assigned them to three experimental groups (conventional,…
Descriptors: Prewriting, Writing Strategies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Seifoori, Zohreh; Mozaheb, Mohammad Amin; Beigi, Amir Biglar – English Language Teaching, 2012
Teaching writing has always been a controversial issue in the field of Foreign Language Teaching. And while there are a number of approaches and techniques for teaching writing in an English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language (SL/EFL) setting, very few comprehensive frameworks exist for an ESL/EFL writing teacher. The present…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Piri, Faramarz; Barati, Hossein; Ketabi, Saeed – English Language Teaching, 2012
Previous studies on the effect of planning on language production have revealed that planning does have a positive effect on language performance in terms of fluency, complexity, and accuracy. The present study was an attempt to investigate the effects of pre-task, on-line, and both pre-task and on-line planning on fluency, accuracy, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Chou, Mu-hsuan – English Language Teaching, 2012
Summary writing has been considered an important aspect of academic writing. However, writing summaries can be a challenging task for the majority of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. Research into teaching summary writing has focused on different processes to teach EFL learners. The present study adopted two methods--keyword and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Questioning Techniques, Program Implementation, Academic Discourse