The triad purpose of the study was achieved via descriptive single case study with embedded units by using three data collection tools in phases. Preliminarily, the open-ended questionnaire collected from conveniently sampled 39 participants was administered to reach students' metacognitive awareness of listening skill. The initial analysis…

This was a qualitative case study that focused on the discrepancy of literacy development at the middle school level of average students. The longitudinal case study expanded the course of one and a half academic years; beginning in August 2019 and concluding in January 2021. The study focused on two male participants who exhibited incongruent…

The article discusses the quality of language exploitation performed by the students of the English Language Study Program in the City of Tulungagung in writing English text stories. The data was collected for 4 months, starting May up to August 2020 in IAIN Tulungagung campus in the sense of data collection, through the observation. This study…

This study used a quasi-experimental design to examine the effects of argumentative writing on non-science majors' conceptual understanding and the growth of their writing skills over a semester. To assess gain in conceptual knowledge, tests were given before and after the course; students in the writing group gained significantly more than…

Flipped classrooms emphasise a learner-centred and results-oriented approach. They have been widely adopted in recent years, to enhance the effectiveness of student learning and encourage students to understand and apply new information. This approach is also regarded as a type of blended learning, given that tutors decide on the pre-class work,…

Purpose: Oral language plays a significant role in the development of reading and writing skills in intermediate grade students. Therefore, it is an important consideration for students receiving special education services for a language-based learning disability (LLD) through the public school system. The goal of this study was to examine the…

The recent development in MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) is one of the most prominent trends of higher education courses online (Baturay, 2015), which promotes learning through flexible participation and open access via web. MOOCs are now being offered by many universities to online learners -- including English Language learners --…

Purpose: Reading and writing are language-based skills, and effective literacy instruction/intervention practices should include an explicit linguistic focus. A multilinguistic structured literacy approach that integrates morphological awareness is proven beneficial to improve reading and writing for students with language literacy deficits. The…

Pedagogical research into cooperative learning and open educational resources supports an expectation for strong learning outcomes in both cases. This article is a guide to the implementation of a group assignment in a college introductory Hispanic literature course where students create critical editions of literary texts. The critical editions…

There is a growing body of research showing that writers are influenced by motivation-related aspects. This study documents the translation process of the Portuguese version of the Writing Motivation Questionnaire and the construction of two scales to measure self-efficacy for handwriting and story writing. The psychometric properties of these…

The writing skills of autistic university students have received very little empirical attention. Previous research has suggested that autistic people may struggle with writing, in part, due to challenges with Theory of Mind. However, other research indicates that Theory of Mind difficulties are far from universal in autism, varying across…

This study aimed to elicit EFL learners' attitudes and perceptions on the implementation of weblogs in the course of translation from and into Arabic/English. The study adopted the descriptive research design, and a questionnaire was used for data collection. The participants were eleven female students in their fourth year in the English…

This article discusses the unique experiences and methods of independent examination of the level of communicative (specifically receptive and productive) English language skills of the first year undergraduate students studying English as the first foreign language in a Russian university, who previously passed the Unified State Exam (USE) in…

This study investigated the frequent grammatical errors, found in the writings of Arab students' taking English writing courses in AL-Hussein Bin Talal University Learners' errors were considered positively as the best sources to identify students' limitations in English writing. Therefore the present study intended to investigate the grammatical…

We examined the role of L1 writing on L2 writing performance by repeating the same topic twice through L1 writing first and L2 writing later. We designed what we call a 'L1 + L2 writing task' and a 'L2-only writing task' respectively. In the L1 + L2 writing task, students wrote a text in their L1, and wrote the same topic in L2, by removing the…