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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"EFL writing"”.
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Teaching EFL writing in Montenegro: Perceptions and approaches of elementary and high school teachers
… and practices of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) K-12 teachers in Montenegro regarding their teaching of writing. To collect data the researcher utilized a researcher-created online questionnaire. Participants’ responses were analyzed and compared in order to examine their perceptions of …
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A Case Study of How a Large Multilevel EFL Writing Class Experiences and Perceives Multiple Interaction Activities
… feedback) implemented in a large multilevel EFL writing class in one private technological university in the southern part of Taiwan. Large size writing classes, quite common in private institutions of higher education in Taiwan, cannot be effectively operated to meet individual students' …
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Collaboration in Language Testing: Investigating the Validity of a New Rating Procedure for EFL Writing Assessment in Korea
… in which trained students participate in a writing test as a complementary rater, specifically in the EFL context. The study has three research goals: (1) to investigate the psychometric reliability of self- and peer-ratings in a second language (L2) essay-writing test in Korea, (2) to …
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Promoting Conceptual Development through Mediation: An Investigation of Gal’perin’s Concept-Based Instruction of Genre in Chinese EFL Writing Classrooms
… The present study explored the use of CBI in L2 writing by conceptualizing L2 writing development as a process of internalizing the concept of genre, a complex yet often oversimplified concept in L2 writing instruction. Adopting a mixed methods approach, this research investigated both the effect …
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Chinese Students’ Metacognitive Experiences in Learning to Write in English as a Foreign Language (EFL): Metacognitive Growth and Writing Development
… to write in English as a foreign language (EFL). Although research on metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive strategies in the field of EFL writing has flourished, little is known about the effect of learners’ metacognitive experiences on their learning of EFL writing. To fill such an …
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Factors Explaining EFL Learners' Performance in a Timed Essay Writing Test: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
… knowledge as the most important predictor for L2 writing performance with all five variables explaining 70.4% of the variance in L2 writing performance. Further, a simultaneous multi-group SEM with high and low- L2 writing ability groups indicated that L2 writing performance was explained by the …
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An investigation into the relationship between the educational context and the written product of university EFL students with implications for the teaching of writing
… University learners face in their composition writing courses at the Department of English Language and Literature. The research is carried out through a longitudinal study of both the context and the product of writing across a four year EFL writing course. Findings suggest that the writing …
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Pedagogical content knowledge in teaching writing: The Case of Certified and Non-certified Junior Secondary School English Teachers in Banyumas Regency
… the teaching of English as a foreign language (EFL) at the Indonesian junior secondary school level. Drawing on the notion of Shulman’s (1987) concept of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), it examines teacher knowledge of curriculum, content, students and pedagogy in teaching EFL writing. …
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Ways of improving the teaching of writing in English as a foreign language in Hungarian secondary education
… public education: teaching and the assessment of writing in English as a foreign language.<br/><br/>The ultimate aim of the investigation was to work out a training framework for teacher training institutions to improve the quality of in-service training in teaching and assessing writing in …
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Written corrective feedback in the L2 writing classroom
… “The Case against Grammar Correction in L2 Writing Class”, by John Truscott of National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, appeared in the June edition of Language Learning. In his essay, Truscott argued that empirical research, second language acquisition (SLA) theory, and practical concerns …
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Small-group Student Talk Before Individual Writing in Chinese Tertiary English-as-a-foreign-language Writing Classrooms: Nature, Effects, and Perceptions
Recent research in L2 addressing student talk for writing development has documented much on student talk in pairs/groups during collaborative writing tasks, or in peer feedback interactions for revision after writing. Comparatively, less is known about using student talk as prewriting discussions …
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Investigating the comparative validity of computer- and paper-based writing tests and differences in impact on EFL test-takers and raters
… of computer-based (CB) and paper-based (PB) writing tests for direct assessment of second language (L2) writing. As the use of computers in academic writing and standardised language testing increases, it is necessary to examine whether CB tests are comparable to the traditional PB writing …
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Fostering Strategic Second-Language Writers: A Study of Chinese English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) Writers’ Self-Regulated Learning Strategies, Self-Efficacy and Motivational Beliefs
… to second/foreign language (L2) learners' writing proficiency from the perspectives of self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies, motivational beliefs and self-efficacy. Composed of two phases, this mixed-methods research was to offer insightful empirical evidence for implementing effective …
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Towards ‘Skill’ and ‘Will’: Using Hope-infused Strategy Instruction in the English Writing Classroom at Chinese Universities
… mediated pragmatics, and so on in English writing. Very few Chinese teachers have employed writing Strategy Instruction (SI) in the classroom and examined how students learn and use strategies, despite a growing body of empirical evidence which suggests the effectiveness of SI in …
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Alternative Assessment of Writing in Learning English as a Foreign Language: Analytical Scoring and Self-assessment
… educational levels, in Cape Verde, many EFL teachers are not aware of its importance. The main purpose of this thesis is to synthesize and review the available literature on alternative assessment tools to evaluate the writing of EFL students of Cape Verde secondary schools. The issue of …
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Developing L2 Writing Teacher Expertise: An Exploratory Study of MA TESOL Students’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Writing Across Three UK Programmes
… (TESOL) with regards to the teaching of L2 writing. Drawing on data from interviews with participants across three UK universities, it explores how participants’ conceptualisations of L2 writing and L2 writing instruction relate to the development of their Pedagogical Content Knowledge for …