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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"ESL composition"”.
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The zone of proximal development in an online Esl composition course
… Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) in an online ESL composition course. The study analyzed the correspondence between three Koreans and one Russian participant with their instructor that occurred through the WebCT computer-mediated communication (CMC) software tools of asynchronous e-mail and …
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Poetry in translation to teach ESL composition at the college level
… on the translation process by college level ESL composition students. It analyzes and codes the characteristics of their writing as well as the experiences and information reported in their reflective essays about the translation process. Poetry translation is discussed as a way to Honor the …
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Collaborative writing assignments and on-line discussions in an advanced ESL composition class
… were 20 advanced English as a Second Language (ESL) composition students enrolled in an English 107 course at the University of Arizona in the Spring 1999 semester. The class met twice a week: once in a regular classroom, once in the College of Humanities Collaborative Learning Laboratory …
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Social pressure to speak English and the effect of English language learning for ESL composition students in higher education
… pressure to converge within two sections of an ESL composition course at a state university. The pressure to converge makes these students re-evaluate their linguistic priorities and can be demotivational to their language learning. Keeping in mind their imagined communities of practice, …
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Instructor Views about the Use of Technology in Teaching ESL Writing at the University Level
… how the process of teaching and learning of ESL writing occurs. In ESL composition courses at the university level, technology as a pedagogical tool has become common among instructors and the use of technology in ESL composition instruction seems to be becoming the norm. The purposes of the …
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The Relationship of Cognitive Style to The Use of Grammatical Rules by Spanish-Speaking Esl Students in Editing Written English
… differences in the abilities of advanced ESL composition students in an academic setting to use formal knowledge of grammatical rules in editing their writing for correctness are related to idiosyncratic modes of processing, organizing, and applying information, i.e., to cognitive style.
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A First Language in Second Language Writing
This thesis examines ESL students' use of their L1 in their prewriting for practice exams for their ENGL1020 class at the University of Toledo. This study was done by reviewing teacher syllabi to see when prewriting (through instructors' lectures or student discussion on the topic) took place in …
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Rhetorical strategies in the English and Indonesian persuasive essays of Indonesian University students
… essays and overall proficiency in English composition were also examined. Undergraduate students of the State University of Malang, Indonesia, were asked to write persuasive essays on whether violence on TV programs should be restricted. Third-year students majoring in Indonesian wrote …