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Showing 1 to 20 of 130 for “"ESL students"”.
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ESL students' perceptions of role-play activities
… the debate, few studies have focused on the students' point of view. The current qualitative study investigated ESL students' perceptions of role-play activities drawing on observations, questionnaires, and interviews. The results showed that the participants recognized several benefits …
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Evoking Visual Imagination in Teaching Writing: ESL Students' Perspectives
… between encouraging visual imagination and ESL (English as a Second Language) writing performance. It was designed as a onesemester case study of two groups: high-intermediate and intermediate ESL writers, using a series of pre-writing activities designed to stimulate visual imagination. As …
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ESL students' perceptions of web-based prewriting activities /
… task-based activities for the instruction of ESL academic writing. Nine ESL students in their midtwenties, enrolled at a community college in Ontario, engaged in two separate online prewriting activities in both a synchronous and an asynchronous environment. The students were interviewed in …
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Mainstreaming the Marginalized: Secondary Mainstream Teachers' Perceptions of ESL Students
… of mainstream classroom teachers working with ESL students in their regular, content area classrooms? There are increasing numbers of ESL students entering mainstream classrooms. Unfortunately, most mainstream teachers often are not trained to teach ESL students.</p><p>This study was conducted …
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Effective teaching characteristics as perceived by ESL students and instructors
As international students continue to choose to study abroad at U.S universities, the need for student perception of effective teaching needs to be taken into account when creating curriculum and teacher training programs. Previous literature has suggested student perception is a necessary …
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The effect of an ESL Writing Workstation on ESL students' writing
Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T14:58:41Z Item is restricted indefinitely.
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Gender differences in the responses of ESL students to teacher feedback
… to the writing of foreign and second language students has received considerable attention from researchers. However, little attention has been paid to the responses of ESL students to this feedback. Moreover, research into a relationship between L2 student response types and certain variables …
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Writing in a New Environment: Saudi ESL Students Learning Academic Writing
… a deeper understanding of the obstacles that students from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia face when learning English in a writing course that implements critical thinking and writing process pedagogy. The study took place over five months at the Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute in …
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Strategies for First-Year University ESL Students to Improve Essay Writing Skills
… university level English as a Second Language (ESL) students and teachers. Most ESL students have difficulties in academic English writing, especially first-year university ESL students. Due to the differences in linguistic and education backgrounds, first-year university level ESL students …
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ESL students' off-line and on-line texts : differences and similarities /
… observations, 3 classes of intermediate level ESL (English as a Second Language) students v^ote 6 essays, alternating between a word processing program and an e-mail editor. Prior to the data collection, students read brief texts and responded to questions that focused upon three formal topics: …
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Strategies for ESL Students in Community Colleges to Develop Their Public Speaking Skills
… of this project was to identify strategies for ESL students in community colleges to develop their public speaking skills. Effective oral communication skills are commonly needed by employees in the workplace at all different levels. The project focused on three key areas: 1) ways to reduce the …
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The Effect Of Peer Advisors On Esl Students' Perspectives Of University Academic Tasks
… related literature revealed that international students face specific academic challenges. The goal of this research was to investigate the effect of international student peer advising sessions on English as a Second Language (ESL) international students' perceptions of their language skills …
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Speaking up! Adult ESL students' perceptions of native and non-native English speaking teachers.
… issue comes from English as a second language (ESL) students themselves. This study investigated preferences of adults, specifically immigrant and refugee learners, for NESTs or non-NESTs. A 34-item, 5-point Likert attitudinal survey was given to 102 students (52 immigrants, 50 refugees) …
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Developing Social Networks and Language Learning: Japanese ESL Students in a Study Abroad Context
… the English language proficiency of Japanese students in a short term study abroad (SA) context and the structure of their social networks. Their personal social networks were investigated through individual interviews. Analyzing their investment in English along with examining their …
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Effectively Using Technology to Assist ESL Students to Increase Their English Skills and Ability
… facilitates English teaching and learning in ESL (English as a second language) programs. This study demonstrates how students can improve their English skills in a Multi-Media Lab by using video and audio media. They also use technology to create and enrich their English learning environment …
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