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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"ESL writing"”.
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Cohesion and coherence in Chinese ESL writing
… coherence are important features for effective writing. Studies in contrastive rhetoric and text linguistics suggest that cohesion and coherence may vary across languages and cultures. This study examined cohesion and coherence features of Chinese ESL writings, explored the similarities and the …
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The role of handwriting in ESL writing assessment
This study explored handwriting bias in ESL writing assessment and the phenomenon of national handwriting styles. It examined the effects of different styles and levels of quality of handwriting on the holistic assessment of intermediate-level ESL writing and how those effects related to the …
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Teacher-student interaction in one-on-one ESL writing conferences
… how teachers and students interact in one-on-one ESL writing conferences, focusing on the preference structure of advice-giving, epistemic displays, and teachers’ management of students’ no knowledge claims. This study analyzes the preference structure of advice-giving activities, and shows that …
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Using Multiple Technologies to Promote Teaching Efficiency in ESL Writing Class
… how memory, attention and comprehension work for ESL learners and then it focuses on how CLT (Cognitive Load Theory) and CALL (Computer-assisted Language Learning) work.</p>
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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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Peer feedback in an integrated, process-oriented ESL writing placement test
… studies has been whether and to what extent ESL writers can help each other when working in dyads or groups. While most research focused on the effectiveness of peer feedback, relatively few studies took interest in what L2 students actually do during a peer review. Moreover, there has been a …
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A contrastive analysis of individual ESL writing conferences: theory, practice, and perceptions
… project investigates one-on-one and group ESL writing conference practices and instructor and student views on how these collaborative writing conferences help improve students' academic writing skills. Research provides strong evidence for the significant positive impact of writing …
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Modes of feedback in ESL writing: Implications of shifting from text to screencast
<p>For second language writing (SLW) instructors, decisions regarding technology-mediated feedback are particularly complex as they must also navigate student language proficiency, which may vary across different areas such as reading or listening. Yet technology-mediated feedback remains an …
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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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Pakistani graduate student's perspective on the effectiveness of ESL writing courses at an American university
… and how they perceived the effectiveness of ESL writing courses they have taken. The primary data source was an online survey; follow up questions from student participants and in-depth interviews from their course instructors. In order to examine how different mediums of instructions …
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Responding to response: An investigation of ESL writing revision practices in response to teacher feedback
… feedback is a common element of process based ESL writing classrooms, the effect that teacher feedback has on subsequent student revisions is largely undetermined. In this study, the relationship between written comments and student revisions was investigated. The way students responded to …
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Effective ESL writing practices: the impact of effective teachers' principles and practices on their students' learning outcomes
… and practices of a group of three effective ESL writing teachers at UIUC and the impact of their pedagogical decisions on their students' learning. Data collection was done through a period of three weeks and consisted of class observations, class documents and student work examination, …
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TOEFL as a prediction tool for placement into ESL writing courses at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
… (or exemption) of international students into ESL writing and pronunciation classes. Over the last three years, UIUC has experienced an increase in number of international students taking the EPT. Some on campus have suggested that TOEFL might be a suitable pre-screening tool for predicting ESL …
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Namibian learners' and teachers perceptions regarding English second language writing activities: The case of selected schools in Windhoek
… regarding the English Second Language (ESL) writing activities in selected schools of the Windhoek. It aimed at addressing seven major questions that were pertinent in understanding the significance of ESL writing activities in the lives of the participants. These questions looked at the …
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An Integration of a Process Approach and Formative Assessment into the Development of Teaching and Learning of ESL Writing in a Malaysian University: A Sociocultural Perspective
… indicates that assessment of students’ academic writing needs to include formative as well as summative feedback, especially when process approaches to the teaching of writing are adopted. However, in Malaysia, assessment is perceived as mainly for grading purposes and the teaching and learning …
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An investigation into selected factors influencing the feedback preferences of university-level ESL students on compositions
… a product-based to a process-based approach to ESL writing instruction came a necessary change in teachers' approaches to giving feedback on student compositions. One of the critical underpinnings of the process-based approach to ESL writing instruction is that focus on content and the …
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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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