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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"English Writing"”.
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Objects and anxiety in late medieval English writing
In this study I demonstrate that medieval goods were active and often animated participants in the daily lives of medieval individuals. My project demonstrates how, rather than merely giving voice to dead objects, these lively "things" speak about the emotional, sensual, and experiential lives of …
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Beyond Interference: L1 Transfer in English Writing Instruction for Thai Student
… grammar explicating differences between Thai/English semantic space via the concepts of contrastive mapping and contrastive examples. The study concluded with an exploration of next steps for further improvement of supportive resources for metacognition by means of available technology, i.e., …
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How to remember thee?: problems of memorialization in english writing, 1558-1625
… their sides in the debate over ceremonies in the English church. The conclusion calls for further research on the role of commemoration in early modern England as a whole, and in Donne’s work in particular.
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Modelling text meta-properties in automated text scoring for non-native English writing
… focuses on ATS in the context of free-text writing exams aimed at learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). The benefit of an ATS system is primarily to provide instant and consistent feedback to language learners, and service reliability also forms a crucial part of an ATS system. …
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Emerging Self-Identities and Emotions: An Exploratory Study of Ten Saudi Students’ English Writing Experiences
… their past, present and future learning/writing experiences and their effect on L2 possible self and identity. The study pays particular attention to the role of experience and emotion and the way they influence and shape Saudi students’ perception of themselves as English writers over …
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A longitudinal study of student achievement and dropout in a distance learning English writing course
… student achievement in a distance learning English writing course in Indonesia and examines the reasons for dropping out of the course. A cohort of students who registered for writing courses in an open university was used. The study also sought information from lecturers and online tutors. …
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An investigation of syntax, semantics, and rhetoric in the English writing of fifteen Thai graduate students
… of this study was to examine and analyze the writing of Thai students at the graduate level in order to discover their writing problems in the areas of syntax, semantics, and rhetoric. Fifteen Thai students enrolled at an intensive language institute of a southwest public university …
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ARAB STUDENTS' DIFFICULTIES WITH ENGLISH WRITING DURING THEIR TRANSITION TO THE UNITED STATES: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY
… that Arab students encounter in learning English writing. Unfortunately, not much of that scholarship deals with the challenges that these second language learners face when they pursue degrees abroad. Furthermore, the earlier studies failed to include the students' views about their …
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Social Media Use: A Critical Analysis of Facebook's Impact on Collegiate EFL Students' English Writing in Thailand
… lives in many aspects including education and English language learning. The purpose of this study is to examine whether using Facebook online impacts the type (formal or informal) of English EFL students use for in-class writing or not, as well as to understand the students’ perceptions on how …
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Towards ‘Skill’ and ‘Will’: Using Hope-infused Strategy Instruction in the English Writing Classroom at Chinese Universities
While English learning has been compulsory in higher education in China, there is no precise guidance for teachers to consider how to make constructive links to students’ knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, culturally mediated pragmatics, and so on in English writing. Very few Chinese teachers have …
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The effects of learning lexical chunks on the English writing proficiency of Chinese-speaking tertiary students in Australia
… relies heavily on their mastery of academic writing. How to improve international English as an Additional Language (EAL) students’ proficiency has been a cause of significant concern and debate among scholars and education specialists. Scholars in the field of Second Language Acquisition …
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Writing their way to the university: An investigation of Chinese high school students' preparation for writing in English in high schools, cram schools, and online
… studies in U.S. universities in terms of English writing from three perspectives: English writing instruction in high schools, private supplementary tutoring (PST) in English writing in cram schools, and experience with writing online and using online resources. On the basis of data from a …
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Faculty Members’ Perceptions Regarding The Role Of Assessment In Developmental Writing Courses
… regarding how they design and implement writing assessments to evaluate Student Learning Outcomes in developmental English/writing courses. The study identified teaching faculty members’ pedagogical beliefs about the purposes of writing assessment and instructors’ attention to Student …
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Russian University EFL Students’ Perceptions of a Two-Week Online Academic Writing Course
… perceptions of a two-week online academic writing course. The researcher investigated 13 students’ attitudes towards an online academic English writing class offered at Kursk State University, Kursk’s oldest higher education institution, founded in 1934. In 1994 it was transformed into …
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Constructive Feedback in L2 Writing with Chinese High School Students in Taiwan
… was to investigate the lack of motivation in L2 writing of Chinese high school students in Taiwan. The subject of this study was to examine how age, culture, and the education system in Taiwan influenced students’ motivation in learning English writing. It provided insight about how academic …
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Spanish Heritage Speakers' Spanish and English Writings: Contrastive Rhetorical and Linguistic Analyses
… that SHS in corporate in their Spanish and English writing discourse. For the purpose of this research, university students wrote two argumentative-persuasive essays from four to ten pages in length. The Spanish texts of SHS were compared to the Spanish writing of both Spanish Second …
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The writing development of English language learners from two grades
… a qualitative case study that investigated the writing development of seven Chinese-speaking English language learners (ELLs) from kindergarten and 3rd-grade ESL classes in an elementary school in the Midwest and intended to discover the factors that affect students' English writing development …
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Student English achievement, attitude and behaviour in bilingual and monolingual schools in Aceh, Indonesia
… school students in Banda Aceh (Indonesia) in English essay writing, English reading comprehension, and attitude and behaviour with regard to learning English, as dependent variables, in the context of differences in gender and school types (bilingual and monolingual schools). The second is to …
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