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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"L2 writing"”.
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Written corrective feedback in the L2 writing classroom
… entitled “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 …
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CONCORDANCE-BASED FEEDBACK FOR L2 WRITING IN AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT
… teachers of English participating in an online writing course at a teacher training institute in Japan. Data-driven learning is commonly utilized in conventional, face-to-face classrooms, or computer lab settings in which there is close direction from the instructor on how to interpret the …
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Collaborative and Genre-Based Writing in the L2 Writing Classroom
<p>In the field of second language writing, L2 students should be empowered to express their personal voice in writing. Often, students are encouraged to adopt an academic voice, which discourages personal voice and often ignores prior knowledge. This field project intends to use collaborative …
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The effect of online translators on L2 writing in French
… in the literature about OT for second-language (L2) acquisition has generally focused either on the pedagogical and ethical issues surrounding online translators or on anecdotal discussions of errors researchers have encountered on such tools. This dissertation takes a different approach by …
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Student and instructor perceptions of the L2 writing-for-reading process
Building on current research about the reading-writing connection, this study examines the writing-for-reading process in the context of foreign language instruction. The central research question which guides this study is: How do intermediate second language (L2) learners of German engage with …
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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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EFFECTS OF COLLABORATION AND ISOMORPHIC MODELS ON TRANSFER: AN L2 WRITING INVESTIGATION
… the role of feedback in second language (L2) writing has set out to find an answer to this question. Based on the principle that feedback is given to students as a means of providing useful information to improve their writing (Bitchener, 2008, 2009; Hanaoka & Izumi, 2012), the discussion …
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Rater's perception of handwriting legibility and word- processing in l2 writing assessment
… This study focuses on the issue of handwriting quality and word-processing as biasing factors in English as a Second Language testing, specifically the English as a Second Language Placement Test (EPT) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Four expert EPT raters rated a total …
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Culture, Cognition, and Context: Situated Literacy Practices of L1 and L2 Writing Programs
… shape the literacy practices of an L1 and an L2 writing program at one university. The dissertation reports a longitudinal ethnographic study drawing on my participant observation as a student, writing instructor, and researcher in the two programs. Based on the data collected for the past …
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Linguistic and Cognitive Development of L2 Writing during an Intensive English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Programme.
… characteristics of second language learners' writing change over the course of a one-month intensive English for Academic Purposes (EAP) summer programme at a British university. A mixed methods approach was used in the study in order to obtain a more nuanced picture of the students' writing …
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Exploring the development of 'verb gram' sequences and grammar patterns in L2 writing: A case study of L1 Korean speakers
… that there is a clear development pattern in L2 usage among L1 Korean speakers and that the teachers and curriculum decisions should be made based on such findings. The study also calls for further research into different parts of speech, such as nouns and adjectives.
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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 …
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How grammar matters in NNS academic writing: the relationship between verb tense and aspect usage patterns and L2 writing proficiency in academic discourse
… of teaching grammar in ESL/EFL academic writing courses by restating the question of “whether or not to teach grammar” to “how and when to teach which grammar.” This study used 120 de-identified academic essays written by NNS students—40 essays from three levels of students—during the …
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Factors Explaining EFL Learners' Performance in a Timed Essay Writing Test: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
… structural equation modeling (SEM) revealed L2 language 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 …
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Second language writing development from a Complex Dynamic Systems Theory perspective : a multiple case-study of Hungarian learners of English
Second language (L2) writing (especially English as a foreign language) is generally considered as one of the most important skills that language learners need to acquire during their language education (Lee, 2016). However, L2 writing might be one of the most difficult skills for English as a …
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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
In sociocultural research on second language (L2) learning, there has been a growing interest in concretising Vygotskian principles in the language classroom. Gal’perin’s model for Concept-Based Instruction (CBI) has been seen as a promising framework that unifies the theoretical principles and …
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Representations of Second Language Writing and Writers in Academic Discourse: a Diachronic Corpus-Assisted Discourse Study
… diachronic lexical variation in second language writing (SLW) research and the discursive representations of second language (L2) writing and writers in the field’s academic discourse as captured in a purpose-built specialized corpus of the Journal of Second Language Writing (1995-2022). The …
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A Mixed-methods Study on Collaborative Writing in Chinese EFL Classrooms: Effectiveness, Interaction and Regulation
… the effects of collaborative activities on L2 language learning. Underpinned by the Sociocultural Theory, collaborative writing has been regarded as a meaningful activity to encourage learners to work together and acquire related L2 knowledge. Using a mixed-methods approach, the present …
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The workplace writing experiences of EAL (English as an Additional Language) professionals: five case studies
… of the literature on English second language (L2) writing skills reveals a need for more research on the workplace writing experiences of L2 professionals employed in English as an Additional Language (EAL) contexts. Through a case study approach involving a semi-structured interview, a …
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Alternative Assessment of Writing in Learning English as a Foreign Language: Analytical Scoring and Self-assessment
… on alternative assessment tools to evaluate the writing of EFL students of Cape Verde secondary schools. The issue of accurate and fair assessment of students writing probably constitutes the major dilemma in both L1 and L2 writing fields, and EFL field is not an exception. The paper also aims to …
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