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Blog-Based Writing Instruction in Fostering EFL Writing Performance: Students’ Belief and Attitudes

Journal of Education Technology
The existence of blogs offers an innovation that encourages a new writing style integrated with technology. However, it seems that there are still not many EFL writing classes in Indonesia using online blogs, and little research has been conducted on how students’ perception of a blog in writing.
St Hartina, Nurhasanah Safei, Nur Tahan Riani   +2 more
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Out‐of‐Class Exposure Through Audiovisual Materials, Enjoyment, and Language Proficiency: A Mixed‐Methods Longitudinal Study of Junior Secondary FL Learners

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The current study set out to contribute to the burgeoning research area of out‐of‐class L2/FL learning by examining, specifically, English learners’ extramural engagement with watching movies/videos and/or listening to songs (i.e., exposure to audiovisuals).
Art Tsang, Susanna Siu‐sze Yeung
wiley   +1 more source

E-Tools to Assist EFL Learners' Writing Skill: Wikis, Weblogs, and Podcasts [PDF]

Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2010
One of the promises of web-based education is to help students take control of their learning pace as the basic requirement of language learning is being life-long.
Fatemeh Behjat, Mortaza Yamini
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Aid, development and English language teaching : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Development Studies at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2007
The past few decades have seen the ascendancy of English as the global language of business and international interaction and as a result it has come to be viewed in the minds of many policy makers as fundamental to development.
Alcock, Brett William
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EFFECTIVE FEEDBACK IN WRITING INSTRUCTION FROM EFL STUDENTS‘ PERSPECTIVES

TNU Journal of Science and Technology
Phản hồi đóng vai trò quan trọng trong việc phát triển kỹ năng viết khi học ngoại ngữ hoặc ngôn ngữ thứ hai . Nghiên cứu này điều tra trải nghiệm của sinh viên chuyên ngành tiếng Anh đối với phản hồi họ nhận được trong các lớp học môn viết nhằm giải đáp câu hỏi về các loại phản hồi phổ biến, đánh giá chất lượng, hiệu quả và tính đáp ứng của phản hồi ...
openaire   +1 more source

“I Had Dual Feelings”: (Re)Storying With a Rural South Korean English Teacher

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes (or re‐stories) intrapersonal ideological tensions of a rural South Korean English teacher, Yeonghyeon1, as she negotiates competing discourses across local, national, and global scales within the context of a semi‐structured interview.
Ian Schneider
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the role of digital writing tools in enhancing academic writing skills: The case of the Hemingway app in EFL classrooms

Technology in Language Teaching & Learning
This study explored the application and effectiveness of Hemingway-based feedback in enhancing the academic writing skills and overall writing quality of Iranian EFL learners.
Mohsen Ashrafganjoe
doaj   +1 more source

Research Studies in Second Language Writing and in Contrastive Rhetoric [PDF]

, 2001
The major aim of this article is to review studies of second language writing. The first part deals mainly with the process of writing in the second and first languages. The second part concerns contrastive rhetoric.
Cahyono, B. Y. (Bambang)
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Bridging the Gap Between L1 and L2: Enhanced Emotional Vocabulary Through Elaborative Processing in Spanish‐Speaking English Language Learners

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Foreign languages are often learnt in formal and disembodied environments which may limit the emotional resonance of their vocabulary and their pragmatic usage in real‐life communication. In a context of English as a foreign language (EFL), this study examines whether elaborative processing as a teaching strategy leads to changes in the ...
María Jesús Sánchez, Elisa Pérez‐García, María Belén López Arroyo, Beatriz Bermúdez‐Margaretto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are CLIL students more motivated?: an analysis of affective factors and their relation to language attainment [PDF]

, 2018
This paper addresses the purported belief that Content and Language Integrat- ed Learning positively infuences students’ affective stance. It compares the motivation of CLIL and non-CLIL learners in seven state schools and one charter school in the ...
Navarro Pablo, Macarena
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