The Effects of Writing Strategy Instruction on EFL Learners’ Writing Development
English Language Teaching, 2022 This study examined the effects of integrating writing strategy training into EFL writing instruction on learners’ strategy use and writing performance. Two classes of EFL adult learners participated in this study. The experimental group were instructed with the writing strategy training in their EFL writing class for 14 weeks, whereas the ...
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Second Language Writing Through Blogs: An Investigation of Learner Autonomy [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2019 Employing an explanatory sequential design, the present study investigated the effect of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) blog-mediated writing instruction on the students’ learner autonomy.
Behzad Nezakatgoo, Jalil Fathi
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The Effect of Conceptual Metaphor on Writing Creativity and Metacognitive Writing Awareness [PDF]
Issues in Language Teaching, 2023 The present paper examines the theory of conceptual metaphor, using the theoretical framework of the cognitive writing model to improve EFL learners’ writing creativity and metacognitive writing awareness. To that end, 120 male and female EFL Bachelor-of-
Ghasem Vadipoor +2 more
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The Comparative Effect of Direct and Indirect Corrective Feedback in Process-Based Vs. Product-Based Writing Instruction on EFL Learners` Writing Performance [PDF]
Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2016 This study attempted to systematically inspect the impact of direct and indirect corrective feedbacks on the writing ability of EFL learners when using product/process based instructions.
Neda Osanloo, Sholeh Kolahi
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A Case Study of EFL Teachers’ Perceptions and Practices in Written Corrective Feedback [PDF]
, 2016 Based on a mixed-method approach, this interpretive exploratory case study aimed to identify English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ perceptions and practices in Written Corrective Feedback (WCF) in the Saudi context.
Elyas, Tariq +2 more
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Examining the influence of native and non-native English-speaking teachers on Korean EFL writing
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2020 Both Native English-Speaking Teachers (NESTs) and Non-Native English-Speaking Teachers (NNESTs) may have advantages as writing instructors, yet little is known about how they actually influence writing in EFL contexts like South Korea.
Andrew Schenck
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Effects of Critical Thinking on Writing Cause and Effect Essays by Iranian EFL Learners [PDF]
Research in English Language Pedagogy, 2021 The goal of the current study was to investigate the effects of critical thinking skill on EFL learners’ cause and effect essay writing and their attitudes towards it. To achieve this goal, 60 Iranian upper-intermediate EFL learners were randomly divided
Mehran Memari
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Explicit Interactive Writing Instruction: Scaffolding for EFL Students
The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies, 2023 The purpose of this case study was to examine the effect of explicit, interactive writing instruction on the writing development of four college students, two novice writers and two intermediate writers. The results showed that this holistic, not reduced, controlled writing instruction, had positive potential in providing these student writers with ...
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Teacher cognition in language teaching: A review of research on what language teachers think, know, believe, and do [PDF]
, 2003 This paper reviews a selection of research from the field of foreign and second language teaching into what is referred to here as teacher cognition – what teachers think, know, and believe and the relationships of these mental constructs to what ...
Borg, S.
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Technology-based Instructional Intervention into an EFL Writing Classroom
Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2019 The aim of this study is to highlight the role of technology-based instructional intervention in enhancing the composing competence of struggling student writers at Majma’ah University (MU) in Saudi Arabia. Such instructional choice issues from the belief that the students have experiences and stories to share through writing.
El-Sadig Yahya Ezza +2 more
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