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EFL Students’ Needs for Improving Their Writing Skills

open access: yesScholars International Journal of Linguistics and Literature, 2021
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Writing in an EFL context : an insight into young English learners' writing skills

open access: yes, 2013
The aim of this paper is to analyze how a group of 10-11 year-old EFL students improve their writing skills over a period of one academic year taking into account their attendance or non-attendance to extracurricular English classes. The data from this study was collected as part of a larger longitudinal study conducted by the UAB research group ...
Clúa Artero, Joana   +1 more
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An analysis of the use of phrasal verbs in English academic writing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
[[abstract]]  Phrasal verbs are usually considered as an informal feature in English. Textbook writers of English academic writing often suggest learners to avoid using phrasal verbs and to replace them with one-word verbs. Recently some researchers hold
魏峰帆, Feng-Fan Wei
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Investigation of English Language Learners’ Attitudes Toward Global Englishes and Global Englishes Language Teaching in Relation to Their Academic Interests and Experiences With English as a Global Lingua Franca

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates Japanese university students’ attitudes toward Global Englishes (GE) and Global Englishes Language Teaching (GELT), focusing on how these attitudes are shaped by students’ academic interests and experiences using English as a lingua franca (ELF), both abroad and in domestic EFL contexts.
Natsuno Funada, Heath Rose
wiley   +1 more source

Perceptions and Acceptance of Generative Artificial Intelligence Influencing Chinese EFL Learners’ Engagement in Informal Digital Learning of English: Mediating Roles of Self‐Efficacy and Motivation

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has emerged as a powerful tool in the Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE) environment, offering personalized, interactive, and innovative language learning experiences that may enhance learning engagement.
Jin Liu, Meilu Liu, Yuan Yao, Dechao Li
wiley   +1 more source

Factors influencing foreign language classroom anxiety: an investigation of English learners in four Japanese universities

open access: yes, 2013
Over the past three decades there has been increasing interest in foreign language classroom anxiety in both EFL and ESL settings. Many empirical studies have used a standardised tool to measure L2 anxiety in different contexts and findings have shown ...
Effiong, Martins
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Synthesizing Empirical Research on Learner Metacognition in Second Language Writing

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite considerable research interest in learner metacognition in second language (L2) writing, there is not yet a review that synthesizes the existing empirical findings and discusses their implications. To fill the void, this systematic review synthesized 39 empirical studies on learner metacognition in L2 writing and examined their salient
Chen Li, Icy Lee, Zhicheng Mao
wiley   +1 more source

IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ ABILTY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE WRITING TECHNIQUE (A Classroom Action Research at Grade VIII A Students of SMP Negeri 1 Pelaihari, Tanah Laut Regency, South Kalimantan Province in the Academic Year of 2010/2011) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Supiani. 2011. S. 890809027. Improving the Students’ Ability in Writing Descriptive Texts through Collaborative Writing Technique (A Classroom Action Research at Grade VIII A Students of SMP Negeri 1 Pelaihari, Tanah Laut Regency, South Kalimantan ...
, SUPIANI
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The Effect of Listening Strategy Intervention on the Development of Young Learners’ L2 Listening Skills

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The impact of strategy intervention on second language (L2) listening development has been explored in various contexts; however, research on both implicit and explicit listening strategy interventions for young learners remains limited.
Pelin Irgin, Munevver Ilgun‐Dibek
wiley   +1 more source

Language Mindset and Discipline Mindset Both Matter: Exploring the Effect of Growth Mindset on Motivation and Willingness to Communicate in EMI Higher Education

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In English medium instruction (EMI), students face cognitive and emotional demands in second language (L2) communication, which may hamper their motivation and willingness to communicate (WTC). Adopting a mixed‐methods design, this study explores how growth mindsets affected student motivation (e.g., ideal L2 self and ideal disciplinary self ...
Pengzhan Yang   +2 more
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