CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK IN L2 WRITING: A Study of Practices and Effectiveness in the Bahrain Context [PDF]
This study had the following aims: (1) to investigate the feedback and teaching practices of L2 writing at the University of Bahrain through classroom observations; (2) to investigate the effectiveness of two types of written corrective feedback (a ...
Mubarak, Mohamed
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The role of individual differences in L2 writing [PDF]
Although the role of individual differences in second language (L2) speech has been extensively studied, the impact of individual differences on the process of second language writing and the written product has been a neglected area of research. In this
Kormos, Judit
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Writing Center Visitors: Influence of L1 Writing Skills on Students’ Exophonic Writings
This study investigated the influence of acquired L1 writing skills on exophonic writings of students ( N = 147) from diverse majors, who visited an English writing center for assistance. Affective differences revealed students with L1 writing tutelage (
Yvette Denise Murdoch +2 more
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The role of task complexity, modality and aptitude in narrative task performance. [PDF]
The study reported in this paper investigated the relationship between components of aptitude and the fluency, accuracy, syntactic complexity and lexical variety of performance in two types of written and spoken narrative tasks.
Kormos, Judit, Trebits, Anna
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Issues of Validity in the Assessment of Writing Performance
According to Weigle (2002), any writing test that involves actual writing, as opposed to completing selected response or limited production items, can be considered performance assessment.
Constance Hui Ling Tsai
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PLANNING AND WORKING MEMORY EFFECTS ON L2 PERFORMANCE IN CHINESE EFL LEARNERS’ ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING
With the guidance of Skehan’s cognitive model of L2 performance and Kellogg’s model of working memory in writing, the present study explored the effects of planning and working memory on L2 performance in Chinese EFL learners’ argumentative writings. The
Baoshu Yi, Chuanbi Ni
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Over the past 40 years, second language educators and assessors have come to the realization that investigating the process of writing can shed light on language teaching, learning and assessment practices (Odendahl & Deane, 2018). What L2 writers do and
Mahshad Davoodifard
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Although several studies have explored the effects of task sequencing on second language (L2) production, there is no established set of criteria to sequence tasks for learners in L2 writing classrooms. This study examined the effect of simple ̶ complex
Mahmoud Abdi Tabari, Michol Miller
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Exploring the relationship between L2 writing self-efficacy and language proficiency level
This study aims to explore if EFL learners’ self-efficacy perceptions of their L2 writing performance vary by proficiency level. As the research design, the quantitative method was employed and a questionnaire measuring EFL learners’ L2 writing self ...
Tuba Demirkol, Hakan Demiröz
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An Investigation into the English Academic Writing Strategies Employed by Students of HE in the NE of England with Particular Reference to their Nationalities and Gender [PDF]
The research compared native (NSE) and non-native (NNSE) learners' academic writing strategies in higher education (HE), where natives are learners who were born and educated in Britain, and non-native participants are nationals of Mainland China and ...
Abdul-Rahman, Seham Sassi
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