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Generation 1.5 Writing Center Practice: Problems with Multilingualism and Possibilities via Hybridity [PDF]

, 2016
In much writing center theory and practice, conversations about multilingual writers have tended to involve L2 writers. Often international students, these writers speak at least one language other than English, but they perhaps speak more than just one ...
Naydan, Liliana M.
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Written corrective feedback in second language writing: A synthesis of naturalistic classroom studies

Language Teaching
Written corrective feedback (WCF) is a ubiquitous pedagogical activity in second language (L2) classrooms and has become a key area of inquiry in L2 writing research.
Zhicheng Mao, Icy Lee, Shaofeng Li
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Syntactic complexity across registers: Investigating (in)formality in second-language writing

Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2020
Syntactic complexity (i.e. the grammatical sophistication exhibited in language production) has been found to be positively correlated with formality. In viewing formality as a cline rather than as a dichotomy, the present study revisits previous claims ...
Tove Larsson, Henrik Kaatari
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WRITTEN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE AS SECOND LANGUAGE

Diacrítica, 2019
Writing plays a fundamental role in active participation in society, since it facilitates access to knowledge. In the case of the deaf people involved in our research, this modality represents a second language, placing them in a bilingual perspective ...
Izabelly C. dos Santos Brayner, Antonio H. Coutelo de Moraes, Wanilda Maria Alves Cavalcanti   +2 more
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The relationship between first and second language composition writing [PDF]

, 2007
This paper explores the ways in which the transfer of assumptions from L1 writing can sometimes help the process of writing in L2. In learning a second language writing skill,learners have two primary sources to construct a second language system ...
Ahangari, Saeideh
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Measuring Syntactic Complexity in Spoken and Written Learner Language: Comparing the Incomparable? [PDF]

, 2014
Spoken and written language are two modes of language. When learners aim at higher skill levels, the expected outcome of successful second language learning is usually to become a fluent speaker and writer who can produce accurate and complex language in
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L2 writing: Using pictures as a guided writing environment [PDF]

, 1994
This article addresses the learning of second language (L2) writing skills to show how pictures can be used as an effective guided writing tool to facilitate students\u27 writing process and to improve their writing proficiency.
Lee, Lina
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Profiling lexical diversity in college-level writing

Vocabulary Learning and Instruction
The present paper reports on a study that examined the contribution of lexical frequency to lexical diversity in narrative texts composed by 119 multilingual and monolingual English-speaking students enrolled in first-year college writing courses.
Melanie C. González
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Second Language Writing Instruction

, 2021
Writing is one of the most important skills that second language students need to develop, and the ability to teach it is central to the expertise of a good language teacher. Various theories and approaches have emerged to support teachers, but the success of these often depend on the context and teachers’ view of teaching and learning.
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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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