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Songxaba, Sister L.; Sincuba, Limkani – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2019
Background: The Eastern Cape province in South Africa is a multilingual province where isiXhosa is the most widely spoken indigenous language. Learners seldom use English at home, and it remains, largely, the language of learning and teaching used at school. With the advent of dynamic technology, learners are widely exposed to social media, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Cárdenas, Karen Julio; López Pinzón, Margarita María – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2019
This article presents an action research study. Its purpose was to determine the extent to which the Reciprocal Teaching model (RT), proposed by Palincscar and Brown (1984), impacts tenth grader's English writing skills. The research work included: (1) A diagnostic stage to determine the participant's initial difficulties in regards to their…
Descriptors: Reciprocal Teaching, Instructional Effectiveness, Secondary School Students, Grade 10
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Wilcox, Kristen Campbell; Yagelski, Robert; Yu, Fang – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014
This study examined the nature and frequency of error in high school native English speaker (L1) and English learner (L2) writing. Four main research questions were addressed: Are there significant differences in students' error rates in English language arts (ELA) and social studies? Do the most common errors made by students differ in ELA…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, High School Students, English Language Learners, Language Arts