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Tickoo, Asha – Prospect, 2001
This study on the marking of the past tense in students' essay writing examines why some students use some verbs accurately and not others. Reveals that while some students are consistently accurate, others are not, a tendency that comes from the influence of the first language. (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education) (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Chinese, English (Second Language), Essays, Foreign Countries

Brock, Mark N. – Prospect, 1996
Reports responses of Hong Kong students to a process-oriented approach to the teaching of composition in English-as-a-Second-Language classes. Reports students' and teachers' levels of adaptation to process writing and suggests several conditions that appear to support successful implementation of curricular innovation. (Eight references) (Adjunct…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Class Activities, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)