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Peer reviewedDeckert, Glenn D. – Journal of Second Language Writing, 1993
A study of 170 first-year and 41 third-year Chinese university science majors suggests that first-year students had little familiarity with the Western notion of plagiarism, poor ability to recognize it, and less concern with the rights of the original writer. Third-year students had greater concern for the issue of honesty. The questionnaire is…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Students, Ethics, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedTickoo, 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
The Computer vs. the Pen: A Comparative Study of Word Processing in a Hong Kong Secondary Classroom.
Peer reviewedLam, F. S.; Pennington, Martha C. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1995
The English compositions of two groups of Hong Kong secondary school students learning English as a Second Language were compared. Results found that students who used computer word processors, on the whole, wrote better compositions than students who used pen and paper. (46 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSengupta, Sima – System, 2000
Describes an exploratory study that investigated the effects of explicit instruction in revision on learners' performance and perceptions about writing. Learners were from a secondary school in Hong Kong. Indicates that explicit teaching of revision strategies has a measurable influence on writing performance. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Interviews, Learning Strategies
Download full textAllison, Desmond – 1994
A study investigated the frequent choice of the term "always" instead of the more appropriate term "often" in the essay writing of native Chinese-speaking learners of English as a Second Language (ESL), focusing on how problematic usage of "always" can adversely affect perceptions of the student's competence in…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Contrastive Linguistics
Li Nim-Yu, Kitty – 1990
A study investigated the relative effects of using computers and writing by hand on secondary students' quality or quantity of writing, and on their attitudes toward writing. Subjects were 40 eighth-grade students in an Anglo-Chinese school in Hong Kong, with some experience in writing brief compositions. The word processing program used was…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 8
Morrison, Bruce, Ed.; Cruikshank, Don, Ed.; Gardner, David, Ed.; James, Jeff, Ed.; Keobke, Ken, Ed. – 1999
This edited volume of conference papers includes the following: "The Mystery Photo Album: Defining a CALL Paradigm" (Ken Keobke); "Lexicon-Driven Learning on the Internet: A Design Strategy for a World Wide Web 'Virtual Language Learning Classroom'" (Chris Greaves); "Giving Students Something To Do with Concordance…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Educational Technology, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedBrock, 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)
Peer reviewedAllison, Desmond – Journal of Second Language Writing, 1995
Discusses short extracts from essays written by first-year undergraduates following an English-as-a-Second-Language medium humanities curriculum at the University of Hong Kong. Some of the wording reflected unintended knowledge claims. Feedback sessions on students' essays looked into ways in which a writer's factual or evaluative claims might be…
Descriptors: College Students, Course Content, English (Second Language), Essays
Kenworthy, Roger – TESL-EJ, 2006
This preliminary study examines what the effects of additional time and different media have upon the overall quality of English language learner's written assessment tests. Sixteen intermediate-level students (L1 Cantonese), enrolled at a satellite campus of an American university within Asia, manually wrote a 45-minute timed placement test in…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Tests, Timed Tests, Second Language Learning
Kwok, Helen; Chan, Mimi – 1975
This article describes an undergraduate course in creative writing offered by the Department of English at the University of Hong Kong. Most students in the course have Chinese as a native language and have received their secondary education in English. They have had extensive practice in writing English in connection with their studies. The…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Chinese, College Language Programs, Course Descriptions
Falvey, Peter – Hongkong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1991
Implications of changes in the Hong Kong secondary school curriculum are examined, focusing on the syllabus leading to a new school-leaving examination in English literature. The new curriculum, based on developments in composition theory and practice and departing from the traditional, narrowly-focused syllabus, emphasizes the process of writing…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College English, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedField, Yvette – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1994
Examines the use of cohesive conjunctions by student writers in Hong Kong to ascertain how it differs from native speaker use, to gauge the extent to which teaching, textbooks and transfer are influential, and to analyze the extent of misuse and unnecessary use. The article makes suggestions for teaching implications and further research. (18…
Descriptors: Cantonese, Cohesion (Written Composition), College Students, Comparative Analysis
Allison, Desmond M., Ed.; Leung, Lily S. K., Ed. – Hongkong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1991
Papers on linguistics and language teaching in this volume are the following: "'Good' and 'Poor' Writing and Writers: Studying Individual Performance as a Part of Test Validation" (Desmond Allison, Evelyn Cheung); "To Test or Not To Test: That Is the Question" (Keith Tong, Rose Chan, Jo Lewkowicz); "Testing Listening…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies
