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Hashimoto, Shin'ichi; Fukuda, Eri; Okazaki, Hironobu – Research-publishing.net, 2015
This paper reports on a study which investigated the effectiveness of an explicit instruction approach in a Japanese university setting with third-year science and technology students in an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course. The two aims of this study were: 1) to explore changes in students' attitudes and understanding of summary writing,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, English for Special Purposes, Writing Skills
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Kobayashi, Hiroe; Rinnert, Carol – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2013
This longitudinal case study, supplemented by cross-sectional comparisons among five groups of writers with differing backgrounds, investigates how Natsu, a Japanese multilingual writer, developed her L1, L2 (English), and L3 (Chinese) writing competence over two and a half years. To create a comprehensive picture of this multilingual writer, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Multilingualism, Native Language