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Hjalmar Punla Hernandez – rEFLections, 2024
Finite complement clauses (FCCs) are an understudied syntactic structure of L2 advanced academic writing. The present study cross-investigated FCCs in qualitative (QUALI) and quantitative (QUANTI) research articles written by Filipino academic writers (FAWs) in Applied Linguistics (APPLING), Communication (COMM), and Measurement and Evaluation…
Descriptors: Research Reports, Academic Language, Phrase Structure, Grammar
Omongos, Mardy C.; Villarin, Sydney Jay B. – Online Submission, 2023
This study analyzed semantic errors in the written compositions of first-year BSEd English students. 86 participants were asked to write a narrative essay and provide feedback on their writing difficulties and language learning needs. The collected data were statistically analyzed. Semantic errors were categorized into 8 types: code-switching,…
Descriptors: Semantics, Code Switching (Language), Spelling, Learning Readiness
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Charito G. Ong; Villegas, Eunice – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2021
This study analyzed and observed the oral discourse of Local Community College students. A descriptive analysis was conducted to find out the communicative competence level among the one hundred fifty randomly chosen respondents. A triangulation method was initiated to ensure the legitimacy of the gathered data. "Focus Group Discussion,"…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Fluency, Communicative Competence (Languages), Teaching Methods
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Hernandez, Hjalmar Punla; Genuino, Cecilia F. – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2022
Grammatical compression and implicitness have been proven as characteristics of academic writing (Biber & Gray, 2010, 2016), but they are an underexplored area of research particularly in academic ESL (English as a second language) writing. In this study, we explored the dependent phrases that most and least characterize academic ESL writing…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phrase Structure