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Aydin, Fatma – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
The present study investigates the relationship between L2 metalinguistic knowledge and L2 achievement among intermediate-level adult Turkish EFL learners studying at a large scale Turkish university. Metalinguistic knowledge refers to the ability to correct a grammatically incorrect structure in English and explain why it is incorrect, and…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Knowledge Level, Adults, English (Second Language)
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Peaci, Davut – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
Scholars have given little attention to testing's influence on the outcomes of university English preparatory programs (UEPP). Variations on the two main classifications of writing evaluation, the holistic and the analytic were examined. The objectives were to identify the assumptions for inclusion of writing in UEPPs, analyze the skills and…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Cross Cultural Studies, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Kural, Faruk – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
The present paper, which is a study based on midterm exam results of 53 University English prep-school students, examines correlation between a direct writing test, measured holistically by multiple-trait scoring, and two indirect writing tests used in a competence exam, one of which is a multiple-choice cloze test and the other a rewrite test…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, Essays
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Karakoç, Dilek; Köse, Gül Durmusoglu – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
This study is an attempt to clarify the incremental and multidimensional nature of foreign language vocabulary development and its relation to the participants' reading and writing performances and general language ability of English as a foreign language (EFL). With this principle aim, the current study investigated the relationship between…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Altunkaya, Hatice; Erdem, Ilhan – Online Submission, 2017
The aim of the present study is to examine the writing disposition of convicts and prisoners in Silivri Penal Institution Compound who study at Open Education Secondary School based on various variables. In the present study, "Writing Disposition Scale" that includes 21 5-point Likert type items, developed by Piazza and Siebert (2008)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
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Karakaya, Ismail; Ulper, Hakan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2011
There are two main aims of this research. The primary aim is to develop a reliable and valid anxiety scale to determine writing anxiety levels of prospective teachers. The secondary aim is to determine what variables explain anxiety levels of students to what extent, by determining whether writing anxiety levels of prospective teachers…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Factor Analysis, Writing Apprehension, Anxiety