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Du, Fangyuan – English Language Teaching, 2018
One important strand of research in collaborative writing has been the learners' attitudes and perceptions toward collaborative writing. This study sets out to compare three pairs of students' perceptions and their actual collaborative writing practices. Multiple sources of data were collected. Students' semi-interviews were audio recorded,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Student Attitudes, Collaborative Writing, Writing (Composition)
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Aldukhayel, Dukhayel M. – English Language Teaching, 2017
The main aim of this research study is to investigate the clarity and familiarity of three scoring rubrics used in a Saudi university's preparatory year program (PYP) for assessing students' writing achievement in midterm and final exams. This exploration is important in providing some evidence for the quality of scoring rubrics. To achieve that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scoring Rubrics, Writing Achievement, Writing Evaluation
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Qoura, Ali A.; Zahran, Faten A. – English Language Teaching, 2018
The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the 6+1 trait writing model on ESP university students' critical thinking and writing achievement. It was assumed that students who receive training using the 6+1 trait writing model would reveal greater gains in critical thinking and writing achievement. Six instruments -designed by the…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Models, English for Special Purposes
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Wu, Chia-Pei; Lin, Huey-Ju – English Language Teaching, 2016
This study utilized the Oxford Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) and an English writing anxiety scale to examine the relationship between learning strategies and English writing anxiety in 102 university-level English language learners (ELLs) with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) in a university in Taiwan. Kruskal Wallis Test…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Anxiety, English Language Learners, Limited English Speaking
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Khodabandeh, Farzaneh – English Language Teaching, 2016
The current study set out to compare the effect of traditional and non-traditional instructional treatments; i.e. explicit, implicit, task-based and no-instruction approaches on students' abilities to learn how to write classified ads. 72 junior students who have all taken a course in Reading Journalistic Texts at the Payame-Noor University…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction, Writing Achievement
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Rahimpour, Massoud; Nariman-Jahan, Roghayyeh – English Language Teaching, 2011
The impetus of the present study was to scrutinize the impact of planning and proficiency on 172 EFL learners' written task performance regarding concept load, fluency, complexity and accuracy. Planning was operationalized at two levels: pretask planning (PTP) and online planning (OLP). Participants of this study were two groups, high and low…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning