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Direct linkTahani I. Aldosemani; Hussein Assalahi; Areej Lhothali; Maram Albsisi – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
This paper explores the literature on AWE feedback, particularly its perceived impact on enhancing EFL student writing proficiency. Prior research highlighted the contribution of AWE in fostering learner autonomy and alleviating teacher workloads, with a substantial focus on student engagement with AWE feedback. This review strives to illuminate…
Descriptors: Automation, Student Evaluation, Writing Evaluation, English (Second Language)
Gan, Zhengdong; Stapleton, Paul; Yang, Chi Cheung Ruby – Applied Language Learning, 2015
A much under-researched issue in higher education is the extent to which English-medium university courses help students improve their English proficiency in an ESL context. Adopting a longitudinal, mixed methods design in which quantitative and qualitative data were collected and analyzed, the current study tracked English language improvement,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Longitudinal Studies
Vardi, Iris – Higher Education Research and Development, 2012
Just as plagiarism is viewed poorly in the academic community, so is plagiarism viewed poorly in student writing, with a range of sanctions and penalties applying for not displaying academic integrity. Yet learning to cite effectively to progress one's argument, position or understandings is a skill that takes time to develop and hone. This paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Students, Writing (Composition)
Peer reviewedCrusan, Deborah – Assessing Writing, 2002
Considers what the best assessment practices are for ESL (English as a Second Language) and international students at two- and four-year institutions in the United States. Presents results of an Internet search of one set of prominent American institutions' placement practices. Argues that second language composition specialists need to examine…
Descriptors: Educational Research, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Student Placement
Peer reviewedLeki, Ilona – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1991
Discusses one attempt to find innovative answers for questions regarding advanced English-as-a-Second-Language writing-placement testing. (MG)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Test Validity, Testing Problems
Kirby, Nicola F.; Downs, Colleen T. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2007
The Science Foundation Programme (SFP) at the University of KwaZulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg attempts to address past educational inequalities by providing disadvantaged matriculants with the skills, resources and self-confidence needed to embark on their tertiary studies. Students entering the Programme typically adopt a surface approach to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Biology, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHall, Chris – TESOL Quarterly, 1990
Essay revisions by four advanced ESL writers with differing first languages were analyzed for specific discourse and linguistic features. The results suggest that such writers often utilize a single system of revision across languages but are capable of adapting some processes to new problems imposed by the second language. (28 references)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Language Research
Peer reviewedPatthey-Chavez, G. G.; Ferris, Dana R. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1997
Reports on a study of teacher-student writing conferences which finds that conferences have an effect on the revision process; and the divergent backgrounds students bring to instructional events (in terms of writing ability, writing experience, or native language) have a structuring effect that cannot be dismissed solely as teacher bias or…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Revision (Written Composition)
Download full textRailey, Kevin; And Others – 1992
A study investigated one dimension of metacognition--the knowledge of cognition--in first language (L1) and second language (L2) writing. Subjects were 20 students (10 L1 and 10 L2) in a first level college writing course. A questionnaire elicited subjects' definitions of good writing, their notions of the constituent features of the writing…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Metacognition
Hyland, Ken – Hong Kong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1995
This paper presents the results of a review of 26 research articles, discussing the importance, frequency, and realization of hedges in science research article. It also considers why students find hedging so difficult to master and raises implications thereof. The need to present scientific claims with precision and caution means that hedges are…
Descriptors: English for Science and Technology, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Erickson, Marianne – 1991
When evaluating the work of congenitally deaf students whose native language is spatial and semiotic, composition teachers must avoid being what Marjorie Siegel calls "verbocentric," since congenitally deaf students are, in effect, learning to write in a language completely foreign to them in structure, syntax, and grammar. The…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cued Speech, Deafness, English Instruction
Al-Jarf, Reima Sado – 2002
Two groups of freshman students participated in the experiment. They were enrolled in their first ESL writing course. Before instruction, both groups were pre-tested. They wrote an essay. T-test results showed significant differences between both groups in writing ability. The experimental group made too many errors and had many writing problems.…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, English (Second Language)
Jin, Wenjun – 2001
This study presents a quantitative analysis of cohesion of the academic writing of Chinese English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) graduate students by applying Halliday and Hansen's (1976) model. Six Chinese graduate students from a Midwestern university were selected for the study, representing two proficiency levels in written English--advanced and…
Descriptors: Chinese, Cohesion (Written Composition), Communicative Competence (Languages), Content Analysis
