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Turgay Han; Elif Sari – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Feedback is generally regarded as an integral part of EFL writing instruction. Giving individual feedback on students' written products can lead to a demanding, if not insurmountable, task for EFL writing teachers, especially in classes with a large number of students. Several Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) systems which can provide automated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Automation, Feedback (Response), English (Second Language)
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Pham, Quy Huynh Phu – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
The purpose of the current study is to explore the potential impact of a goal-based writing program on EFL students' writing competence and their attitudes toward goal-setting activities. The goal-based writing program was developed within goal-setting theory and launched in a writing class of 39 EFL Vietnamese university students over ten weeks.…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Writing Instruction, Vietnamese People, Undergraduate Students
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Abdel Latif, Muhammad M. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2015
High levels of apprehension cause students to have writing difficulties. This study attempted to identify the sources of Egyptian university students' English writing apprehension. The study made use of both quantitative and qualitative data. The scores of 57 students on a writing apprehension scale were compared to their scores on another scale…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, English (Second Language), Writing Attitudes
Radi, Odette Bourjaili – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
This paper presents the results of a study aimed at investigating how and why secondary school students use spelling and grammar checkers to aid them in their English writing. The study was a result of close observation over many years of how some students use computers effectively to support their writing, while others make just as much use of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Spelling, Grammar, Writing (Composition)
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Ping, Rebecca Lee Su – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
Past research has found that many pre-university L2 learners, having completed an Intensive English Program (IEP) still have difficulty in undertaking various disciplines in English-speaking tertiary institutions and continue to exhibit numerous linguistic problems (Bialystok, 2001, Celce Murcia 2001). The purpose of this paper is to present the…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Cognitive Style, English (Second Language), Intensive Language Courses
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Zhang, Tianyi; Gao, Tianguang; Ring, Gail; Zhang, Wei – International Journal on E-Learning, 2007
This study investigated the influence of online discussion forums on student achievement in reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and critical thinking in English as Second Language (ESL) instruction. Fifty-four senior high school students participated in this study and were divided into three groups. Data were collected from achievement…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Writing Skills, Student Attitudes, Computer Mediated Communication