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Download full textOng, Christina Sook Beng; Rahim, Hajar Abdul – TESL-EJ, 2021
This study investigates the use of DO, HAVE, MAKE, GIVE and TAKE in light verb constructions (LVCs) and their corresponding simplex verb forms in British L1 and Malaysian L2 students' writing. The students' essay sub-corpus of the International Corpus of English (ICE) of Great Britain (ICE-GB) and Malaysia (ICE-Malaysia) formed the data of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Verbs, Native Language, Second Language Instruction
Direct linkNagao, Akiko – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2019
This research investigates the changes in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' psychological attributes in relation to awareness of the lexicogrammatical features and generic structures of a discussion genre essay. This was achieved by implementing a genre-based approach to text-based writing lessons during a 15-week course. The following…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Literary Genres
Caras, Allison Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2017
There is an ongoing debate as to whether written corrective feedback (WCF) is effective for the improvement of adult second language (L2) writers' accuracy. Ever since Truscott (1996, 1999) began arguing against grammar correction in L2 writing courses, researchers have challenged his position (i.e. below). Although most of these studies show WCF…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish, Accuracy
López Urdaneta, Julio Lorenzo – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2011
Previous studies have drawn some results concerning the way in which second language (L2) students use their first language (L1) when producing texts in their L2. Therefore, this study examines the influence L1 written structure has on L2 written structure when students are asked to carry out assignments in the L2. To answer this question, twenty…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Spanish, Native Language
Peer reviewedKanaris, Anne – Language and Education, 1999
Examines samples of primary-school-aged children's writing to identify and describe the various ways in which boys and girls use language to construct meaning, and to discuss the gendered ways of knowing and being that are revealed and constructed. Findings indicate that girls generally write longer, more complex texts, using a wider range of both…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Language Processing
Ellis, Rod; Yuan, Fangyuan – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2004
Building on previous studies of the effects of planning on second language (L2) learners' oral narratives and drawing on Kellog's (1996) model of writing, this article reports a study of the effects of three types of planning conditions (pretask planning, unpressured on-line planning, and no planning) on 42 Chinese learners' written narratives…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Verbs, Second Language Learning, Oral Language
