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Chamba, Mercedes; Reinoso, Martha; Rengifo, Elena – English Language Teaching, 2019
Since it is a productive skill, writing is considered one of the most crucial abilities in communication; nonetheless, EFL learners have difficulty composing texts which are both communicatively and linguistically competent. This study intends to explore the benefits of using authentic materials in EFL learners, with an emphasis on writing skills.…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Teaching Methods, College Students, English Language Learners
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Romero, Yanilis; Manjarres, Milton Pájaro – English Language Teaching, 2017
This article presents a case study which aims at analyzing the influence that the first language has on the learning of a foreign language. This research was conducted in an ESL classroom from a Language Center in England and was carried out with a Saudi Arabian student during a two-month period. In order to conduct this research, theoretical…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
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Smith-Lock, Karen M.; Nickels, Lyndsey; Mortensen, Lynne – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate the story writing skills of adults with a history of oral language impairment. It was hypothesized that writing text would pose difficulty for adults with a history of language impairment (LI), and that this difficulty would manifest itself as reduced grammatical complexity and increased errors in…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Story Telling, Adults, Language Impairments
Fresen, Sue, Ed.; Goldstein, Jeren, Ed. – 1998
This teacher's guide and student workbook are part of a series of content-centered packages of supplemental readings, activities, and methods adapted for secondary students who have disabilities and other students with diverse learning needs. Parallel Alternative Strategies for Students (PASS) materials are designed to help those students succeed…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Standards, Capitalization (Alphabetic), Curriculum