Motivated by the concept of Communicative Language Ability and the eminence of the IELTS exam, this study intended to scrutinize the representation of functional knowledge (FK) and socio-linguistic knowledge (SK) as sub-components of pragmatic knowledge in the writing performances of both tasks of the online General IELTS-practice resources across three band scores. This quantitative inter-scor...

Writing tasks are one way students can apply science concepts, yet evaluating students’ writing can be difficult in large classes. With the web-based Calibrated Peer Review* (CPR) system, students submit written work and evaluate each other. Students write a response to a prompt, read and evaluate responses prepared by the curriculum developers, and receive feedback on their evaluations, allowi...

Title of Document: PERSONAL GROWTH INITIATIVE AS A MODERATOR OF EXPRESSIVE WRITING TASKS: TEST OF A MATCHING HYPOTHESIS Helena (Mimi) Martin, Master of Arts, 2009 Directed By: Dr. Robert W. Lent, Counseling and Personnel Services Department This study advances knowledge regarding a new potential client variable moderator to therapeutic writing. Therapeutic writing, also referred to in the liter...

Some refl ection on the matter, however, will disclose that successful learners routinely monitor and assess their own language learning and progress (self-assessment). They also observe the language interactions of peers to pick up new ideas, identify mistakes to avoid, or to compare their own abilities with those of fellow learners (peer assessment). In reality, successful learners are alread...

The present study draws on Flow Theory to examine the relationship between task repetition and quality of learners’ subjective experience during execution. is defined as a positive experiential state characterized by intense focus involvement in meaningful challenging, but doable tasks, which has been associated with enhanced self-confidence performance (Csikszentmihalyi, 2008). While research ...

In writing skill learning at university, students can organize information, thoughts, and feelings in the Arabic language according to grammar by understanding concepts, processes, developing paragraphs for essays. For this, lecturers challenge their be confident that they do assigned tasks well, develop new writings innovations them writing, produce achievements, teacher expected strategies. T...