Abstract Translanguaging pedagogy has widely attracted interests from studies of second or foreign language teaching. Corrective feedback long been recognized for its value on improving learning outcomes. However, limited attention given to the potential influence translanguaging in process corrective learners’ writing performance, especially oral feedback. This paper aims at exploring effects ...

In this paper, we develop and evaluate several techniques for identifying argumentative paragraphs in Chinese editorials. We first use three methods of evaluation to score a paragraph’s argumentative nature: a relative word frequency approach; a method which targets known argumentative words in our corpus; and a combined approach which uses elements from the previous two. Then, we determine the...

The  major  aim  of  this  paper  was  to  investigate  the  validity  of  language  and intelligence  factors  for  classifying  Iranian  English  learners`  writing  performance. Iranian  participants  of  the  study  took  three  tests  for  grammar,  breadth,  and  depth  of vocabulary, and two tests for verbal and narrative intelligence. They also produced a corpus  of  argumentative  writ...

Writing, one of the language skills, seems to be most difficult skill for students master. There are five aspects used evaluate students’ writing abilities: content, organization, vocabulary, use, and mechanics. This current narrative inquiry research aims find out difficulties in expository essays, factors that cause them have difficulties, strategies they use overcome them. The data this were...

The purpose of this study was to suggest an evaluation criteria and framework for argumentative scientific writing activities based on the identification characteristics goals writing. First, were defined in three ways: thinking skill as arguments, content science, activity Second, five specified accordingly. goal ‘cultivating critical ability’ related characteristics, ‘understanding method’ bo...

Producing effective and high-quality academic writing, such as argumentative requires more than regular writing ability; it demands analytical that can increase argumentation skills promote higher cognitive skills. This study was conducted to address a problem exists within the Malaysian education setting where English-as-a-second language (ESL) learners face difficulties in presenting expandin...

Students’ argumentation performance can be influenced by their epistemic beliefs, however, in the context of argumentative essay writing and peer feedback online setting this has not been clearly investigated. This study explores relationship between students’ beliefs regarding feedback. In total, 101 undergraduate students filled out survey wrote an essay. Then, they provided two sets on essay...