the purpose of this research was to analyze efl writing tasks in the most popular esol (english for speakers of other languages) exam preparation courses in iran: ielts, toefl, fce and cae. having collected the criteria of writing task appropriateness in light of the process-oriented approach to writing instruction, 114 learner participants were asked to rate efl writing tasks based on a checkl...

  Having in mind the high level of challenge in writing as a foreign language, this research provided Iranian EFL learners with audiovisual feedbacks as an alternative of common written feedback and focused on its’ meaningfulness in order to provide an incentive medium for the participants and increase their moti-vation. One hundred young adult female learners in addition to six English languag...

Throughout years of learning English as a second language in Malaysia, rural area students were still found to be incompetent English, especially writing. The major problem faced by the primary is inability generate ideas with limited vocabulary they acquire. In this 21st century education, many studies have been carried out improve students’ writing skills on Instagram, however, less research ...

The purpose of this paper is to develop different guided writing strategies based on media richness theory and further evaluate the effects of these writing strategies on younger students’ writing attitudes in terms of motivation, enjoyment and anxiety. A total of 66 sixth-grade elementary students with an average age of twelve were invited to join the experiment for a period of twelve weeks. A...

With the advent of computer technology, researchers and instructors are attempting to devise computer support for effective collaborative technical writing. In this study, a computer-supported environment for collaborative technical writing was developed. This system (Process-Writing Wizard) provides process-oriented scaffolds and a synchronous online chat room to facilitate real-time collabora...

1 P. Kelly Joyner, American University, Department of Literature, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016 [email protected] 2 Teresa L. Larkin, American University, Department of Physics, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016 [email protected] Abstract --During the Fall 2000 and Fall 2001 semesters, a joint study was undertaken between the Physics and Literature Depart...

1 Teresa Larkin-Hein, American University, Department of Physics, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016 [email protected] 2 P. Kelly Joyner, American University, Department of Literature, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016 [email protected] Abstract — During the fall 2000 semester, a joint study was undertaken between the Physics and Literature Departments at Americ...