The objective of this research is to find out whether or not there a significant effect using climbing grammar mountain game on students writing achievement the eighth-grade at MTsN 2 Batanghari. This was quantitative that conducted with quasi-experimental design. subjects in were 39 students. study result showed mean post-test score (56.62) higher than pre-test (51.69) experimental class. p-va...

Second language writing instruction has been greatly influenced by the growing importance of technology and the recent shift of paradigm from a cognitive to a social orientation in second language acquisition (Lantolf & Thorne, 2006). Therefore, the applications of computer assisted language learning and activity theory have been suggested as a promising framework for writing studies. The prese...

This study aimed to investigate the washback effect of three alternative assessment procedures, namely oral-conferences, portfolios, and corpora-based feedback on the writing achievement and attitudes of Iranian EFL university learners. The participants taking part in the study were 156 native Iranian students in a mixed Reading-Writing course. Through the two three-month semesters, the learner...