Rather than explain research that has already been carried out, this paper describes a specific context of writing instruction and poses questions about how research on writing and computational linguistics might be brought together to address three pressing issues: the validity of Directed SelfPlacement; the relationship between confidence and competence in student writing; and strategies to h...

Some scholars have hypothesized that writing style, the special language of writing, is acquired, or subconsciously absorbed, through reading (Krashen, 1984, 2004; Smith, 1988, 2004). The language of writing, it is argued, is too complex to be consciously learned, and there are compelling case histories of those who developed high levels of competence in the written language through reading alo...

Pre-writing, writing, and editing are viewed as recurring stages in the writing process. Composition courses embodying this view often have a library research component. In order to blend the writing process with an appropriate introduction to the library, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga developed a generic model of library research. This model has three stages: pre-library, library ...

Graphical protocol analysis (GPA) is a novel method for studying chunk-based cognitive performance using semiautomated analysis of a temporal chunk signal in writing protocols. This study applies GPA to the writing of mathematical equations by participants with different levels of expertise. Multiple levels of competence can be distinguished on a single individual and single task basis.

This case study is aimed to examine the communicative competence of an Indonesian student who studying in one United States Universities. The evaluation competence, such as speaking and writing, was based on theory Communicative Competence (CC) proposed by Celce-Murcia (2008). spoken written data given were from IELTS test format. collected face-to-face interview through Skype application, whil...

this study explored the nature of transfer among bilingual vs. trilinguals with varying levels of competence in english and their previous languages. the hypotheses were tested in writing tasks designed for 75 high (n= 35) vs. intermediate (n=40) proficient efl learners with turkish, persian, english and persian, english linguistic backgrounds. qualitative data were also collected through some ...

Over the last decades, there has been a plethora of interest in possible challenges encountered by researchers while publishing research articles (RAs) in various disciplines for English for academic purposes (EAP).Given this, this study aimed to examine how a sampled number of EAPIranian researchers perceive the competence of academic RA writing, the major reasons for RA rejection, and difficu...

The online writing lab (or OWL) has emerged in the past decade as a major use of technology for the student; however, rarely does it serve the distance learner. This paper considers (1) the needs of distance learners for academic support systems, (2) the failure of these services to be extended to technology-dependent students, and (3) the advantage of technology-mediated writing tutorials over...