In recent years, language learning research has been paying more attention to the factors that may  affect  the  choice  by  language  learners  of  language  learning  strategies  in  general  and writing strategies in particular to enhance their own learning. Given the socio-cognitive nature of  the  act  of  writing,  as  Roca  de  Larios  et  al.  (2002)  note,  both  writer-internal  and  ...

The present study aims to explore the role of Chinese EFL learners’ rhetorical strategy use in relation to their achievement in English writing in Taiwan. It has been argued that traditional Chinese text structures (indirect style) continue to influence the contemporary English writing of Chinese students in expository writing text. The manner of Chinese communication style and the origin of tr...

In this paper we introduce the AMADEUS strategy, which has been used to produce scientific writing tools for non-native users of English for 15 years, and emphasize a learnby-doing approach through which students and novice writers can improve their scientific writing. More specifically, we provide a 9-step recipe for the students to compile writing material according to a procedure that has pr...

Title of Document: CONTRIBUTIONS OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE, MOTIVATION, AND STRATEGIES TO KOREAN COLLEGE STUDENTS’ L2 WRITING DEVELOPMENT Soo Eun Chae Doctor of Philosophy, 2011 Directed By: Professor Patricia A. Alexander, Department of Human Development The current study examined Korean college students’ L2 writing development and performance, motivation, and strategies while taking ESL writing clas...

This is an experimental study aiming to explore the effect of applying ‘Writing Circles’ strategy (WCs) in writing classrooms. WCs a type collaborative methodology that relies heavily on peer- based learning. The aimed give group not less than 20 students from college languages and translation, Najran University, chance apply circles how it affects their progress writing. It also role scaffoldi...

As an important aspect of second language learning, vocabulary has traditionally been the focus foreign writing instruction. However, since introduction positive psychology into field acquisition, research on learners’ strategies from this perspective not abundant. The purpose present study is to explore relationship between high school students’ enjoyment and strategy. results show that there ...

Empirical studies have shown that anxiety and negative emotion can hinder language acquisition. The present study implemented a writing instructional model so as to investigate its effects on the writing anxiety levels of English Foreign Language learners. The study was conducted with 177 participants, who were administered the Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory (SLWAI; Cheng, 2004) that...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of two forms of concept mapping, hand-drawn and computer-generated, on the descriptive essay writing of middle-level students with learning disabilities. Twelve eighth-grade students composed descriptive essays under three conditions: no-map support, handmap support, and computer-map support. The essays were compared on four measures: number ...

We investigated whether students increased their self-assessment accuracy and essay scores over the course of an intervention with a writing strategy intelligent tutoring system, W-Pal. Results indicate that students were able to learn from W-Pal, and that the combination of strategy instruction, game-based practice, and holistic essay-based practice led to equivalent gains in selfassessment ac...