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Singh, Charanjit Kaur Swaran; Singh, Amreet Kaur Jageer; Razak, Nur Qistina Abd; Ravinthar, Thilaga – English Language Teaching, 2017
The educational context in Malaysia demands students to be equipped with sound grammar so that they can produce good essays in the examination. However, despite having learnt English in primary and secondary schools, students in the higher learning institutions tend to make some grammatical errors in their writing. This study presents the…
Descriptors: Grammar, Error Patterns, English (Second Language), College Students
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Yunis, Melor Md; Haris, Siti Nor Fatimah – International Education Studies, 2014
This paper investigates the use of discourse markers among Form Four second language learner (SLL) students in essay writing. The objectives of this study are to discover how Form Four SLL students use discourse markers in their essay writing and to identify the teachers' perception about the usage of discourse markers among students. 30…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Essays, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Woon, Chai Ping; Yap, Ngee Thai; Lim, Hui Woan; Wong, Bee Eng – Journal of Education and Learning, 2014
Sentence repetition (SR) tasks have been used to measure children's expressive language skills in normal and abnormal language development, and to examine the development of the speaking skills in second language acquisition, as well as to survey the proficiency of bilingual language development. Recently, SR tasks have been recognized as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Mandarin Chinese