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Révész, Andrea; Kourtali, Nektaria-Efstathia; Mazgutova, Diana – Language Learning, 2017
This study investigated whether task complexity influences second language (L2) writers' fluency, pausing, and revision behaviors and the cognitive processes underlying these behaviors; whether task complexity affects linguistic complexity of written output; and whether relationships between writing behaviors and linguistic complexity are…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Difficulty Level, Writing Skills
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Schoonen, Rob; van Gelderen, Amos; Stoel, Reinoud D.; Hulstijn, Jan; de Glopper, Kees – Language Learning, 2011
This longitudinal study investigates the development of writing proficiency in English as a foreign language (EFL), in contrast to the development of first language (L1) writing proficiency in Dutch L1, in a sample of almost 400 secondary school students in the Netherlands. Students performed several writing tasks in both languages in three…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Second Language Learning, Metacognition, Foreign Countries
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Llanes, Angels; Munoz, Carmen – Language Learning, 2013
This study examines the effects of learning context and age on second language development by comparing the language gains, measured in terms of oral and written fluency, lexical and syntactic complexity, and accuracy, experienced by four groups of learners of English: children in a study abroad setting, children in their at-home school, adults in…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Fluency, Language Acquisition, Achievement Gains
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Upshur, John A., Ed.; Fata, Julia, Ed. – Language Learning, 1968
The 14 conference papers and discussion transcripts in this volume were arranged to suggest both an outline of the state of the art of foreign language testing and a practical guide for test writers and users. The first two papers (T.R. Hopkins, Language Testing of North American Indians; and E.J. Briere, Testing ESL Among Navajo Children) deal…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, American Indians, Aptitude Tests, Bilingualism