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A Comparison of Writing Tasks in ESL Writing and First-Year Composition Courses: A Case Study of One US University

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Lee, Jooyoung – Language Teaching Research, 2021

Many international students in American universities are required to take writing courses in English as a second language (ESL) before participating in a mainstream first-year composition (FYC) course. Given that the goal of ESL writing course is to prepare students for FYC course, the connection between ESL and FYC courses is significant. This…

Descriptors: Case Studies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)

Plurilingual Learners' Beliefs and Practices toward Native and Nonnative Language Mediation during Learner-Learner Interaction

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Payant, Caroline – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2015

Due to the growing number of plurilingual learners in the world today (Hammarberg, 2010), the present multiple case study examines four plurilingual participants' beliefs toward first language (L1) and second language (L2) mediation in the acquisition of French as a third language (L3). During a 16-week classroom-based study in a French university…

Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Spanish, English (Second Language)

A Comparative Investigation into Understandings and Uses of the "TOEFL iBT"® Test, the International English Language Testing Service (Academic) Test, and the Pearson Test of English for Graduate Admissions in the United States and Australia: A Case Study of Two University Contexts. "TOEFL iBT"® Research Report. TOEFL iBT-24. ETS Research Report. RR-14-44

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Ginther, April; Elder, Catherine – ETS Research Report Series, 2014

In line with expanded conceptualizations of validity that encompass the interpretations and uses of test scores in particular policy contexts, this report presents results of a comparative analysis of institutional understandings and uses of 3 international English proficiency tests widely used for tertiary selection--the "TOEFL iBT"®…

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Questionnaires