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The Use of Metadiscourse in Good and Poor ESL Essays.
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Intaraprawat, Puangpen; Steffensen, Margaret S. – Journal of Second Language Writing, 1995
Analyzes the metadiscourse in persuasive essays written by university students studying English as a Second Language at a midwestern university. Results indicate that skilled writers are aware of their readers' needs and control the strategies for making their texts accessible to the reader, whereas poor writers cannot generate considerate texts.…
Descriptors: College Students, Context Clues, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
An Approach to Teaching the Reading Skill for Academic Study.
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Buick, Anna – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1993
Suggests a way to overcome the difficulty of teaching effective reading skills to students with diverse interests. The approach is based on four specifications: (1) each student studies a text on a topic in his own specialty; (2) reading practice images students' academic contexts; (3) classes are learner centered; and (4) students are evaluated…
Descriptors: College Students, Course Content, English (Second Language), Feedback
ESL Learners' Word Organisation Strategies: A Case of Chinese Learners of English Words in Hong Kong.
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Hsia, Sophie; And Others – Language and Education, 1995
Reports data collected by supervised student investigators on learners' use of strategies in organizing words when learning English as a Second Language. Results proved that word grouping was a worthwhile study. A second study investigated word organization strategies of secondary school students given a list of 50 words. (33 references)…
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Data Analysis, Data Collection, English (Second Language)
Exploring Inferencing Ability of ESL Readers.
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Chikalanga, I. W. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1993
Investigates the performance on different types of inference questions of 2 groups of Zambian secondary school students at grade 10 and grade 8. The texts used were "familiar" (Zambian-focused) or "unfamiliar" (British-focused). Results showed that grade 10 students performed significantly better than grade 8 students. (38…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 10, Grade 8
Language across the Curriculum in an ESL Context: How Teachers Deal with Difficult Texts.
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Bax, Stephen – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1994
This article examines, in particular, how South African teachers, working in situations where English is a second language, approach the teaching of a content lesson in geography. (23 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Course Objectives, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Geography
Learning Words from Context and Dictionaries: An Experimental Comparison.
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Fischer, Ute – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1994
Investigated the independent and interactive effects of contextual and definitional information on vocabulary learning. German students of English received either a text with unfamiliar English words or their monolingual English dictionary entries. A third group received both. Information about word context is crucial to understanding meaning. (44…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Control Groups, Data Analysis, Definitions
The Effect of Hypermedia Assisted Instruction on Second Language Learning through a Semantic-Network-Based Approach.
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Liu, Min – 1993
This study investigated the effect of hypermedia on enhancing vocabulary learning among non-native English speakers. Participants were 63 volunteer, international graduate students, enrolled in an Intensive English Program, English as a Foreign Language, or graduate program at a mid-Atlantic university. Variables measured included vocabulary…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Environment