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Warsidi; Zifirdaus Adnan; Vegneskumar Maniam – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
Genre studies of Research Articles (RAs) have increased over the years. However, our review indicates that RA studies on RAs in the history discipline are still limited both to English and Indonesian languages. By identifying this gap, we are encouraged to analyze their rhetorical structures in the introduction section because this section plays…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Indonesian Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Nalinporn Laohasawad; Monnipha Somphong – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
This research examined the writing difficulties faced by Thai students taking the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic Writing module. The study examined error patterns in IELTS Writing Tasks to highlight how English writing proficiency impacts international university admission prospects. Despite universities commonly…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Writing Difficulties
Spycher, Pamela – WestEd, 2021
Reading critically involves examining the language choices authors make to "get the job done" -- in other words, to communicate effectively in specific ways with particular audiences. Not all students in middle and high school intuit this type of reading and may experience challenges when they go to write for academic purposes. Their…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Writing Instruction
McQuillan, Jeff – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2016
In his 2016 article, "What Can Readers Read after Graded Readers?" (EJ1098660), Jeff McQuillan provided data to show that there is an adequate amount of reading material that can be read at or above 98% vocabulary coverage to provide sufficient input to acquire most of the word families from the 2,000- to the 9,000-word-family levels.…
Descriptors: Reader Response, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills, Reading Habits
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Skoumios, Michael; Hatsinikita, Vassilia – Themes in Science and Technology Education, 2008
The present paper aims at investigating the structure and the content of the written explanations produced by primary school pupils' aged 11-12) during teaching sequences focused on the didactic elaboration of obstacles regarding temperature and heat. At first, teaching sequences targeted at the pupils' destabilising, restructuring, and…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Concept Teaching, Science Instruction, Sequential Approach