scholarly journals A concept of writing in English language - basic sentence patterns

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 55-57
Author(s):  
Sashka Jovanovska
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Language Writing ◽  
Sentence Patterns ◽  
Basic Sentence

Whereas reading serves as the basis for students understanding a new language, writing gives them the opportunity to explore the new language. Now that the students are able to comprehend the English language as they read it, it is time to put them in charge of using that language to convey their meaning. Learning to write in a new language can be very challenging because you need to have the same base of knowledge as you would for reading to comprehend the words, and you also have to be able to create those words to represent the thoughts and ideas.

scholarly journals The Efficacy of Basic Sentence Pattern Approach for EFL Learners in Writing

STEM Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Sungran Koh
Keyword(s):  
Writing Skills ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
American Television ◽  
Pattern Approach ◽  
Language Writing ◽  
Modern Family ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Sentence Patterns ◽  
Basic Sentence

As a fundamental component of language, writing has been identified as the least proficient domain in acquiring a new language. Due to this universal idea, this research has been designed to find a more effective method to improve the writing skills of EFL learners and makes an attempt to investigate the effectiveness of a basic sentence pattern (BSP) drill through film corpus-based activities. To do this, as a pre-test, EFL learners were asked to make questionnaires with basic sentence patterns that translate Korean sentences into English to determine how much basic knowledge they had. For the questionnaires and the basic sentence pattern drill, the script of the American television series Modern Family (Lloyd & Levitan, 2014) was collected and categorized into five basic sentence patterns. Then, the learners were taught about the 5th basic sentence pattern, the most difficult pattern and were trained to practice this sentence pattern, repetitively, for a month. As a final step, they took a post-test after another month’s training. The results show the overall score was enhanced significantly from pre-test to post-test. This finding demonstrates that basic sentence patterns can enable EFL learners to develop their sentence accuracy in writing.

scholarly journals An Action Research on EFL Writing Dilemmas: A Case of Saudi Students and Instructors

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Alkubaidi
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Sole Source ◽  
Saudi Students ◽  
Language Writing ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
Perceptions And Expectations ◽  
Writing Competence ◽  
Writing Curricula

Learning to write in a second language is a great challenge for students; however, certain factors might minimize these challenges. In general, the Saudi students face difficulty to develop the writing competence in a foreign language because they rely on instructors as a sole source of knowledge. Therefore, the study investigated the English language writing in a university in Saudi Arabia. It implemented an action research design based on three main phases; namely, exploration, intervention, and reflection stage. The main questions asked include how the instructors view the writing style of students within the setting and how they perceived the English language writing curricula among the students. The data drew several conclusions that provided insight into the Saudi Higher Education concerning English as a foreign language (EFL) classes. The first is the spoon-feeding of Saudi learners throughout their educational years; therefore, they find it challenging to gain hold of their learning. Second, writing in English is a challenging task for Saudi students. Third, some of the students memorize writing passages to pass their English course. Fourthly, teaching to write was done by focusing on form, writing mechanics, rather than communicative aspects of writing and genre. This study has contributed towards the understanding of Saudi learners in university language classrooms analyzing their perceptions and expectations.

scholarly journals Second Language Writing and Bidialectalism: A Case for African American Student Writers

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Jason DePolo
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Second Language Writing ◽  
African American Student ◽  
Composition Theory ◽  
American Student ◽  
Student Writers ◽  
Language Writing

There has been much research conducted on second language writing. In addition, there exists a significant amount of studies conducted with African American student writers. However, the fields of Second Language Writing and Composition Studies rarely if ever dovetail in the research literature. The purpose of this article is to argue how English language learners and bidialectal (English as a second dialect) learners share similar learning experiences and how sociocultural theories of English language pedagogy can inform composition theory, specifically as it relates to African American student writers. The study of writer identity provides insights into both bilingual and bidialectal learners’ authorial identity constructions and their experiences in English language learning contexts. Based on these similarities, I argue the need for composition theory to integrate sociocultural theories of second language learning and identity to better address the needs of bidialectal learners.

scholarly journals A report on challenges faced by students and research scholars academic writing skill in English language

2021 ◽  
pp. 44-65
Author(s):  
DINESH K
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
English Language ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Writing Research ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Language Writing

Singh, A. K. G., et.al. (2020) in this world every country has its own language but in the reviewer has some common language that is second language or foreign language such as English language. Writing research paper is more difficult task with use of the English language because everyone well talented in our own natural language or mother tongue. Writing a research paper main aim to identify the L2 (English Language) syntax transferred from L1 (Mother Language). The method was chosen data collection instruments were document analysis and interview.

scholarly journals English Language Writing Centres in Japanese Universities: What do Students Really Need?

2010 ◽  
pp. 17-31
Author(s):  
Jim McKinley
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Attitudes Toward Writing ◽  
The Us ◽  
Language Writing ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Students Attitudes

The installation of English language writing centres in Japanese universities is a relatively recent event—the first ones established with funding from the Ministry of Education in 2004. Because of the EFL writing context, setting up a writing centre requires consideration of students’ needs and cultural expectations of writing and writing centres. In general, writing centres that have been established in Japanese universities follow a structure similar to those in the US. This raises the question as to whether or not this is appropriate for the particular needs of EFL students and the obstacles they face. For this study, in order to explore students’ attitudes toward writing centres and the role they play in writing education, interview data was collected from students of English composition in two different departments at a university in Japan well known for its English language education: the English department, which does not have a writing centre, and the liberal arts department, which has one of the first writing centres established in Japan.

scholarly journals Indonesian Vocabulary Mastery of Early-aged Children in Paud Melati Makassar

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asia Asia ◽  
Achmad Tolla ◽  
Salam Salam
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skill ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Basic Skills ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Sentence Patterns ◽  
Word Classes ◽  
Basic Sentence ◽  
Research Show

Early-aged children are individuals from 0 to 6 year old with unique characteristics and in the stage of growth and development, both physical and mental. Several aspects developed for their education include moral and religious values, social, emotional feelings, autonomy, language, cognitive, physical/motor skill, and art (Ramli, 2005, p.50). The development of these aspects affect each other, that is why it has to be optimally developed in every activity. One aspect of those basic skills should be developed in early-aged children is language. The objectives of this research are to describe (1) the quantity of Indonesian vocabularies in early-aged children; (2) certain Indonesian word classes in early-aged children; (3) certain scopes of Indonesian vocabularies in early-aged children; (4) Indonesian basic sentence pattern in early-aged children; (5) Indonesian basic sentence features considered by the form of integrative phrases; (6) Indonesian basic sentence features considered by the number of integrative phrases. The results of the research show that the vocabulary quantity of early-aged children varies due to external and internal factors. It triggers their inputs to vary from one to another. Word classes mastered by them include noun, verb, adjective, adverb, numeral, pronoun, and preposition. Based on the findings in the field, they have also mastered several vocabulary scopes, such as kinship, activity, place, number, color, universal objects, and animal types. In line with that, sentence patterns that have been mastered by them are FN-FV, FN1-FN2, FN-FA, FN-Num, and FN–FP.

scholarly journals Voices from EFL Thai learners towards English writing

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 1495-1507
Author(s):  
Chutamas Sundrarajun
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
English Language ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Business English ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Language Writing ◽  
Written Assignments

English language writing is seen as one of the most difficult skills for undergraduate students. When composing a piece of writing, students usually face various problems ranging from grammatical aspects to expressing ideas and opinions. To answer the research questions, this study employed a mixed method of both qualitative and quantitative approaches to identify the students’ perceptions towards Business Article Writing Course, as well as to pinpoint their challenges when working on the written assignments. The intensive data were collected from 20 fourth year students majoring in Business English via the use of questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. The findings give teachers, course designers, and educational organizations an insight into students’ problems in learning English language writing. It also highlights the need to integrate different genres of writing to enhance students’ writing skills so that they can use such techniques to overcome any struggles when composing a piece of writing.   Keywords:  Academic Writing, EFL, Writing Strategies, Peer Feedback

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