While study abroad at the university level has been shown to benefit many aspects of second language proficiency, little is known about how this affects participants’ writing skills. The present study explores writing development in a group of 30 EFL learners over a period of 15-months and compares the progress made in two distinct learning contexts: study abroad (SA) and classroom instruction at home (AH). The learners’ writing before and after each learning context is evaluated by trained raters and analyzed quantitatively, using an assortment of computational tools, to determine whether progress is made in the domains of complexity, accuracy, fluency, lexical diversity and sophistication, and cohesion. The learners’ writing is ...
English writing skills are important components of multilingual students’ successful academic perfor...
[Abstract] In the present article two different L3 learning contexts are distinguished: formal instr...
This short study of the writing assistance colleges and universities give international students pr...
While study abroad at the university level has been shown to benefit many aspects of second languag...
The present study examines the effects that a 3-week study-abroad (SA) experience and a set of indiv...
The present study examines the effects that a 3-week study-abroad (SA) experience and a set of indiv...
International students’ exchanges are very popular nowadays. One of the aims of the ERASMUS exchange...
Study abroad (SA) as an integral part of university studies is often seen by students, educators and...
There is a common expectation, particularly amongst international students, that studying in an Engl...
There is a lack of research on the impact of study abroad (SA) on the development of L2 English when...
There is a common expectation, particularly amongst international students, that studying in an Engl...
Given the growing importance of English as a lingua franca, this study examines which context (class...
Previous research on the benefits of study abroad (SA) has mainly focused on oral communication skil...
The number of international ESL students completing their degree programs in Australia has risen dra...
AbstractThe present study investigates the degree to which the new Advanced Skills courses at the En...
English writing skills are important components of multilingual students’ successful academic perfor...
[Abstract] In the present article two different L3 learning contexts are distinguished: formal instr...
This short study of the writing assistance colleges and universities give international students pr...
While study abroad at the university level has been shown to benefit many aspects of second languag...
The present study examines the effects that a 3-week study-abroad (SA) experience and a set of indiv...
The present study examines the effects that a 3-week study-abroad (SA) experience and a set of indiv...
International students’ exchanges are very popular nowadays. One of the aims of the ERASMUS exchange...
Study abroad (SA) as an integral part of university studies is often seen by students, educators and...
There is a common expectation, particularly amongst international students, that studying in an Engl...
There is a lack of research on the impact of study abroad (SA) on the development of L2 English when...
There is a common expectation, particularly amongst international students, that studying in an Engl...
Given the growing importance of English as a lingua franca, this study examines which context (class...
Previous research on the benefits of study abroad (SA) has mainly focused on oral communication skil...
The number of international ESL students completing their degree programs in Australia has risen dra...
AbstractThe present study investigates the degree to which the new Advanced Skills courses at the En...
English writing skills are important components of multilingual students’ successful academic perfor...
[Abstract] In the present article two different L3 learning contexts are distinguished: formal instr...
This short study of the writing assistance colleges and universities give international students pr...