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Direct linkChandrasegaran, Antonia – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2013
Ability to write focused expository essays in English is the key to academic success for students in an English-medium education system, but such writing can be a challenge for students for whom English is a Second Language. Focusing writing lessons on improving topic content and grammatical accuracy does not always achieve the expected results.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Writing Instruction, Accuracy
Chandrasegaran, Antonia; Kong, Kah Mun Clara – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2006
Stance-taking and stance-support are two discourse behaviours that define the expository/argumentative essay genre, the mastery of which is the key to academic success in higher education. The aim of this study is to discover the extent to which a group of high school students from a non-native English-speaking background are capable of engaging…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, High School Students
