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Yusuf, Yisa Kehinde – TESL-EJ, 1999
Reports on how language and gender issues have been integrated into the discussion of letter writing, speech making and writing, and the long essay in an advanced English composition course at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The teaching was done with the main goal of enhancing students' writing skills, while also making them…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Educational Objectives, English (Second Language), Females
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Myers, Sharon – TESL-EJ, 1997
Based on English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students' documented preference for error correction and the need for word usage and sentence grammar to become automatic, this article describes the rationale and procedures for using reformulation as composition feedback. The procedures are aimed at improving sentence level grammar. Discusses survey…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Correction, Feedback, Grammar
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Myers, Sharon – TESL-EJ, 1998
Describes plagiarism as it is commonly understood in the United States and is defined for young researchers by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Applies these ideas to three cases of plagiarism by Chinese scientists reported in the journal "Science." Discusses implications for English-as-a-Second-Language instruction. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Research, Plagiarism, Scholarly Journals