Effectiveness of journal writing on the development of writing fluency, complexity and accuracy of ESL students (Record no. 20400)

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Personal name Al-Hashem, Ghada
Miscellaneous information Master English Language
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Title Effectiveness of journal writing on the development of writing fluency, complexity and accuracy of ESL students
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Beirut
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Université Libanaise - Faculté des lettres
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2006
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Extent 103 pages
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General note النوع : Mémoire
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Summary, etc. The present study aims at investigating the effect of journal writing on the development of the writing of first-year EFL (English as a foreign language) students at a private university. The subjects (n=60) were expected to write personal and impersonal journals twice a week over a period of a semester or almost 14 consecutive weeks. The topics of the personal journals were not assigned. Students wrote freely about any topic they wanted. However, the topics of the impersonal journals were assigned by the teacher based on course content. Data were collected through administering two writing tests: a 30-minute pretest and a 30-minute post-test. In addition to the pretest and post-test, students’ journals were divided into three spans: first, mid and last. Two journals were chosen from each span, one personal and another impersonal. No training was given and no correction of journals was provided. Journals were collected every two weeks and the teacher commented on them only concerning fluency, complexity and accuracy. The results of the two tests and the six journals were analyzed using the t-unit analysis and three paired sample t-tests. Results showed that students’ writing improved more in the areas of fluency and complexity than in the area of accuracy. Limitations of the study were discussed and recommendations for future research were made.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element English Language Education Teaching Methods Students achievement
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Topical term or geographic name entry element L’enseignement de la Langue Anglaise Méthodes d’enseignement L’accomplissement des étudiants
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Topical term or geographic name entry element تعليم اللغة الانكليزية طرق التعليم تحصيل الطلبة
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Public note Université Libanaise - Faculté des lettres - Branche 4
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Koha item type بيانات الهيئة اللبنانية للعلوم التربوية

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