Journal Archives
2022 · 4
An Exploratory Study of Fiction Writing's Relationship to Additional-Language Narrative Performance and Ownership
Narrative competence, the ability to construct and comprehend especially fictional narratives, has long represented an advanced ability for language users (Pavlenko, 2006). This study explored whether additional language…
The Impact of Creative Writing on L2 Writer Confidence
Earlier research I conducted indicated that students lacked confidence in their L2 writing and in their ability to express themselves in their L2. It was hypothesised that creative writing could have an impact on these a…
Effects of an L2 Writing Poetry Pedagogy: Tracing Learner Development of Authorial Voice and Agency
This study explored language learning as a transformational event in which success is not measured in terms of cognitive and communicative ability, but rather allows learners to reflect on experiential identity forming m…
Visibility of the Dispossessed: Encouraging Female Emirati Students to Develop Their Individual Voices as Writers in a Globalized World
This research is concerned with how promoting creative writing amongst Emirati students throughout Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates led to female students’ developing their confidence and independence. Throug…
Supporting English Learners With Disabilities in Writing Through Self-Regulated Strategy Development
English learners with disabilities (ELSWD) regularly face challenges with writing, but there is limited research on what approach to writing instruction is effective for these students. This study examines the effect of…
EFL College Students' Cross-genre Writing Performance: An Exploratory Study
Whether the writing ability of one genre can indicate another remains an interesting question for teachers, learners and researchers. However, cross-genre writing performance is still relatively under-researched in Engli…
A Mediated Learning Experience Perspective on Engagement with Feedback Through a Sequence of Tasks
Although student engagement with feedback has been discussed in second language writing studies, student engagement with teacher and peer feedback through a sequence of tasks (SOT) remains under-explored. The present stu…
Does English Camp Open Doors? A Study of Migrant Students’Motivation, Imagined Community, and Identity
In the era of urbanization in China, the massive internal migrant children population has become a significant group in host cities’ education provision. However, due to reasons presented, it cannot be ignored that migra…
Over Two Decades in CLIL: An Interview with Tarja Nikula on Current Practices, Trends, and Research Directions
Dr. Tarja Nikula is a professor at the Centre for Applied Language Studies at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland. She received her PhD degree from this university in 1996. She has published widely in the field of Con…