Asian students' reticence revisited

Cheng, Xiao

doi:10.1016/s0346-251x(00)00015-4

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“…This is partly due to a cultural characteristic of the EFL students to be dependent on teachers' supports in learning (Cheng, 2000;Javis & Atsilarat, 2004;Nonkukhetkhong, 2006).…”

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The Effect of Topical Structure Analysis Instruction on University Students’ Writing Quality

Liangprayoon¹,

Chaya²,

Thep-ackraphong³

2013

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Coherence is considered one of the characteristics of effective writing. Topical structure analysis (TSA) has been taught to students as a revision strategy to raise their awareness of importance of textual coherence and helps them clearly understand its concept. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of TSA instruction in improving university students' writing quality and to explore the proportions of topical progression in essays written by high and low proficiency students. It also examined the opinions of the students on TSA instruction. The participants consisted of two groups of 20 third year students majoring English Education at Chiangrai Rajabhat University. Data were collected through the pretest and the posttest of essay writing, two selected essays of high and low proficiency students, a questionnaire and an interview. The results indicated that TSA instruction had a significantly positive effect on students' writing quality. More specifically, TSA instruction was more beneficial to the low proficiency students than the high proficiency ones. Further, both successful and less succesful students employed the sequential progression the most in the essays. The students had positive opinions on TSA instruction.

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“…This is partly due to a cultural characteristic of the EFL students to be dependent on teachers' supports in learning (Cheng, 2000;Javis & Atsilarat, 2004;Nonkukhetkhong, 2006).…”

Section: -Sometimes I Couldn't Find a Topic Of A T-unit Because I Wasmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effect of Topical Structure Analysis Instruction on University Students’ Writing Quality

Liangprayoon¹,

Chaya²,

Thep-ackraphong³

2013

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“…Student reticence and passivity has an Asian cultural interpretation (Liu & Littlewood, 1997). Although different perspectives exist (Cheng, 2000), many foreign teachers express a good deal of frustration in the face of student reticence and passivity (Song, 1995;Jin & Cortazzi, 1993).…”

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Haunting Native Speakerism? Students’ Perceptions toward Native Speaking English Teachers

Kun¹,

Ke²

2009

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This paper intends to explore how Taiwanese university students perceive their native-speaking English teachers (NESTs). Mutual expectations between the NESTs and students are also investigated. Collected data include questionnaires from 107 students and interviews with three NESTs and 19 students who have filled out the questionnaire. The result shows that students expect more encouragement and interaction with the NESTs, and more relaxed activities with fewer assignments and tests. A third of the students expect NEST with a standard accent, while a quarter do not care about accent at all. The NESTs reveal their dissatisfaction toward the students' passiveness and lack of responsiveness. While students expect their NESTs to be interactive, they themselves seem to give the NESTs an impression of unwillingness to participate. The discussion centers on this dilemma and offers some suggestions for English teachers.

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confidence: 99%