The impact of adjunct instruction on EFL academic writing at university
Helena Roquet Pugès,
Noelia Navarro Gil,
Florentina Nicolás-Conesa
Abstract:Adjunct instruction (AI), a form of content-based instruction, can provide students with opportunities to learn disciplinary discourse in context. Few studies have explored the extent to which AI affects students’ written production over time. This study aims to analyze the impact of a 60-hour AI course in English on writing complexity, accuracy, fluency (CAF) and on holistic measures in two groups with different exposure to English. The participants were 51 first-year Dentistry students from two strands, Engl… Show more
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