Teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) are well aware that their students often fail to achieve native-like use of English articles. Even learners at higher levels of proficiency continue to make errors (Kharma, 1981; Master, 1997). They may substitute one article for another (e.g., the for a) or may omit articles entirely (e.g., book…[Read more]

An analysis of connective adverbials used in NNS English learners’ writing revealed little correlation between the use of these cohesive devices and raters’ perceptions of the texts. Additionally, the use of connective adverbials did not correlate with measures of writing development. This finding supports arguments in the pedagogical lit…[Read more]