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Kanako Tabuchi; Sho Kobayashi; Steve T. Fukuda; Yuya Nakagawa – Technology in Language Teaching & Learning, 2024
Second language learners, particularly those with lower proficiency, often struggle with insufficient practice and heightened anxiety when speaking. This case study investigates the impact of one-on-one online conversation lessons on a university student's speaking skills and language anxiety. The participant, a university student with low…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Speech Skills, Electronic Learning, Computer Mediated Communication
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Navidinia, Hossein; Mobarak, Mohsen; Malekzadeh, Farzaneh – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
The present study aims at investigating the effect of noticing on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students' speaking accuracy. For so doing, 32 Iranian EFL students were selected and randomly assigned to two conversation classes namely, control and experimental groups. Before the treatment both groups had a speaking pre-test. During 32…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Accuracy
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Wu, Wen-Chi Vivian; Lin, I-Ting Doris; Marek, Michael W.; Ou Yang, Fang-Chuan – SAGE Open, 2021
Employment of idioms is essential to reach higher English expressive levels, especially for English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners. However, English idioms are challenging for both instructors and learners because the complex content of idioms depends on understanding their cultural context. Most mobile language applications are for vocabulary…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)