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Misun Seo; Jayeon Lim – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2024
This study investigates the acoustic realizations of English phonemic contrasts by Korean EFL learners, comparing their productions with those of native English speakers. Focusing on the segmentally correct production, the research aims to determine if Korean learners' acoustic properties align with those of native speakers, influenced by second…
Descriptors: Acoustics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Nuha Abdullah Alsmari – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
This study sought to scrutinize the interplay between interlanguage pragmatic learning strategies (IPLS) usage and learner autonomy among male and female English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. It also examines whether gender plays a significant role in the adoption and efficacy of these strategies in the EFL learning context. The study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Sílvia Perpiñán; Anna Cardinaletti – Second Language Research, 2024
This study attempts to explain a systematic phenomenon that has been described in interlanguage grammars crosslinguistically: Null-Prep, which consists of omitting the obligatory preposition in certain movement constructions. We propose that Null-Prep is not related to lack of knowledge of "wh"-movement, as previously assumed, but to…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Grammar, Phrase Structure, Linguistic Theory
Mohammad H. Adam – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Writing proper English sentences poses a significant challenge for Arabic-speaking postsecondary students studying English as a Foreign Language (EFL) due to substantial differences between Arabic and English syntactic structures. This basic qualitative study explored the perceptions of Arabic-speaking EFL learners at an Arabian university…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Arabic