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Williamson, Kristie – Higher Education Research and Development, 2023
In Australia, international students who do not meet university set English language requirements can alternatively attend intensive courses in English for Academic Purposes (EAP). Such courses are steeped in the traditions of communicative language teaching, often holding 'English only' classroom policies. This article draws on data from a larger…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Language Usage, Native Language, English (Second Language)
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Wang, Fu Lee; Zhang, Ruofei; Zou, Di; Au, Oliver Tat Sheung; Xie, Haoran; Wong, Leung Pun – Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2021
In recent years, mobile applications (apps) have been increasingly used and investigated as a vocabulary learning approach. Despite the extensive use of commercial English as a Foreign Language (EFL) vocabulary learning apps in China, there is a lack of a review of these apps for a systematic understanding of the components and usefulness of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Xu, Wenwen; Kim, Ji-Hyun – English Teaching, 2023
This study explored the role of written languaging (WL) in response to automated written corrective feedback (AWCF) in L2 accuracy improvement in English classrooms at a university in China. A total of 254 freshmen enrolled in intermediate composition classes participated, and they wrote 4 essays and received AWCF. A half of them engaged in WL…
Descriptors: Grammar, Accuracy, Writing Instruction, Writing Evaluation
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He, Yan; Tao, Youlan – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2022
Though students are taught translation technology, when confronted with real-life translation tasks, they frequently fail to use technologies flexibly and properly. To address this issue, this study first highlighted the concept of translation technological thinking competence (TTTC) and its significance. Then it proposed the Knowing-Acting…
Descriptors: Translation, Thinking Skills, Technological Literacy, Teaching Methods
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Elliott, Robert W.; Chen, Xiaolei – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2019
Amidst the milieu of free and at-cost L2 language software applications coming into existence for use on mobile devices and computers, adult L2 learners are faced with the challenge of selecting their best choice for them to use in acquiring a specific second language. Their selection is based on their individual need and the context in which they…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Software, Teaching Methods
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Hee Jin Bang; Kirsten Olander; Erin Lenihan – CALICO Journal, 2020
This study examines the English language learning outcomes of young Chinese L1 children when using a digital self-guided learning tool, ABCmouse "English Language Learning Academy" (ABCmouse ELL), created by Age of Learning, Inc. and designed based on principles of second language research. In a pretest, posttest study design, experiment…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Learning Activities