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El-Dakhs, Dina Abdel Salam – English Language Teaching, 2015
In recent years, a number of studies have attempted to assess the English vocabulary knowledge of high-school students and undergraduate university students in contexts where English is a foreign language (EFL). The present paper explores the lexical development of Arab undergraduates at a Saudi University where EFL is the medium of instruction.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Vocabulary, Second Language Learning
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Tang, Hersong; Chiou, Jer-Shiou; Jarsaillon, Oliver – English Language Teaching, 2015
This study investigated how task-based learning (TBL) developed the verbal competence of Chinese learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) by employing qualitative and quantitative analyses. We compared the impromptu oral presentations on reading texts of 76 intermediate EFL learners given respectively in the beginning and the end of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Dang, Trang Thi Doan; Nguyen, Huong Thu – English Language Teaching, 2013
Two approaches to grammar instruction are often discussed in the ESL literature: direct explicit grammar instruction (DEGI) (deduction) and indirect explicit grammar instruction (IEGI) (induction). This study aims to explore the effects of indirect explicit grammar instruction on EFL learners' mastery of English tenses. Ninety-four…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction