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Junming Ma; Chengyu Liu – TESOL Journal, 2025
Classroom academic presentation (CAP) has been perceived as an important academic genre integral to college learners' academic success. However, the schematic structure of CAP and learners' acquisition of it remain unclear. In this study, we identified its schematic structure with the method of metagenres and investigated L2 learners' generic…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Nation, Paul – TESOL Journal, 2021
Most teachers are concerned about the teaching of vocabulary. However, it is much more effective to focus on the ways in which vocabulary can be learned. This article looks at the jobs of the teacher, which include, in order of importance, (1) designing a balanced course, (2) organizing classroom work and homework, (3) training the learners in how…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development
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Pham, Luan Nhu – TESOL Journal, 2023
This study investigated the relationship between learner autonomy (LA) and indirect written corrective feedback (IWCF) in an EFL writing classroom in Vietnam. Forty-one intermediate EFL learners from a class of a foundation writing course volunteered to participate in the study. During the course, the teacher provided IWCF in response to the…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), Personal Autonomy, English (Second Language)
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Paterson, Kate – TESOL Journal, 2023
Multiple studies have shown that language learners and other students undertaking postsecondary studies in an additional language (L2) consult digital translation tools to complete course-related work despite general disapproval of their use by instructors. Significant improvements in the accuracy of machine translation (MT) along with their…
Descriptors: Translation, Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kohnke, Lucas; Jarvis, Andrew; Ting, Adrian – TESOL Journal, 2021
In recent years, the advent of educational technology has made digital multimodal composing (DMMC) increasingly common among tertiary students. The current small-scale study explored the perceptions of DMMC of 12 undergraduate students enrolled in a discipline-specific English course at an English-medium university in Hong Kong. In particular, the…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Educational Technology, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Abbott, Marilyn L. – TESOL Journal, 2019
English as a second language teachers often find themselves teaching classes of heterogeneous students who have very divergent English language skills, abilities, and learning needs. One effective approach to address some of the challenges teachers face when teaching heterogeneous, mixed-level classes is task-based language teaching (TBLT). TBLT…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Task Analysis
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Dubiner, Deborah – TESOL Journal, 2019
Over the past several decades, applied linguistics and second language (L2) acquisition and teaching have been areas of prolific research and have undergone continual development. The purpose of this article is to identify essential themes in the field of applied linguistics, focusing more intensely on teaching and learning second languages in a…
Descriptors: Check Lists, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Bhowmik, Subrata K.; Kim, Marcia – TESOL Journal, 2018
With a burgeoning international student population, most universities around the world offer English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses. Because classes are so diverse, it is challenging to meet the specific needs of EAP students. Keeping this status quo as a departure point, the authors discuss a five-prong strategy for teaching EAP, which…
Descriptors: College Preparation, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Hashimoto, Ryota – TESOL Journal, 2016
The author went to the United States to study applied linguistics. Although he was there for nine months, his English proficiency did not improve as much as he had hoped, considering that he was using English almost exclusively every day. After his time in the United States, he spent 10 months in Australia working and traveling on a working…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
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Yu, Xia – TESOL Journal, 2014
Textual memorisation is a widely used yet underexplored language practice in foreign language teaching and learning in China. The research addresses the need for a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the practices and beliefs of Chinese learners regarding the use of textual memorisation in foreign language learning. This article reports on…
Descriptors: Memorization, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Wassell, Beth A.; Martin, Sonya N.; Scantlebury, Kathryn – TESOL Journal, 2013
Given the collaborative nature of the TESOL profession, models are needed that provide opportunities for teachers and other school-based stakeholders to interact with students to understand their successes, challenges, and particular needs more clearly. In this article, the authors advocate for the use of cogenerative dialogues, a promising…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Bibila, Stavroula – TESOL Journal, 2011
The cooperative development discourse framework (Edge, 2002) has traditionally been used to help individuals-who-teach explore and improve their teaching practice by speaking openly and nondefensively to one of their colleagues, who will refrain from judging and evaluating them. This article presents the rewards of establishing such a…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Rewards, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods