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Wu-Yuin Hwang; Bo-Chen Guo; Anh Hoang; Ching-Chun Chang; Nien-Tsu Wu – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
This study introduced an app, called Smart UEnglish, for helping EFL conversation practices in authentic contexts. These conversation practices were categorized into 'designed talk' and 'free talk', based on the content of an English textbook and authentic ambient environment that includes such things as transportation, weather and scenic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Software
Rustam Shadiev; Ziheng Zhang; Yueh-Min Huang – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2025
This study employed speech-enabled language translation (SELT) technology in lectures presented in English as a medium of instruction (EMI). Previous research had students viewing pre-recorded lectures with incorporated content translations in controlled laboratory settings. In contrast, students in the present study experienced live lectures in…
Descriptors: Translation, Audio Equipment, Speech Communication, English (Second Language)
Suzuki, Yuichi; Sunada, Midori – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
To investigate the skill transfer and the effects of practice schedules in the learning of second language syntax, 129 intermediate-level English learners were divided into six groups, based on practice format (input vs. output practice) and practice schedule (blocked vs. interleaved vs. hybrid [blocked + interleaved]). Analyses revealed that the…
Descriptors: Language Processing, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Vu, Duy Van; Peters, Elke – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
This longitudinal study investigates the effect of mode of reading on the incidental learning of collocations and factors that affect learning. One hundred Vietnamese pre-intermediate learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) were assigned to either an experimental group or a control group (no treatment). In 9 weeks, the experimental group…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Phrase Structure, Vocabulary Development, Predictor Variables
Çekiç, Ahmet – Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
There is limited research on the effectiveness of aural versus audiovisual input in incidental second language vocabulary learning (IVL). The current study aims to determine which mode of input, viewing or listening, is more conducive to IVL, and if the level of visual aid for the words leads to a significant difference in word gains. English…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Shin, Yu Kyoung; Park, Eun Sung – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2019
An increasing number of North Koreans have migrated to other countries in the past two decades, with South Korea receiving a significant number of these escapees each year. Research examining young North Koreans' adjustment to South Korean schools has reported that these students struggle with mandatory English classes and the prevalent use of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Tai, Hsuan-Yu; Chen, Yuan-Shan – Education Sciences, 2021
The present study aimed to examine the effect of proficiency on the pragmatic comprehension of speech acts, implicatures, and routines, as well as the way learners of different proficiency levels employ strategies when comprehending a pragmatic task. Thirty-three high-proficiency and forty-one low-proficiency Chinese learners of English completed…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Pujadas, Geòrgia; Muñoz, Carmen – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
This study explores the differential effects of captions and subtitles on extensive TV viewing comprehension by adolescent beginner foreign language learners, and how their comprehension is affected by factors related to the learner, preteaching of target vocabulary, the lexical coverage of the episodes, and the testing instruments. Four classes…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Television Viewing, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development
Kim, YouJin; Skalicky, Stephen; Jung, YeonJoo – Language Learning, 2020
To date, linguistic alignment studies in second language acquisition have mainly been conducted during face-to-face (FTF) interactions. In the current study, we examined and compared the effect of structural alignment on the development of English direct and indirect questions in FTF and synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) contexts.…
Descriptors: Role, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Interpersonal Communication
Lynn, Ethan M. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2021
Two groups of English as a second language students engaged in a fourteen-week repeated reading (RR) treatment: (1) a 3x group (n = 16), which engaged in three readings per session, and (2) a 5x group (n = 15), which engaged in five readings per session. Reading rate and background knowledge were measured at five points to assess the effect of…
Descriptors: Reading Rate, Individual Differences, Comparative Analysis, Second Language Learning
Nakata, Tatsuya; Suzuki, Yuichi – Modern Language Journal, 2019
Cognitive psychology research has shown that interleaving, wherein learners practice multiple skills or concepts at once, facilitates learning more than does blocking, wherein learners practice only one skill or concept at a time. Despite the advantage of interleaving over blocking observed across a number of domains, limited attention has been…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
Kaslioglu, Özlem; Ersin, Pinar – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
In late 1990s, teacher cognition has emerged as an important field of inquiry as more and more research studies have demonstrated that teachers' cognitions influence their instructional decisions and activities (Borg, 2003). In the case of pre-service teachers, their beliefs are mainly influenced by their prior experience as learners while these…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Shih, Ying-Chun; Chern, Chiou-lan; Reynold, Barry Lee – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2018
An intact 10th grade English as a Foreign Language vocational business junior college reading intervention class (n = 52) received 16 weeks of integrated reading strategy instruction with extensive reading while an intact traditional class (n = 48) received traditional intensive reading instruction with extensive reading. The intervention class…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Intervention
Chamorro, Marta Luisa Montiel – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Although there is significant research surrounding online foreign language education, there are still questions on whether the outcomes are comparable to those obtained in the traditional face-to-face classroom. This study examined four classes, two online and two face-to-face, where students took the second course of a 6-level program of English…
Descriptors: Online Courses, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Feng, Yanxue; Webb, Stuart – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
This study used a pretest-posttest-delayed posttest design at one-week intervals to determine the extent to which written, audio, and audiovisual L2 input contributed to incidental vocabulary learning. Seventy-six university students learning EFL in China were randomly assigned to four groups. Each group was presented with the input from the same…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Prior Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction