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Taegang Lee; Yoonhyoung Lee; Sungmook Choi – Language Learning & Technology, 2025
Empirical evidence remains sparse about how videos enhanced with first-language (L1) and second-language (L2) subtitles influence cognitive load in L2 learners. To address this point, 25 Korean undergraduate students were exposed to six short videos: baseline, L1-subtitled, and L2-subtitled videos at both high and low difficulty levels (determined…
Descriptors: Captions, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Language Processing
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Phoophuangpairoj, Rong; Pipattarasakul, Piyarat – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2022
During the pandemic of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), English as a foreign language (EFL) students have to study and submit their assignments and quizzes through online systems using electronic files instead of hardcopies. This has created an opportunity for teachers to use computer tools to conduct preliminary assessment of the students'…
Descriptors: Essays, Writing Evaluation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Yukino Kimura – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2022
This study examined the effects of relevance instructions on English as a foreign language (EFL) readers' text processing and memories. The participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: the experimental condition, where they read texts to identify a specific category of information, and the control condition, where they read texts…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Shen, Yuru – English Language Teaching, 2017
English writing is one of the four indispensable skills that English learners need to master, but unfortunately, many Chinese college students have much difficulty composing clear, concise and coherent essays although they have studied English for at least over six years. To address the problem, the researchers and teachers in China have tried…
Descriptors: Readability, Readability Formulas, Writing Strategies, College Students
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Taylor, Z. W. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2019
Research suggests that L2 students (English-language learners) do not access postsecondary education as the same level as L1 (native English-speaking) peers. Using a computational linguistics approach, this study analyzes financial aid application instructions from 341 randomly selected four-year, Title IV-participating U.S. institutions. Results…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Second Language Learning, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement
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Saaty, Ahdab A. – Arab World English Journal, 2019
This article reflects on the concept of meaningful literacy. It offers a classroom methodology, posting on a closed Facebook Group, that manifests this approach to English as a second language (ESL) or English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom meaningful literacy instruction. This study aims to produce empirically informed teaching materials…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Goh, Tiong-Thye; Sun, Hui; Yang, Bing – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
This study investigates the extent to which microfeatures -- such as basic text features, readability, cohesion, and lexical diversity based on specific word lists -- affect Chinese EFL writing quality. Data analysis was conducted using natural language processing, correlation analysis and stepwise multiple regression analysis on a corpus of 268…
Descriptors: Essays, Writing Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Samian, Hosein Vafadar; Foo, Thomas Chow Voon; Mohebbi, Hassan – English Language Teaching, 2016
This paper reports the findings of a study that investigated the effect of giving and receiving marginal L1 glosses on L2 vocabulary learning. To that end, forty nine Iranian learners of English were assigned to three different experimental conditions including marginal L1 glosses Giver (n = 17), marginal L1 glosses Receiver (n = 17), and no…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Pretests Posttests