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Chang, Li-Ching – JALT CALL Journal, 2022
With increasingly rapid advances in machine translation (MT) technology, such as Google Translate, MT has become an indispensable learning resource for second or additional language learners. Many studies indicate that MT or postediting of MT (PEMT) can be an effective tool for L2 learning and teaching. Nevertheless, little research illustrates…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Translation
Reima Al-Jarf – Online Submission, 2024
Student translators at the College of Language Sciences take a Media and Political Translation course in which they translate the latest news stories, media and political texts and terminology. This study proposes a model for integrating Gaza-Israeli war terminology and texts in translation instruction to familiarize the students with terminology…
Descriptors: War, Translation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2021
Introduction: Many ESL college students have reading comprehension problems in English, such as difficulty understanding ideas explicitly or implicitly stated in a text, making inferences, and inferring meanings of difficult words from context. Aims: The article proposes the integration of inspirational quotes in the teaching of English to EFL…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Heng, Chan Swee; Kashiha, Hadi; Tan, Helen – English Language Teaching, 2014
Group discussion forms an integral language experience for most language learners, providing them with an opportunity to express themselves in a naturalistic setting. Multi-word expressions are commonly used and one of them is lexical bundles. Lexical bundles are types of extended collocations that occur more commonly than we expect; they are…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students
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Osman, Nazira Binti; Jusoff, Kamaruzaman – International Education Studies, 2009
This paper examines the effectiveness of routinizing lexical phrases to a group of second language learners. A group of proficiency class students were drilled or routinized with semi-fixed and fixed phrases which are commonly used in problem-solving group discussion. Basic frequency counts and interview were carried out to see improvement in…
Descriptors: Discourse Modes, Discourse Analysis, Speech Communication, Second Language Programs