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Suzanne Graham; Pengchong Zhang; Julia Hofweber; Linda Fisher; Heike Krüsemann – Modern Language Journal, 2024
This study considers the relative benefits for vocabulary learning of exposure to two types of texts--literary or nonliterary--used with two teaching approaches. These approaches were termed "functional and creative", respectively. In the former, learners' attention was drawn to factual information and linguistic features in order to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Role Theory, Teaching Methods
McDonough, Kim; Ammar, Ahlem; Michaud, Gabriel – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2022
As a reflection of the value attached to interaction in L2 learning, pair and small-group activities have been integrated into different phases in the writing process. Focusing specifically on peer interaction during the planning and revision phases, this "In the Classroom" study explores the relationship between peer interaction and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Peer Relationship, French, Second Language Instruction
Vandenberghe, Bert; Perez, Maribel Montero; Reynvoet, Bert; Desmet, Piet – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021
This study combines explicit (pen-and-paper) and sensitive (time-pressured) measures to gauge the impact of three instructional interventions (contextualized input with meaning-focused activities, contextualized input with word-focused activities, and decontextualized input with word-focused exercises) on the learning of 20 L2 French target verbs.…
Descriptors: French, Verbs, Linguistic Input, Intervention
Farah, Rida; Choe, Mun-Hong – English Teaching, 2022
This study investigated the extent to which explicit and implicit instruction improve L1-Arabic speakers' articulation of English words whose cognates were acquired earlier in their L2 French. Sixty-eight secondary school students, explicit (n=35) and implicit (n=33), participated in a programme incorporating focus-on-pronunciation activities,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Transfer of Training, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Sénécal, Anne-Marie; Cardoso, Walcir – Research-publishing.net, 2021
This study examined the acquisition of L2 English vocabulary with clickers, focusing on the role of individual differences. Following a pretest-posttest design, we measured perception and performance among 61 English learners who took part in a vocabulary acquisition treatment, in which they answered Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) via clickers…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Vocabulary Development, Scores, Second Language Learning
Al-Hammouri, Samer – International Education Studies, 2019
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of using Prezi on Al Zaytoonah students' performance in French Language reading skill. To achieve the purpose of the study, a pre/post-test was constructed to measure students' performance in French language reading skill. The sample of the study comprised 128 students from Al Zaytoonah…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Control Groups, Pretests Posttests, Reading Skills
Aydinbek, Canan – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of reading strategies instruction on the reading achievement of learners of the French and to identify the views of the participants on the effect of said strategies. Research Methods: To achieve that objective, a one-group pretest-posttest model was used. The participants were 32 Turkish…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Achievement, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Rueb, Avery; Cardoso, Walcir; Grimshaw, Jennica – Research-publishing.net, 2018
"Prêt à Négocier" (PàN) is an interactive digital information gap game designed to help French students improve their interaction skills. In this study, we examined the effects of its use on improving French learners' vocabulary. Following a pretest/posttest design, we compared the development of 20 French words between an experimental…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, French, Vocabulary Development
Zhang, Yuan; Baills, Florence; Prieto, Pilar – Language Teaching Research, 2020
Though research has shown that rhythmic training is beneficial for phonological speech processing, little empirical work has been carried out to assess whether rhythmic training in the classroom can help to improve pronunciation in a second language. This study tests the potential benefits of hand-clapping to the rhythm of newly learned French…
Descriptors: Language Rhythm, Teaching Methods, French, Second Language Learning
Montero Perez, Maribel – Language Learning Journal, 2019
While there is increasing evidence that learners pick up new words while viewing video with captions (i.e. L2 subtitles), little is known about the role of instructional interventions prior to viewing. This study uses eye-movement registration to investigate the effect of pre-learning vocabulary before watching a captioned video. Thirty…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Video Technology
Roussel, Stéphanie; Gruson, Brigitte; Galan, Jean-Philippe – International Journal of Listening, 2019
This study investigates the impact of a high-level and a low-level process-based L2 comprehension training on L1 French students' listening performances. These students (N = 108) of English, Spanish, and German came from five different classes. After a L2 comprehension pretest, the participants were divided into two experimental groups. During the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension
Lenkaitis, Chesla Ann – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2021
This study investigates the ways in which synchronous and asynchronous activities create an online language laboratory that mediates second language (L2) learning for 188 L2 university participants over a 6-week period. Completion of tasks and pre-, post-, and weekly surveys were analyzed. Statistical analyses were run on self-rated questions…
Descriptors: Language Laboratories, Online Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Baten, Kristof; Van Hiel, Silke; De Cuypere, Ludovic – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) has expanded in Europe, favored by the large body of research, often showing positive effects of CLIL on L2 development. However, critical voices have recently questioned whether these positive findings apply to any language, given that most research focuses on English. Taking into account this…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, French, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
McManus, Kevin – Language Awareness, 2019
The present study examined the extent to which first language (L1) awareness can benefit second language (L2) grammatical learning of the French "Imparfait", a crosslinguistically complex target feature. Sixty-nine English-speaking learners of L2 French received different types of explicit information (EI) about L2 or L2 + L1…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Grammar
Regalla, Michele; Peker, Hilal – Learning Languages, 2018
This paper addresses the issue of integrating students with special needs into foreign language programs in the early childhood years. A partnership between a university and a charter school in central Florida began as a result of parent and teacher interest in providing a foreign language program for its prekindergarten students. Since 2014,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Special Needs Students, French