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Turan Öztürk, Demet; Tekin, Süra – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2020
This study aims to generate an analysis of how to encourage extensive listening in an English Preparatory Program with listening worksheets in an enjoyable way, to identify the learners' responses, and to establish the feedback from students which could provide more productive activities. For many of the students listening in target language is a…
Descriptors: Listening Skills, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Chou, Mu-Hsuan – Language Education & Assessment, 2021
Speaking a foreign language is a complicated process that involves linguistic competence, skills, and strategy use. Communicating through English in English for Academic Purposes courses is a basic requirement for EFL learners, but it can be a challenge. To improve the quality of speech, strengthen components of speaking competence, and raise…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Comparative Analysis
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Safdari, Maryam; Fathi, Jalil – Cogent Education, 2020
The current study set out to investigate the effect of dynamic assessment (DA) on the speaking accuracy and fluency of pre-intermediate English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. In contrast to static assessment, DA is conceptualized as an interactive approach towards assessment which combines teaching and testing in a unitary instructional…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Student Evaluation
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Long, Robert W., III. – English Language Teaching, 2012
Detailed research concerning the issue fluency, specifically relating to pauses, mean length runs, and fluency rates in Japanese EFL learners, is limited. Furthermore, the issue of tracking fluency gains has often been ignored, misunderstood or minimized in EFL educational research. The present study, which is based on six monologues conducted…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Language Fluency, Accuracy, English (Second Language)
Leler, Hazel – 1970
The relationship between various aspects of mother-child interaction and the language performance of young disadvantaged Negro children is assessed in this study. An exploratory survey was conducted to determine if mothers in socially disadvantaged families were willing to enter a parent participation preschool program. Subjects for this study,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Language Acquisition, Language Fluency, Language Tests