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Download full textNicoll Stefanie Castillo-Torres; Angie Quintanilla-Espinoza – HOW, 2025
This action research centered on features of oral fluency among Chilean higher education students, focusing on the 'describing picture strategy' innovation. Set in the context of the Advanced English II course, the study determines the effects of the strategy in boosting oral fluency. The intervention of this investigation was enhanced by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Language Fluency, Teaching Methods
Samifanni, Faramarz – English Language Teaching, 2020
This study delves into the analysis of theories of language acquisition and teaching methods. A qualitative approach was used to analyze three language acquisition theories and five teaching methods to help and provide teachers with methods that are relevant and applicable in developing and enhancing the speaking skills of the students. Findings…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Xin, Li; Zhongbao, Zhao – International Education Studies, 2021
We advocate the in-depth integration of information technology and education in the digital age, and we also encourage teachers of all disciplines to actively carry out online and offline blended learning. This study attempts to use an empirical research to apply the Blended Learning to the oral English teaching in the first year of senior high…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
Direct linkHardison, Debra M. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2014
Research on the effectiveness of short-term study-abroad (SA) programs for improving oral skills has shown mixed results. In this study, 24 L2 German learners (L1 English) provided pre- and post-SA speech samples addressing a hypothetical situation and completed surveys on cross-cultural interest and adaptability; L2 communication affect,…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Second Language Learning, Cultural Awareness, Oral Language
Noguchi, Rei R. – IRAL, 1987
Examples of conversational interactions between a native speaker of English and a Japanese person learning English illustrate the need for more culturally sensitive English as a second language teaching, pointing out that language instruction requires attention and sensitivity to not just linguistic factors but also sociolinguistic aspects. (CB)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences, English (Second Language)
Bolster, Allison; Balandier-Brown, Christine; Rea-Dickins, Pauline – Language Learning Journal, 2004
Following publication of the National Languages Strategy on 18 December 2002 the teaching of foreign languages (FL) in the primary school is again high on the agenda in England as in other parts of Europe. Research has shown in the past (Burstall "et al.," 1974) that an early start in FL does not necessarily result in any long-term…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education
