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Yuki Takahashi; Narathip Thumawongsa – rEFLections, 2024
In recent years, the shift in the teaching approaches employed in Thai English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom provides new opportunities and challenges to the teachers and students form Generation Z (1995-2009) and Generation Alpha (2010-2024). This study examines verb errors among Thai EFL learners from Generation Z and Generation Alpha to…
Descriptors: Age Groups, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Yoon, Chae Won; Chon, Yuah V. – English Teaching, 2022
To investigate L2 adolescent learners' use of machine translation (MT), an MT error correction (EC) test was developed, based on the analysis of MT errors arising from translating the learners' L1 of middle school EFL textbooks. Learners were also asked to report on their use of MT EC strategies on the EC task. Results indicated that…
Descriptors: Translation, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Language Proficiency
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Çiftci, Harun; Özcan, Mehmet – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2021
This study aimed to compare whether Traditional Grammar Translation Method (henceforward TGTM) or Communicative Language Teaching (henceforward CLT) was more effective in teaching English language grammar and vocabulary. The participants of this study were sixty-eight 9th grade students attending to a high school. Mixed methods research design was…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Teaching Methods, Communicative Competence (Languages), Grammar
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Li, Lexi Xiaoduo – Cogent Education, 2022
This study aims to examine how Chinese learners develop in their use and misuse of English modal verbs from Grade 7 to 9. Specifically, it examines form-function connections and explores the factors behind learners' development. The main focus is on the modal verbs "can," "could," "will," "would,"…
Descriptors: Verbs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
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Li, Lexi Xiaoduo – SAGE Open, 2022
This study demonstrates how native and learner corpora can enhance modal verb treatment in English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) textbooks used in mainland China. Data analysis compares modal verbs in the textbook and native corpus by referring to distributional features, semantic functions and co-occurring constructions; and the analysis of the…
Descriptors: Verbs, Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Govindarajoo, Mallika Vasugi; Chin Hui, Chow; A Aziz, Siti Farhah – Asian Journal of University Education, 2022
The purpose of this research was to identify the common errors made in English writing by Malaysian Chinese primary year 6 ESL students and to determine the extent of the influence of the first language, Mandarin in ESL writing. The Mandarin language uses a logographic writing system while the English language is written in alphabetic scripts. The…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Paragas, Jeger P.; Francisco, Christopher D. C. – Online Submission, 2020
The study identified the performance of Grade 7 students enrolled in Umingan Central National High School across their academic performance in English under creative writing skill. In gathering the profile of the students and their performance in identifying morphological and syntactical errors, descriptive and correlational research designs with…
Descriptors: Social Media, Creative Writing, Writing Instruction, High School Students
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Tulabut, Remy J.; Guzman, Roberto V., Jr.; Abaring, Precie Rose M.; Armada, Avegaile P.; Ilustre, Angelique H.; Torda, Monica Jane T. – TESOL International Journal, 2018
Prepositions are small words that serve important functions in the meaning of sentences. They show relationships between persons, objects, places etc. They also act as vital markers to the sentence structure. This descriptive analysis measured and analyzed the common errors of 44 grade 9 students in the use of prepositions using an objective test.…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Form Classes (Languages), Learning Strategies, English (Second Language)
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Jing, Huang; Xiaodong, Hao; Yu, Liu – English Language Teaching, 2016
As is known to all, errors are inevitable in the process of language learning for Chinese students. Should we ignore students' errors in learning English? In common with other questions, different people hold different opinions. All teachers agree that errors students make in written English are not allowed. For the errors students make in oral…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Oral Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning