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Tavakoli, Mansoor; Zarrinabadi, Nourollah – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
This sequential explanatory mixed methods study aimed at investigating the effect of explicit and implicit corrective feedback on Iranian English language learners' (EFL) L2 willingness to communicate (WTC) in English. Explicit and implicit corrective feedback were given to groups of low-intermediate Iranian EFL learners to see their effectiveness…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Barabadi, Elyas; Khajavi, Yaser – Cogent Education, 2017
Corpus-based data-driven learning (DDL) is an innovation in teaching and learning new vocabulary for EFL students. Using teacher-prepared materials obtained from COCA corpus, the goal of the present study is to compare DDL and traditional methods of teaching vocabulary like consultation of dictionary or a grammar book. As such, two intact classes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary
Martoccio, Alyssa – Language Teaching Research, 2018
This study examined the effectiveness of explicit instruction and feedback, focusing on degrees of prior knowledge of the personal "a" in intermediate level second language (L2) Spanish. On the pretest, participants (n = 58) completed grammaticality judgment and picture description tasks, which found that learners had different degrees…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish, Teaching Methods
Ho, Shu-Chun; Hsieh, Sheng-Wen; Sun, Pei-Chen; Chen, Cheng-Ming – Educational Technology & Society, 2017
The increasing advance of mobile devices and wireless technologies has generated great interest in ubiquitous learning (u-learning) among academia, practitioners, and policy makers. However, design elements that incorporate learning styles and learning strategies into u-learning system applications in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cognitive Style
Saraç, Hatice Sezgi – College Quarterly, 2018
In this study, it was aimed to compare two distinct methodologies of grammar instruction: task-based and form-focused teaching. Within the application procedure, which lasted for one academic term, two groups of tertiary level learners (N = 53) were exposed to the same sequence of target structures, extensive writing activities and evaluation…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grammar, Task Analysis, College Students
Alavinia, Parviz; Shafaei, Ali; Salimi, Asghar – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
The current research study was conducted to examine the impacts of focused and unfocused audio-appended reading tasks on female EFL learners' acquisition of a rule-bound structure (passive voice) and a non-rule-bound structure (prepositions). The participants of this study involved ninety intermediate female English learners. They were assigned…
Descriptors: Females, Accuracy, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Alharbi, Bader – English Language Teaching, 2018
The purpose of this study is to explore the existing effect of gloss conditions on reading comprehension and vocabulary understanding of learners in the context of English as a foreign language. The study composed of 72 male students aged between 19 and 21 years selected from Qassim University in Saudi Arabia. The participants were divided into…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Postsecondary Education, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language)
Haghani, Nader; Kiani, Samira – Journal of Education and Learning, 2018
The concept of text-oriented vocabulary exercises is based on Kühn's (2000) three-step model of vocabulary teaching--receptive, reflective and productive vocabulary exercises--which focuses on working with texts. Since the production is in principle more exhausting than the reception--as can be seen from the Levels of Processing Effect--one can…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills, Retention (Psychology), Hypothesis Testing
Tsai, Min-Hsiu – World Journal of Education, 2017
This study investigated 228 English as foreign language freshmen at a university of science and technology in southern Taiwan to explore the participants' knowledge of English tense forms by recognizing 12 tense forms and translating Chinese sentences into English with specific tense forms. The results showed that the participants who were taught…
Descriptors: Morphemes, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Charts
Husnu, Muhammad – English Language Teaching, 2018
This study aimed at examining the effectiveness of demonstration technique to improve vocabulary and grammar element in teaching speaking at EFL learners. This research applied true-experimental design. The respondents of the study were 32 students (class IIA) as experimental group and 32 students (class IIB) as control group from the second…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Improving EFL Learners' Pronunciation of English through Quiz-Demonstration-Practice-Revision (QDPR)
Moedjito – English Language Teaching, 2018
This study investigates the effectiveness of Quiz-Demonstration-Practice-Revision (QDPR) in improving EFL learners' pronunciation of English. To achieve the goal, the present researcher conducted a one-group pretest-posttest design. The experimental group was selected using a random sampling technique with consideration of the inclusion criteria.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
Malkawi, Nibal Abdelkarim Mousa; Smadi, Mona – International Education Studies, 2018
The study aims to identify the effect of using brainstorming method in the teaching of English grammar; to improve the level of sixth grade students in English grammar at public schools in Jordan. The study population consisted of all sixth grade students of both sexes. The sample of the study was chosen in the random stratified manner,…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Grammar, Academic Achievement, Grade 6
Coskun, Ismail; Eker, Cevat – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The aim of the study is to investigate whether the activity based posters have an effect of on the ninth class students' academic achievements and the retention levels in their learning. The research was carried out with 60 students at one of the state schools in The Central Anatolia Region of Turkey in 2015-2016 academic year.…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Academic Achievement, Retention (Psychology), Active Learning
Alrayah, Hassan – English Language Teaching, 2018
This research-paper aims at examining the effectiveness of cooperative learning activities in enhancing EFL learners' fluency. The researcher has used the descriptive approach, recorded interviews for testing fluency as tools of data collection and the software program SPSS as a tool for the statistical treatment of data. Research sample consists…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Learning Activities, Oral Language
Sari, Irfan; Çeliköz, Nadir; Ünal, Süleyman – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of peer support on university level students' English language achievements. An experimental model with pretest-posttest experimental and control group was used with 800 students who were studying at a university in Istanbul vicinity. As experiment group, 400 students (200 of whom…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction