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Direct linkChan, Alice Yin Wa – TESOL Journal, 2021
This study reviews the difficulties that learners of English as a second or foreign language encounter in the use of English articles and puts forward some suggestions that can help advanced learners overcome their problems. It has been observed that learner performance may be deceptive and accurate article selections may be led by inappropriate…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Sydorenko, Tetyana; Jones, Zachary W.; Daurio, Phoebe; Thorne, Steven L. – Language Learning & Technology, 2020
Usage-based linguistics posits that communicative functions, including pragmatics, are at the core of language (Tomasello, 1992). It is surprising, then, that pragmatics is rarely systematically included in second language curricula (e.g., Bardovi-Harlig, 2017), especially since pragmatics instruction has been shown to significantly contribute to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Pragmatics, Independent Study, Language Usage
Download full textEdwards, Roger; Holguín-Barrera, María Daniela; Ortiz, Ana Cristina; Pérez, Mariela – Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2019
This action research was undertaken at a university language center in Ambato, Ecuador, as a result of concerns over the high level of teacher dependence among learners of English as a Second Language (EFL). The project aimed at assessing the development of autonomous learning behavior and the motivational impact of student collaboration on…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Management Systems
Xu, Jing; Bull, Susan – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2010
Despite holding advanced language qualifications, many overseas students studying at English-speaking universities still have difficulties in formulating grammatically correct sentences. This article introduces an "independent open learner model" for advanced second language speakers of English, which confronts students with the state of their…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Sentences, Computer Assisted Instruction, Metalinguistics
Thompson, Deirdre D.; McDonald, Denise M. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2007
This study examined the relationship of different assignment structures (i.e., teacher-constructed and student-constructed) on the achievement patterns of 6th-grade gifted and advanced students in a Southwest suburban school. Through a descriptive case study design (Berg, 2004; Merriam, 1988), an action research approach (Stringer, 2004) and…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Assignments, Independent Study, Suburban Schools
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1973
This course is designed to appeal to advanced classes whose teachers and students would like an alternative to the more formal, regular classroom situation and who have some interest in learning more about France and its people. The purpose is to present a cross-section of contemporary France through the profiles of personalities who have made…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
