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Katemba, Caroline V.; Sinuhaji, Grace V. – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2021
The teaching of vocabulary is essential in the world of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). EFL learners have problems in learning vocabulary. To attract the students' attention, the teachers should have adequate teaching methods. One of the teachers' efforts to engage the students is by applying ESA (engage, study, and activate) through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
Hendy, Elizabeth; Cuevas, Joshua – Georgia Educational Researcher, 2020
This research examined the effectiveness that the Instructional Conversations (ICs) teaching method had on elementary-aged English Language Learning (ELLs) students. Specifically, how ICs impact student academic achievement, academic language usage, and student engagement. The study compared two first grade classrooms, 39 participants, consisting…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, English Language Learners, Grade 3, Second Language Instruction
Saedpanah, Elahe; Dastgoshadeh, Adel – HOW, 2019
This study investigates the comparative effect of teaching collocations through practicing them in literary and non-literary contents. The participants were composed of 30 EFL students selected from a cohort of 52 intermediate students in an English language institute in Sanandaj City, Iran. They were selected based on their scores on the…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Enayati, Fatemeh; Gilakjani, Abbas Pourhosein – International Journal of Language Education, 2020
Regarding the large amount of vocabulary that learners should learn and the limited amount of time available in the EFL classes, Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) is considered as an attractive option for learning. One specific benefit of using CALL vocabulary instruction is to provide systematic repetition of words, ensuring that learned…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Kalogirou, Konstantina; Beauchamp, Gary; Whyte, Shona – Language Learning Journal, 2019
This paper tests a new method of teaching vocabulary to young second language learners through the medium of drama, specifically the effect of drama teaching techniques on vocabulary acquisition among primary school learners of Welsh. Vocabulary Acquisition via Drama (VAD) is based on principles derived from both process drama and communicative…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Welsh, Drama, Second Language Learning
Shabani, Karim; Hosseinzadeh, Somayeh – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
Although researchers in the area of second language acquisition agree on the effectiveness of form-focused instruction, there is little consensus on the appropriate time to direct learners' attention to linguistic items, that is, whether before or after the error occurrence [Nassaji, H. 2010, "The Occurrence and Effectiveness of Spontaneous…
Descriptors: Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Al-Hammouri, Samer – International Education Studies, 2019
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of using Prezi on Al Zaytoonah students' performance in French Language reading skill. To achieve the purpose of the study, a pre/post-test was constructed to measure students' performance in French language reading skill. The sample of the study comprised 128 students from Al Zaytoonah…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Control Groups, Pretests Posttests, Reading Skills
Qader, Ramyar O.; Yalcin Arslan, Fadime – Teaching English with Technology, 2019
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of Flipped Classroom Instruction (FCI) on Iraqi EFL learners' writing skills. Participants included 66 students in the College of Languages English Department at Salahaddin University. The study employed a mixed method of data collection, utilizing pre-and post-writing tests as well as a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Wong, Wynne; Ito, Kiwako – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
While previous research has shown that processing instruction (PI) can more effectively facilitate the acquisition of target structures than traditional drill practice, the processing mechanism of PI has not been adequately examined because most assessment tasks have been offline. Using eye-tracking, this two-experiment study compared changes in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Processing
Namaziandost, Ehsan; Esfahani, Fariba Rahimi; Hashemifarnia, Arash – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
This study examined the effect of using authentic videos on Iranian EFL learners' prosodic ability. To this end, the researcher selected 40 Iranian intermediate students and randomly assigned them in two equal groups; one experimental group and one control group. A pre-test was administered to both groups to make sure that they are homogeneous.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Intonation
Basal, Ahmet – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
Collocations are word combinations essential for achieving fluency in a given language. Considerable emphasis should therefore be placed on teaching collocations as a part of vocabulary instruction in language teaching. However, there is no current consensus on how best to teach collocations, and few studies have addressed the issue. This…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Teaching Methods, Pretests Posttests, Form Classes (Languages)
Bachelor, Jeremy W.; Barros García, María Jesús – Online Submission, 2019
The present study sought to evaluate the pragmatic competence of heritage learners of Spanish in regard to compliment sequences and the impact that pragmatic lessons would have on these students. To this end, pre and post tests to assess pragmatic recognition in regard to Spanish compliments were designed by the researchers and completed by the…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
Kasap, Suleyman – African Educational Research Journal, 2018
Cognate words are considered to be one of the influential teaching tools in applied linguistics and the benefits of using them have been proved by several pieces of research so far. However, in literature, we can see nearly no studies related to the cognate words between English language and Kurdish language. In this study, in order to show the…
Descriptors: Turkish, Indo European Languages, Language Tests, English (Second Language)
Rueb, Avery; Cardoso, Walcir; Grimshaw, Jennica – Research-publishing.net, 2018
"Prêt à Négocier" (PàN) is an interactive digital information gap game designed to help French students improve their interaction skills. In this study, we examined the effects of its use on improving French learners' vocabulary. Following a pretest/posttest design, we compared the development of 20 French words between an experimental…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, French, Vocabulary Development
Janebi Enayat, Mostafa; Haghighatpasand, Mohsen – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
Although adventure video games have been identified as effective tools for education, few studies have examined the usefulness of such games for language learning. The present classroom-based investigation, therefore, examined the possibility of exploiting commercial adventure video games for improving vocabulary recall of second language learners…
Descriptors: Video Games, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)