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Isbell, Daniel R.; Crowther, Dustin – Applied Linguistics, 2023
As the global importance of English and its proportion of non-native speakers have continued to grow, research on Global Englishes has prioritized non-native speakers' changing attitudes toward non-native varieties. To investigate changes in attitudes among 'Inner Circle' English speakers, we conceptually replicated Lindemann's (2005) survey of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Variation, Undergraduate Students
Schenker, Theresa; Sippel, Lieselotte – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2023
Research has shown that world language learners' listening comprehension skills develop at a slower pace than reading or speaking skills, possibly because a systematic approach to developing listening skills is often neglected in classroom contexts. To address this issue, the present study investigated whether listening skills can be improved…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
Yan Huang; Mengmeng Wang; Hengyi Rao – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
While the relationship between language experience and foreign language aptitude (FLA) has been studied extensively, little is known about the underlying intermediate link between them. This study investigates whether multilingual learning experience is correlated with FLA and whether working memory (WM) mediates this relationship. A total of 93…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Aptitude
Iara Maria Segarra – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Second language learning success relies on instructional methodologies that foster guidance, engagement, motivation, creativity, and active learning in an inclusive environment. As language educators, it is important to establish instructional modes to entice positive behavior and stimulate the senses. The problem to be addressed by the study is…
Descriptors: Neurolinguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Zahra Talebi – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2024
Writing is an important communicative language skill. It is an activity that requires a mental effort to "think out" the sentences and the ways of joining them to be meaningful and communicative. The present study was set up to the effectiveness of collaborative instruction on developing EFL students' writing ability and also to delve…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Cooperative Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Reza Shahi; Hamdollah Ravand; Golam Reza Rohani – International Journal of Language Testing, 2025
The current paper intends to exploit the Many Facet Rasch Model to investigate and compare the impact of situations (items) and raters on test takers' performance on the Written Discourse Completion Test (WDCT) and Discourse Self-Assessment Tests (DSAT). In this study, the participants were 110 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students at…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Dennis Laffey – English Teaching, 2025
The present study presents an experiment in which online acronyms, formed from common fixed phrases or formulaic expressions, and in common usage in English medium computer-based communication, were presented to Korean university-level learners placed into either a control group or treatment group which was given instruction into the expansions…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction
Kiyotaka Suga – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Since Swain's (1985) Output Hypothesis, producing output in second language (L2) has been assumed to be a crucial cognitive process that promotes L2 acquisition, by actively facilitating various cognitive processes (e.g., noticing, hypothesis testing, conscious reflections of own language use, and automatization of the linguistic knowledge) (de…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Biofeedback, Eye Movements
Renata Asali-van der Wal; Sarah Raad Salih Alshanmy – Cogent Education, 2024
As an established educational institute, the University of Jordan promotes intercultural exchange through language support. This thesis addresses the question of heterogeneity of German language teaching at the University of Jordan and develops a didactic strategy for improving language acquisition at the A2 and B1 levels. The focus is on…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Siowai Lo – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
Neural Machine Translation (NMT) has gained increasing popularity among EFL learners as a CALL tool to improve vocabulary, and many learners have reported its helpfulness for vocabulary learning. However, while there has been some evidence suggesting NMT's facilitative role in improving learners' writing on the lexical level, no study has examined…
Descriptors: Translation, Computational Linguistics, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language)
Nan Hu; Ci Zhang – SAGE Open, 2025
While research into strategy-based instruction and language learning emotions has been thriving over decades as respective domains, research on how strategy-based interventions may influence learners' writing enjoyment has largely remained unexplored. Informed by (Positive Psychology) PP theories, this mixed-methods study aims to investigate the…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Wei Wang – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
As information and communication technologies develop in China, language tests are shifting from conventional paper-and-pencil testing to computerized testing. The aim of this study is to investigate Chinese test-takers' adaptability to computerized language exams, including their performance across testing modes and their perception of the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Tanjun Liu; Dana Gablasova – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
Collocations, a crucial component of language competence, remain a challenge for L2 learners across all proficiency levels. While the data-driven learning (DDL) approach has shown great potential for collocation learning from a shorter-term perspective, this study investigates its effectiveness in the long term, examining both linguistic gains and…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Learning Analytics, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Chanikarn Thatchatham; Nattama Pongpairoj – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
This study investigated how input frequency (i.e., type frequency and token frequency) and proficiency levels enhanced the perception of English nominal suffixes by first language (L1) Thai learners. Based on the Usage-based Account (Tomasello, 2003), it was hypothesized that input frequency, i.e., token frequency (frequency of derived forms…
Descriptors: Thai, Native Language, Language Proficiency, Linguistic Input
Feras Mahmoud Alslait; Mamon Saleem Alzboun; Lamia Muhammad Salim Omoush; Alaa A. Harahsheh; Rima Mahmoud Awad Al- Essa; Amer Lahad Salem Al-Masaeid; Malik Salim Odeh Alzboon – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2024
The study aims to investigate the impact of implementing the Numbered Heads Strategy on developing oral expression skills among Arabic learners who speak languages, as well as their attitudes towards this teaching method. The research involved 50 participants, both male and female, at the fourth level of a language center within Al al-Bayt…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Arabic, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction