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Yi-shan Shi; Chih-yung Tsai – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
A number of Mobile-Assisted-Language-Learning (MALL) apps have been developed to enlarge students' vocabulary. However, few studies have discussed the potential to learn words deeply and productively. Therefore, this study evaluated the effectiveness of a mind mapping MALL app as an aid to assist northern Taiwan EFL participants in learning…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Second Language Learning
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Van Mensel, Luk; Galand, Benoît – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2023
This longitudinal study assessed the relative importance of second language exposure, motivational and attitudinal factors, and executive functions in predicting receptive vocabulary acquisition in children and adolescents after controlling for background characteristics (socio-economic status, non-verbal intelligence) and prior knowledge. The…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 11
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Ayelet Sasson; Rachel Schiff; Barak Zluf – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
This study assessed the effect of adjectives and noun premodifiers on L2 noun phrase comprehension and error types among English Language Learners. We also examined the correlation between L2 noun phrase comprehension and L2 reading comprehension, as well as the contribution of L2 noun phrase comprehension to L2 reading comprehension. One hundred…
Descriptors: Nouns, Phrase Structure, Form Classes (Languages), Grade 11
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Panjaitan, Nelson Balisar; Sihotang, Hana Monica – Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture, 2020
This study intends to find out what is the initial knowledge of the students before they were treated using Frayer Model and Concept Mapping Strategy, ascertain of the significant difference between these two teaching strategies, and to know the responses of the students after they were taught using Frayer Model and Concept Mapping Strategy are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Teaching Methods, Concept Formation, Concept Mapping
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Nontasee, Worakrit; Sukying, Apisak – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
This study investigated the learnability of multiple word knowledge aspects and the relationship between the word knowledge aspects. A total of 261 Thai high school students were measured on receptive and productive word knowledge aspects: word parts, the form-meaning link, and collocations. The current findings indicated that word parts are…
Descriptors: Correlation, High School Students, Vocabulary Development, Semantics
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Bataineh, Ruba Fahmi; Migdadi, Anwar Solaiman; Al-Alawneh, Muhammad Khalid – Teaching English with Technology, 2020
This study examines the potential effectiveness of Web 2.0-supported project-based learning in Jordanian EFL eleventh-grade students' speaking fluency and accuracy of grammar and vocabulary. The participants of the study were 43 female students who were purposefully selected from two schools at Al-Koura Directorate of Education (Jordan) in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web 2.0 Technologies, Technology Integration, Active Learning
Gatcho, Al Ryanne Gabonada; Hajan, Bonjovi Hassan – Online Submission, 2019
Reading and comprehending a text or selection in a language that is different from one's native tongue can be a daunting task to many English as a Second Language (ESL) learners due to several reasons. Hence, teachers' instructional strategies play a pivotal role in developing students' reading skills. This study used a quasi-experimental design…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Grade 11, Second Language Instruction
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He, Long – The EUROCALL Review, 2019
As an increasingly popular format of input, the affordances of audio-visual materials have been widely studied. Past research has provided evidence that audio-visual input combined with different captioning strategies could benefit learners in terms of vocabulary learning, listening comprehension, and the development of grammatical knowledge.…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Audiovisual Aids, Grammar, Vocabulary Development
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Abu Rabiah, Eihab – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
Since Ure (1971) and Halliday (1985), different measures have been proposed in the research literature as a proxy for investigating lexicon advances. They are called lexical richness measures and are an important tool in assessing advance of the lexicon (Johansson, 2009). This article evaluates three lexical richness measures of progress in the…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Arabs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Al-Hamad, Raghda F.; Al-Jamal, Dina A. H.; Bataineh, Ruba F. – Digital Education Review, 2019
This paper examines the potential effectiveness of MALL for developing teens' writing performance. The results reveal substantial improvement in content and ideas, organization and mechanics, vocabulary, and language use in favor of the experimental groups (viz. Smart Teens and Amazing Teens).
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Javier, Darren Ray C.; Jubay, Ramier P., Jr. – Online Submission, 2019
This action research was conducted to help students develop their vocabulary skills through parent-teacher collaboration and to help parents and teachers understand that collaboration is an important aspect that warrants enough attention. Thus, few studies have focused on parent-teacher collaboration to help students develop their vocabulary…
Descriptors: Action Research, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills
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Ismail, Sadiq Abdulwahed Ahmed – English Language Teaching, 2015
Developing an appropriate competence in reading in English as a second language is a key factor for subsequent academic success. This study investigated second language reading anxiety of secondary school students. A questionnaire was distributed to 72 female students and focus-group interviews were conducted with 19 volunteer students. Overall…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grammar
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Kang, Eun Young – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2015
Krashen (2004) has advocated that narrow reading, i.e., reading a series of texts addressing one specific topic, is an effective method to grow vocabulary. While narrow reading has been championed to have many advantages for L2 vocabulary learning, there remains a relative dearth of empirical studies that test the impact of narrow reading on L2…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods
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Lu, Minhui – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2013
The present study aims to answer the questions concerning whether composition tasks or blank-filling tasks better facilitate vocabulary learning, which aspect of vocabulary knowledge is enhanced, whether the benefits can be retained over two weeks, and which task is more suitable to foreign language classrooms facing the challenge of time…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Grade 10, Grade 11
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van Gelderen, Amos; Oostdam, Ron; van Schooten, Erik – Language Learning, 2011
We report a classroom experiment directed at increasing lexical fluency in writing. Participants were 107 Dutch students in bilingual (EFL) education (Grades 10 and 11). According to current theories of writing such fluency allows writers to devote more attention to higher order aspects of text production, such as idea generation, selection and…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Control Groups, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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