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Ling, Li; Chen, Weiying – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Vocabulary learning is important to learners of a second language (L2). Nonetheless, organizing young children to practice L2 words in a classroom setting might cause many challenges to educators and practitioners. New technologies such as Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) may be utilized to solve the issue. In this study, we present a…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Young Children, Second Language Learning, Automation
Bianca Mister; Honglin Chen; Amanda Baker – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2023
Developing L2 learners' productive mastery of vocabulary is a challenging task. Recent research has called for greater attention to understanding how receptive vocabulary may be transformed for productive use (Schmitt, 2019). Using a design-based research methodology, this study investigated adult ESL learners' productive oral vocabulary…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Vocabulary Development
Lambert, Craig; Gong, Qian; Zhang, Grace – Language Teaching Research, 2023
This study investigates the effect of personal investment in the form of learner-generated content (LGC) on the lexical recall of beginning-level learners of Chinese. The study employed a 2 x 2 repeated-measures design with content at two levels -- teacher-generated content or TGC, and learner-generated content or LGC -- and time at two levels…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Chinese
Mark Feng Teng; Atsushi Mizumoto – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2023
This study was to assess the spoken vocabulary knowledge and its role in incidental vocabulary learning from captioned television. The participants were a total of 87 minority students learning English as a foreign language in Australia. The breadth of their vocabulary knowledge was measured with a vocabulary size test, while the depth of their…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development
Filipi, Anna; Nguyen, Minh Hue; Berry, Amanda – TESOL in Context, 2022
The recent implementation of The Victorian Curriculum F-10: EAL requires content teachers who teach EAL students to be familiar with the revised EAL curriculum for the purposes of planning and developing approaches to assist learners' development in English. In the literature and in curriculum frameworks, word knowledge is considered an important…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development
Dave Yan – Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 2021
Australian students exhibit consistent challenges in learning Chinese characters, which inherently affect their Chinese literacy development in the long run. This article outlines a pedagogic intervention, which focuses on improving character recognition and vocabulary growth for students learning Chinese as a second language (L2). With a multiple…
Descriptors: Literacy, Intervention, Design, Chinese
Koralage, Tharanga; Choi, Julie; Cross, Russell – TESOL in Context, 2023
Although the literature on computer-assisted language learning has demonstrated that digital tools such as online translators and bilingual dictionaries offer affordances to second language (or foreign language) writers of English to solve linguistic (lexical and syntactic) issues, the extent to which digital technology supports multilingual…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Language Usage, Academic Language, English (Second Language)
Aldossary, Norah; Curwood, Jen Scott; Niland, Amanda – Reading Teacher, 2021
This article shares a case study of a classroom of multicultural and multilingual children in an early childhood center to explore how iPad apps can support young children in learning English as an additional language. Situated in Sydney, Australia, this study found that iPad apps have the potential to promote 4- and 5-year-old children's language…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Multilingualism, Cultural Pluralism, Handheld Devices
Wyra, Mirella; Lawson, Michael J. – Language Learning Journal, 2018
There is ample evidence that language learning strategies improve learners' outcomes. This is also the case in vocabulary learning. However, little attention has been given to students' language learning strategy knowledge. This experimental study assessed the extent to which keyword method (KWM) explicit instruction resulted in students' explicit…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Recall (Psychology), Learning Strategies
Georgiou, Georgios P.; Perfilieva, Natalia V.; Tenizi, Maria – Language Learning and Development, 2020
Previous research has shown that an increased second language (L2) vocabulary size leads to better attunement to the cues required to distinguish L2 contrastive phones. This has been the central tenet of the vocabulary-tuning model (vocab) on the basis of evidence by Japanese learners of English in Australia. We aim to test the validity of the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Vowels, Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning
Aydin, Selami – Online Submission, 2021
Edmodo has a significant role and place in the language teaching and learning contexts. However, there is no conclusive evidence on how Edmodo affects the language learning process. This study aims to present a review of the studies to make recommendations for teachers and researchers for further research. The study concludes that learners and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Anne-Coleman Webre – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This dissertation explores sociocultural factors which influence the choices of language teacher educators deciding what to include in coursework and programs. The term "curricularizing" is used to describe the complex process of selecting, planning, and delivering teacher education content. Conflicting social values create dilemmas for…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Language Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Second Language Learning
Ashton-Hay, Sally Ann; Lamberton, Geoffrey; Zhou, Yining; von der Heidt, Tania – Journal of International Education in Business, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to examine the effectiveness of bilingual learning strategies designed to support Chinese undergraduate business students facing significant learning challenges in an Australian university capstone curriculum delivered at their Chinese university. These challenges include the students' difficulty understanding…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning
Ebadi, Saman; Vakilifard, Amirreza; Bahramlou, Khosro – Cogent Education, 2018
This study explored the effects of noticing and computerized dynamic assessment on the learning of Persian vocabulary through reading. In this quasi-experimental study, 75 intermediate learners of Persian as a Foreign Language (PFL) were assigned to three equal-sized groups. In the Noticing and Computerized Dynamic Assessment (CDA) groups, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages, Second Language Learning, Attention
Burke, Rachel – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2020
Language practices represent significant barriers to engagement in higher education for many learners from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds. In Australia, such students may be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners, students from rural and remote locations, learners who are the first in their family to access higher education,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Nonstandard Dialects