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Direct linkPolatova, Saule; Lekerova, Gulsim; Kistaubaeva, Dildar; Zhanaliyeva, Rashida; Kalzhanova, Altynai – Issues in Educational Research, 2020
The development of trilingual education in Kazakhstan is an issue of national importance. The present study was conducted in two of Kazakhstan's universities to investigate the motivational conditions facilitating the learning of English as a third language. The participants were 218 students studying at the M. Auezov South Kazakhstan University,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Lim, Chi-Ming – Schools: Studies in Education, 2020
Research reveals that although teachers in English as second language (ESL) classrooms are often good at teaching language forms and skills, many are less confident about the cognitive engagement required to develop critical thinking skills. However, little research has been done to examine the development of critical thinking in the context of…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Philosophy
Taghizadeh Vahed, Sharareh; Alavi, Sayyed Mohammad – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2020
The interaction between language proficiency and discipline-related background knowledge is an important feature of LSAP (Languages for Specific Academic Purposes) tests and is viewed as a necessity in these tests unlike general purpose language tests which try to diminish the potential effect of discipline-related knowledge. Therefore, variables…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Language Tests, Reading Tests, Reading Comprehension
Download full textGöçen, Gökçen – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
Learning a foreign language includes learning vocabulary together with grammar rules and using language skills by means of them. Words are presented to learners through teachers and coursebooks in educational processes. Yet, it is not possible to teach all the words through lessons, so learners are expected to become independent vocabulary…
Descriptors: Turkish, Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies, Vocabulary Development
Foote, Rebecca; Qasem, Mousa; Trentman, Emma – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2020
Previous findings indicate that the way words are organized in the mental lexicon may differ in Arabic and English. While words are organized according to both orthographic and morphological form similarity in English, they are organized primarily according to morphological form similarity in Semitic languages (Frost et al. in J Exp Psychol Learn…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Morphology (Languages), Psycholinguistics
Hussam Aldawsari – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Foreign-born Arab international students face many stressors that may increase their acculturative stress levels and may be associated with their overall well-being. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between acculturative stress and well-being, and relevant socio-economic factors among foreign-born Arab international…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Arabs, Acculturation, Stress Variables
Elitasari, Handara Tri; Mustadi, Ali; Saifudin, M. Fakhrur – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2019
Listening is one of the basic language skills that must be possessed by student in elementary teacher education study program. As a teacher candidates, listening ability can be used as knowledge for student in teaching practice in elementary school. The listening ability is still relatively low. Listening ability for students its important, so…
Descriptors: Listening Skills, Preservice Teachers, Indonesian, Language Tests
Brozdowski, Chris; Secora, Kristen; Emmorey, Karen – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2019
In ASL spatial classifier expressions, the location of the hands in signing space depicts the relative position of described objects. When objects are physically present, the arrangement of the hands maps to the observed position of objects in the world (Shared Space). For non-present objects, interlocutors must perform a mental transformation to…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Spatial Ability, Perspective Taking, Comprehension
Kosar, Gülten – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2019
It has been conceived that being taught by native English-speaking teachers (NESTs) leads to more improvement in speaking proficiency given the fact that English is their mother tongue. This paper aims to examine whether or not being taught by NESTs ends up with more achievement in adult EFL learners' speaking skills. Experimental research design…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Native Speakers, Language Proficiency
Kim, Younhee – Applied Linguistics, 2019
Conversation-for-learning (Kasper and Kim 2015) is a pedagogical arrangement set up with a view to maximizing the potential benefit of interaction for language learning. As participants for conversation-for-learning are recruited for their relative expertise in the target languages, the talk is often characterized by asymmetries in knowledge and…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Language Acquisition, Cooperative Learning, Intercultural Communication
Isbell, Daniel Richard – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Pronunciation presents a significant, persistent challenge to second language (L2) learners (Derwing & Munro, 2015; Piske, McKay, & Flege, 2001). Fortunately, pronunciation instruction works (Lee, Jang, & Plonsky, 2015). However, pronunciation receives relatively little attention in language classrooms. Further complicating the matter…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Second Language Learning, Korean, Phonemes
Steiner, Jenna – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study aims to identify whether the acquisition of the English copula by Arabic-speaking learners of English provides evidence for a performance or representational-based account of errors. The representational theory tested in this study is the Interpretability Hypothesis (Tsimpli & Mastropavlou, 2007) which proposes that language…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Semitic Languages, Grammar
Hui Sun; Kazuya Saito; Jean-Marc Dewaele – Language Learning, 2024
This study longitudinally examined the effects of cognitive and sociopsychological individual differences (aptitude, motivation, personality) and the quantity and quality of second language (L2) experience on L2 speech gains in naturalistic settings. We elicited L2 spontaneous speech from 50 Chinese learners of English at the beginning and the end…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Speech Communication, Individual Differences
Noam Siegelman; Irina Elgort; Marc Brysbaert; Niket Agrawal; Simona Amenta; Jasmina Arsenijevic Mijalkovic; Christine S. Chang; Daria Chernova; Fabienne Chetail; A. J. Benjamin Clarke; Alain Content; Davide Crepaldi; Nastag Davaabold; Shurentsetseg Delgersuren; Avital Deutsch; Veronika Dibrova; Denis Drieghe; Dušica Filipovic Ðurdevic; Brittany Finch; Ram Frost; Carolina A. Gattei; Esther Geva; Aline Godfroid; Lindsay Griener; Esteban Hernández-Rivera; Anastasia Ivanenko; Juhani Järvikivi; Lea Kawaletz; Anurag Khare; Jun Ren Lee; Charlotte E. Lee; Christina Manouilidou; Marco Marelli; Timur Mashanlo; Ksenija Mišic; Koji Miwa; Pauline Palma; Ingo Plag; Zoya Rezanova; Enkhzaya Riimed; Jay Rueckl; Sascha Schroeder; Irina A. Sekerina; Diego E. Shalom; Natalia Slioussar; Neža Marija Slosar; Vanessa Taler; Kim Thériault; Debra Titone; Odonchimeg Tumee; Ross van de Wetering; Ark Verma; Anna Fiona Weiss; Denise Hsien Wu; Victor Kuperman – Language Learning, 2024
This article presents the ENglish Reading Online (ENRO) project that offers data on English reading and listening comprehension from 7,338 university-level advanced learners and native speakers of English representing 19 countries. The database also includes estimates of reading rate and seven component skills of English, including vocabulary,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
Beckie Bray Rankin; Nikki Prasad – NECTFL Review, 2024
Motivating students towards language learning includes embedding meaningful themes, communicative tasks, and authentic assessments. When voice and choice are held as essential qualities of the task, students invest in the resources to make meaning and express their own thoughts, thus moving us away from traditional assessments that emphasize…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Performance Based Assessment, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
