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Mehany, Abdelkareem Ali Abdelnaeim – Online Submission, 2019
The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of Differentiated Instruction (DI) on English writing fluency of the First Year Secondary Al-Azhar Students. To answer the study questions, the researcher adopted the quasi-experimental approach (One-Group Design). The study participants from Al-Azhar Secondary Stage students in Sohag Governorate.…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Secondary School Students, Writing Skills, English (Second Language)
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Owens, Sarah J.; Thacker, Justine M.; Graham, Susan A. – Journal of Child Language, 2018
Speech disfluencies can guide the ways in which listeners interpret spoken language. Here, we examined whether three-year-olds, five-year-olds, and adults use filled pauses to anticipate that a speaker is likely to refer to a novel object. Across three experiments, participants were presented with pairs of novel and familiar objects and heard a…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Young Children, Adults, Age Differences
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Ockey, Gary J.; Chukharev-Hudilainen, Evgeny – Applied Linguistics, 2021
A challenge of large-scale oral communication assessments is to feasibly assess a broad construct that includes interactional competence. One possible approach in addressing this challenge is to use a spoken dialog system (SDS), with the computer acting as a peer to elicit a ratable speech sample. With this aim, an SDS was built and four trained…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Grammar, Language Fluency, Language Tests
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Assiri, Ahmad I.; Siddiqui, Ahlullah – English Language Teaching, 2021
This research aims to assess the importance of Extensive Reading (ER) in developing reading comprehension, vocabulary development, and speaking fluency among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students at King Khalid University (KKU). Most EFL students appear to be under pressure and confront anxiety while acquiring English language competency in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development
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Orellana, Anymir; Arguello, Georgina; Kanzki-Veloso, Elda; Wojnas, Katarzyna – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2021
Automated real-time captions and subtitles are useful for implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Checkpoint 1.2 that suggests offering a text-based alternative to auditory information for all learners to access the content equally. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the "Microsoft PowerPoint Live"…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Inclusion, Visual Aids, Spanish
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Eren, Ömer; Kiliç, Mehmet; Bada, Erdogan – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2022
Language learners' actual speech performances constitute an essential aspect of studies on second language learning and teaching. Although there is ample research on fluency and pauses in English, current literature does not touch on this issue from a multilingual perspective by comparing both read and spontaneous speech performances. In this…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Speech Communication, Semitic Languages, Turkish
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Torres Clark, Jane; Chrispeels, Janet H. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2022
Purpose: This study explored principals' leadership actions from three leadership frameworks, instructional, socio-cultural and cultural-psychological, to understand how each contributes to influencing teachers' work and learning opportunities for Hispanic English learners. Design/methodology/approach: The research was conducted as a case study,…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Principals, English Language Learners, Leadership Styles
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Werle, Danielle; Byrd, Courtney T. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptual ratings and performance evaluations of students who do and do not stutter by professors who require oral presentations. Additionally, this study sought to investigate the influence of behaviors related to communication competence on perceptual and evaluative ratings. Method: One…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Stuttering
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Reynolds, Barry Lee; Yu, Melissa H. – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2022
The present study exemplifies the potential of International Corner Speed Chatting activities to enhance English fluency when local students use English as an international language (EIL) with other local as well as international students. For data collection during the activity, classroom observation through video recording and photography was…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Fluency
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Jan, Jie-Sheng; Lomeli, Arlett – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Indigenous peoples of Taiwan, the most disadvantaged of the minority groups, account for only about 2.4% of the total population. Within the Minnan dominant society of Taiwan, the Indigenous minority groups are confronted by critical language loss often attributed to cultural and structural assimilation factors. This study aims to investigate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Minority Groups, Language Maintenance
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Fowler, Samantha – NECTFL Review, 2022
Target language speaking competence is a skill both students and world language teachers desire to develop, yet it is often one of the weakest areas observed in secondary classrooms (Thompson & Mutton, 2022). To help improve student willingness to speak, educators should understand what intrinsically and extrinsically motivates learners. The…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Fluency
Ren, Rong – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study examined how L2 English speakers interpreted the notion of native English speakers (NESs) and nonnative English speakers (NNESs) and whether nativeness would influence their self-perception and speech production. It aimed at filling the following research gaps. First, limited studies have explored how L2 English speakers view the other…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Speakers
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Cox, Troy L.; Brown, Alan V.; Thompson, Gregory L. – Language Testing, 2023
The rating of proficiency tests that use the Inter-agency Roundtable (ILR) and American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) guidelines claims that each major level is based on hierarchal linguistic functions that require mastery of multidimensional traits in such a way that each level subsumes the levels beneath it. These…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Fluency, Scoring, Cues
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Uchihara, Takumi; Clenton, Jon – Language Learning Journal, 2023
Research has suggested the important role of vocabulary knowledge in second language (L2) speaking proficiency. However, earlier studies tended to disregard the congruence in test format between assessing vocabulary knowledge and speaking skills with the former predominantly measured in written format. The current study measured vocabulary…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
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Nematizadeh, Shahin; Wood, David – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2019
Research investigating L2 (second language) willingness to communicate (WTC) has gained ground in the past two decades. Added to that is the emergence of complex dynamic systems theory (CDST) with a focus on the phenomenon of change, the implications of which for WTC research have opened up new avenues to enhance our conceptualization of the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Speech Communication, Language Fluency, Guidelines
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