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Zhang, Pengchong; Graham, Suzanne – Language Learning, 2020
This study explored the impact of preexisting vocabulary knowledge (PVK) and listening proficiency on the vocabulary learning through listening of 137 Chinese learners of English, when provided with three types of oral vocabulary explanations--second language (L2), codeswitching (CS), and contrastive focus-on-form (CFoF)--and when no explanations…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Listening Comprehension, Knowledge Level, English (Second Language)
Saltik, Olcay; Zenci, Sevgi Çalisir; Pilanci, Hülya – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
About 2 million Syrians of approximately 3.6 million who were forced to immigrate to Turkey due to unfavorable conditions in Syria are composed of adults. In order to maintain Syrians' socio-cultural adaptation and minimize adaptation problems that they experience, their learning Turkish has become a need. As is known, the time that adults can…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Blended Learning, Second Language Learning, Turkish
Fouz-González, Jonás; Mompean, Jose A. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
This study investigated the potential of phonetic symbols and keywords as response labels for perceptual training of L2 sounds. Seventy-one Spanish learners of English were assigned to three groups: symbols, keywords, and control. Students in the symbols and keywords groups followed a 4-week High Variability Phonetic Training (HVPT) program based…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Phonetics, Alphabets
Simanungkalit, Ate Gueen; Rondonuwu, Joppi Jacobus – Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture, 2020
The study intended to examine student mentoring, self-description, and academic achievement in a selected private university in Jakarta, Indonesia. There were 150 respondents in the study. The 2 instruments used for collecting data were adopted from Cohen (1995) for identifying the mentoring style of the mentors of the students, and from Marsh…
Descriptors: Mentors, Academic Achievement, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Liu, Shuyuan; Hsieh, Chen-Yu C. – Foreign Language Annals, 2020
Due to the importance of metaphorical capacity for L2 learners, metaphor instruction is increasingly considered a crucial part of language education. To contribute to the still growing literature, the current study reports a project of teaching Chinese animal metaphors to learners of Mandarin as a foreign language, following the framework of…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Tomlinson, Brian – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2020
In our L1 the person we talk to more than anybody else each day is ourself. We talk to ourselves all the time using our inner voice, both during our waking hours and in our dreams. We do so in order to make sense of the world, to understand what we see, read and hear, to comment and evaluate, to make decisions, to support ourselves, to entertain…
Descriptors: Inner Speech (Subvocal), Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Aravind, B. R.; Rajasekaran, V. – English Language Teaching Educational Journal, 2020
The present research was carried out to study the cognitive and metacognitive vocabulary learning strategies of 36 ESL learners'. Schmitt's Vocabulary Learning Strategies questionnaire was used to conduct the study. The study revealed the subsequent array of cognitive and metacognitive strategies employed by ESL learners. Additionally,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Vocabulary Development, Learning Strategies
Schwartz, Geoffrey – Second Language Research, 2020
This article discusses the implications of phonological representation for the study of L2 speech acquisition. It is argued, on the basis of empirical findings from diverse phenomena in L2 phonology, that refined representations in which 'segments' have internal prosodic structure offer a more insightful view of cross-linguistic phonetic…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Speech Communication, Intonation, Suprasegmentals
Gimeno-Martínez, Marc; Costa, Albert; Baus, Cristina – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2020
In the past years, there has been a significant increase in the number of people learning sign languages. For hearing second language (L2) signers, acquiring a sign language involves acquiring a new language in a different modality. Exploring how L2 sign perception is accomplished and how newly learned categories are created is the aim of the…
Descriptors: Deafness, Sign Language, Second Language Learning, Adults
Alsheikhidris, Mohammed Alfatih Alzain – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2020
In cooperative human communication, the speaker has to mark the connection between his utterance and therefore the given information, because the hearer interprets the utterance regarding the data that has already been obtained. Languages adopt various devices to mark the connection between the utterance and also the context. This paper…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory
Quesada, Teresa; Lozano, Cristóbal – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
Referential expressions (REs) have been investigated in L2 English but to date there is no single study that systematically and simultaneously analyzes the development and acquisition of the multiple factors that constrain the choice of REs in natural discourse production. We investigate L1 Spanish-L2 English learners across three proficiency…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Spanish, Discourse Analysis
Matter, Ashley L.; Wiskow, Katie M.; Donaldson, Jeanne M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2020
Using instructional strategies based on derived relational responding (DRR) to teach foreign-language targets may result in emergent, untrained foreign-language relations. One benefit of using DRR instructional strategies is the efficiency with which an individual acquires additional stimulus relations as a result of emergent responding following…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Instructional Effectiveness
Oh, Saerhim – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2020
Many second language (L2) learners utilize writing resources (e.g., linguistic tools that help check their language, search engines, and websites) when writing in their L2. Nevertheless, these tools and resources are prohibited in most writing assessments based on the assumption that using them provides an inaccurate or unfair measure of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Writing Tests, Reference Materials, English Language Learners
Nedra Cossa, Editor; Alexandra Babino, Editor; Juan J. Araujo, Editor; Robin D. Johnson, Editor – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2020
The theme for the 63rd annual conference of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Building Bridges with and for Literacy. The first section of the Yearbook begins with Connie Briggs' Presidential address, followed by an article from the Betty Sturtevant Award recipients Aimee Morewood, Susan Taylor, Allison Swan Dagen, Julie W.…
Descriptors: Literacy, Librarian Attitudes, LGBTQ People, English (Second Language)
Sun, Yachao – ProQuest LLC, 2020
A translingual approach to writing as a new paradigm has been proposed to challenge English monolingualism, question traditional ideas on language difference, advocate for writer agency in shaping their own language, and legitimize additional languages/varieties as resources rather than deficits in the target language teaching, learning, and…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Language Learning, Writing (Composition), Sociolinguistics