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Mahmoud, Hazem Farouk Ali – Online Submission, 2018
This study aimed to design a program based on visual thinking (VT) to develop the adult learners' English Language Fluency (ELF). The study started with literature review and previous studies related to VT, visual literacy, writing ability and writing fluency (WF). The researcher designed the research program, and the instruments of measuring the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, English (Second Language), Language Fluency
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O'Brien, Mary Grantham – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2016
Much pronunciation research critically relies upon listeners' judgments of speech samples, but researchers have rarely examined the impact of methodological choices. In the current study, 30 German native listeners and 42 German L2 learners (L1 English) rated speech samples produced by English-German L2 learners along three continua: accentedness,…
Descriptors: German, Speech, Pronunciation, Research Methodology
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Mancuso, Carolyn; Miltenberger, Raymond G. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2016
This study evaluated the effectiveness of simplified habit reversal in reducing filled pauses that occur during public speaking. Filled pauses consist of "uh," "um," or "er"; clicking sounds; and misuse of the word "like." After baseline, participants received habit reversal training that consisted of…
Descriptors: Habit Formation, Public Speaking, Speech Habits, Speech Communication
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Hidalgo, María Ángeles; Lázaro-Ibarrola, Amparo – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
Research into the potential of collaborative writing is relatively new. Similarly, task repetition (TR), which has been claimed to be a valuable tool for language learning, has been rarely explored in the context of writing. Therefore, little is known about the potential of combining TR and collaborative writing, and even less if we focus on young…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Accuracy
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Malicka, Aleksandra – Language Teaching Research, 2020
This study set out to test the theoretical premise of the SSARC model of pedagogic task sequencing, which postulates that tasks should be sequenced for learners from cognitively simple to complex. This experiment compared the performance of three tasks differing in cognitive complexity in a simple-complex sequence versus in the absence of any…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Language Fluency, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
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Hsu, Funie – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2020
Though California's English Learner (EL) policies were developed in response to civil rights struggles for language access and equal educational opportunity, they are also conditioned by the history of U.S. settler and overseas conquest. This article presents a Critical Policy Analysis (CPA) of the California EL classification policies and…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Classification, Educational Policy, Native Language
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Zabihi, Reza; Bayan, Maryam – Written Communication, 2020
Research has shown that collaboratively produced texts are better in quality compared with individually written texts. However, no study has considered the role of collaboration in authorial voice, which is an essential element in current writing curricula. This study analyzes the effects of collaborative task performance in the quality of L2…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Collaborative Writing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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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
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Fazilatfar, Ali Mohammad; Kasiri, Forough; Nowbakht, Mohammad – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2020
The present study was an attempt to investigate the differential effect/s of three different planning time scenarios (i.e. 0 min, 10 min, & 20 min), as well as three task conditions of (1) topic given, (2) topic and ideas given, and (3) topic, ideas and macrostructure given on EFL learners L2 writing complexity, accuracy and fluency (CAF).…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Cho, Minyoung – Foreign Language Annals, 2019
This study investigated how task complexity influences second language (L2) writing. Specifically, it focused on the possibility that prompts can create different demands at different stages of L2 writing production and on ways that prompts may affect learners' engagement in the revision of their writing. Fifty-one English as a foreign/second…
Descriptors: Cues, Writing Skills, Revision (Written Composition), Second Language Learning
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Nievecela, Lilian C.; Ortega-Auquilla, Diego – English Language Teaching, 2019
This small-scale quasi-experimental research study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of cooperative learning (CL) strategies in the achievement of students' oral performance at the A1 Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) level. The study participants were twenty-four seventh graders from a small rural primary school…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Program Effectiveness, Rural Schools, Elementary School Students
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De Jong, Nivja H.; Mora, Joan C. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
Speaking fluently requires three main processes to run smoothly: conceptualization, formulation, and articulation. This study investigates to what extent fluency in spontaneous speech in both first (L1) and second (L2) languages can be explained by individual differences in articulatory skills. A group of L2 English learners (n = 51) performed…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Language Fluency, Speech Communication
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Fukuta, Junya; Tamura, Yu; Kawaguchi, Yusaku – Language Awareness, 2019
Recent studies have shown that languaging contributes to second language skill development. Feedback is often used in combination with languaging as a prompt of verbalization during writing revision, and this combination has shown the effect of increasing the quality of writing. The present study tested whether and how indirect feedback helps…
Descriptors: Written Language, Feedback (Response), Revision (Written Composition), Writing Instruction
Azi, Yaseen Ali – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Through this descriptive qualitative case study of three native speaking Arabic teachers in an L2 Arabic classroom in a private school setting in the U.S., this study presented a four-stage multi-layered analytical approach demonstrating functional, interactional and pedagogical analyses of the uses of Arabic Arabic pragmatic markers (PMs) in…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Language Usage
Wanzek, Jeanne; Al Otaiba, Stephanie; McMaster, Kristen L. – Guilford Press, 2019
Packed with easy-to-use tools and resources, this book presents intensive intervention strategies for K-5 students with severe and persistent reading difficulties. Filling a key need, the authors describe specific ways to further intensify instruction when students continue to struggle. Chapters address all the fundamental components of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Student Needs
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