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Irgatoglu, Aydan; Kirmizi, Özkan – Online Submission, 2022
The concept of motivational regulation has always been on the agenda of researchers; however, the role of motivational regulation has received relatively little attention in terms of writing skills. Hence, the present study aims to investigate the potential correlations between motivational writing regulation strategies concerning collaborative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, Writing (Composition)
Drew J. McLaughlin – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Listeners use more than just acoustic information when processing speech. Social information, such as a speaker's race/ethnicity, can also affect listeners' understanding of the speech signal. In some cases, these social primes can facilitate perception, while in others they may inhibit perception. Indeed, a picture of an East Asian face has been…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Generalization
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Hesamoddin Shahriari; Masoud Motamedynia – TESL Canada Journal, 2022
The present study investigated the lexical demands of scripted and unscripted television programs. To that end, two corpora consisting of 286 episodes from 14 different programs, both scripted and unscripted, were analyzed. The results indicated that the 1,000 most frequent word families, plus proper nouns, marginal words, transparent compounds,…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development, Television, Programming (Broadcast)
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Selma Salihagic; Ceylani Akay – European Journal of Education (EJED), 2022
Schools around the world have always been striving to modernize and digitalize the educational process. This is especially true for English language classes where English teachers tend to incorporate online assignments, activities, and games, depending on the topic of the lesson. However, many would still rely heavily on traditional teaching…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learner Engagement, Student Satisfaction, English (Second Language)
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Hamed Asgari; Georges Antoniadis – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2022
Mobile artifacts are the objects that increasingly surround us in life. They provide us with the opportunity to engage in activities outside the traditional context and at our own pace. In this article, we present the results of the tests of our mobile application intended for the learning of the French language with the concept of SPOC with a…
Descriptors: French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Natural Language Processing
Sylvia Chaiyeon Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Reading skills are critical for English as a Second Language (ESL) students in higher education to achieve academic success. However, effective ways to promote student success in ESL reading courses are under-researched. Identifying factors that may enhance the quality and outcomes of learning ESL reading is essential. One such factor identified…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Educational Strategies
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Linda Febring; Alastair Henry – Migration and Language Education, 2022
In contexts of transnational migration, language skills provide the key to employability and successful integration into host country societies. To enhance the learning process, and facilitate transitions into the workforce, integrated programs of L2 learning have been developed in several Nordic countries. In these undertakings, language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Work Experience Programs, Second Language Learning, Affordances
Uskokovic, Budimka – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This qualitative dissertation focuses on intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in a video-mediated environment, as ICC is considered to be one of the most vital skills language learners need to have in the 21st century to successfully communicate and interact with their interlocutors. More specifically, the aim of my dissertation research…
Descriptors: German, Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Differences
Maryam A. W. H. A. Almuhanna – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation examines (1) the nature of the transfer climate in an English for academic purposes (EAP) education setting specifically from the perspectives of EAP instructors. It also examines (2) what EAP instructors perceive can be done to prepare students for such a transfer climate. The transfer climate refers to the nature of the target…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Ilana M. Umansky; Karen D. Thompson; James Soland; Amanda Kibler – Grantee Submission, 2022
An important subgroup of English learner-classified (EL) students immigrate to the U.S., entering U.S. schools upon their arrival. Using growth models and statewide data, this study describes the incoming English proficiency and subsequent English language growth of newcomer students, including the student, program, and school characteristics that…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Immigrants, Language Proficiency
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Coxhead, Averil – Language Teaching, 2018
Research into the formulaic nature of language has grown in size and scale in the last 20 years or more, much of it based in corpus studies and involving the identification and categorisation of formulas. Research suggests that there are benefits for second and foreign language learners recognising formulaic sequences when listening and reading,…
Descriptors: Language Research, Second Language Learning, Educational Benefits, Sequential Learning
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Plonsky, Luke; Ghanbar, Hessameddin – Modern Language Journal, 2018
Multiple regression is a family of statistics used to investigate the relationship between a set of predictors and a criterion (dependent) variable. This procedure is applicable in a variety of research contexts and data structures. Consequently, and similar to quantitative traditions in sister-disciplines such as education and psychology (see…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Second Language Learning, Language Research, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Schmidtke, Jens – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
It has been known since at least the 1960s that small changes in pupil diameter in response to a mental task are indicative of processing effort associated with this task. More recently, with the advent of modern eye-trackers, which also measure the pupil diameter, pupillometry has been "rediscovered" by language researchers and the…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Language Research, Second Language Learning, Research Design
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Rosell-Aguilar, Fernando – Research-publishing.net, 2018
Twitter can be used as a language learning tool and this potential has been identified by a number of scholars. This chapter presents an overview of the identified potential of Twitter as a language learning tool and presents an overview of different studies carried out to provide evidence of language learning using Twitter in different contexts.…
Descriptors: Social Media, Second Language Learning, Informal Education, Educational Research
Gu, Wenyuan – Online Submission, 2018
Five basic types of the English verb were summarized and illustrated with many examples on the basis of the writer's teaching experience and extensive review of various literatures from different English grammar books, reference books, and the consultation of English dictionaries, in order for those English language learners to further understand…
Descriptors: Verbs, English, Grammar, English Language Learners
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