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Korucu-Kis, Saadet – International Journal of Modern Education Studies, 2021
Listening is often perceived to be the most challenging skill by second/foreign language (L2) learners. Due to its real-time nature, L2 listeners experience several comprehension problems related to the processing of aural input. To scaffold L2 listening, captioning is commonly used since the dual coding of aural and written stimuli is expected to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension, Instructional Effectiveness
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Sutherland, Louise – Teaching Science, 2021
Language is a key part of learning science. Many students for whom English is an additional language or dialect (EAL) encounter difficulties learning science because of their lack of proficiency in English (McCallum & Miller, 2013). These students make up approximately a quarter of the population of many Australian schools (ACARA, 2020). This…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English Language Learners, Foreign Countries, Teacher Collaboration
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Maadad, Nina; Yilmaz, Munube – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
This paper aims to compare refugee settlement and education policies between two geographically and culturally distinct nations, Australia and Turkey. Due to its geographical position in the Middle East, Turkey now hosts millions of refugees especially following the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011. Australia also has a long history of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Educational Policy, Semitic Languages
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Najafi, Maryam; Shahrokhi, Mohsen; Shojaee, Maryam; Atharizadeh, Mahmood – International Journal of Language Education, 2021
This paper aimed at examining and comparing the effects of different humor-based strategies (joke, pun, and limerick) on vocabulary learning of EFL learners at intermediate and advanced levels. To this end, 120 EFL learners in a private institute were asked to serve as the participants of the study. They were then divided into two groups according…
Descriptors: Humor, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Alghamdi Hamdan, Amani K.; Mustafa, Rami F. – Issues in Educational Research, 2021
English is now widely considered the most powerful and influential language in the world. Saudi Arabia believes that its transition from oil to a knowledge-based economy is dependent on its citizenry learning English as a foreign language (EFL). To play their role, Saudi women need access to EFL, access that is affected by their agency and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Females, Second Language Learning
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Aldukhayel, Dukhayel – The EUROCALL Review, 2021
Chapelle (2003) proposed three general types of input enhancement that help L2 learners "acquire features of the linguistic input that they are exposed to during the course reading or listening for meaning" (p. 40): input salience, input modification, and input elaboration. In 2010, Cárdenas-Claros and Gruba argued that Chapelle's…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Linguistic Input, Teaching Methods
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Van Loi, Nguyen; Hang, Chung Thi Thanh – TESL-EJ, 2021
The effectiveness of project-based learning (PBL) on language learning outcomes is welldocumented in the literature. However, research on using projects to supplement direct instruction is scarce. This study, thus, is aimed at examining the effects of integrating project work into English skills courses for pre-service teacher training courses in…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language)
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Siffrinn, Nicole E. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2021
In applied linguistics, creativity has traditionally been conceptualized as an anthropocentric activity where semiotic resources are used as mediating tools to generate new meaning. This article challenges that view by exploring the non-representational forces that vitalize creativity to keep language moving in a theatre game played with…
Descriptors: Creativity, Applied Linguistics, Semiotics, Theater Arts
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Lehman, Iga Maria; Sulkowski, Lukasz – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2021
Our purpose in this study is to propose a voice model which provides a framework to analyse how student writers construct their authorial identities through the voices they employ in their texts and to test the effectiveness of the Lehman's rubric design as a measure of authorial voice. The voice model, which features individualised, collective…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Essays, Scoring Rubrics
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Shin, Joan Kang; Kim, Woomee – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
Using Desimone's (2009) framework for studying the effects of teacher professional development (PD), this qualitative study examines the effectiveness and impact of a 10-week professional development course on 31 foreign language (FL) instructional faculty and staff in a U.S. Government language school. Data sources included 31 K-W-L reflections,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Faculty Development
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Abfalter, Dagmar; Mueller-Seeger, Julia; Raich, Margit – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2021
Translation into another language to enable understanding (of concepts or phenomena) is a basic cultural technique and a prerequisite for international research. Translation decisions inevitably shape the research process and output for qualitative researchers relying on interview or textual data. Decisions need to be made in all stages of the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Translation, Decision Making, Scientific Research
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Sukying, Apisak – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2021
Language learning strategies (LLS) are conscious behaviours used by language learners to foster the acquisition, storage, and use of new information. This study investigated the LLS used by Thai EFL university students using a questionnaire based on Oxford's (1990) LLS taxonomy. It also identified the relationship and the difference in LLS use…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Phonphanich, Siriluck H.; Burusphat, Somsonge – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2021
This study is a case study of the effects of tonal L1 on the acquisition of tonal L2, comparing two groups of tonal L1 learners, namely, Chinese Zhuang (C+Z) and Chinese non-Zhuang (C-Z) in the same classroom. The two groups of learners read aloud 60 words from a Thai wordlist, then their tone production was analyzed in two dimensions. The…
Descriptors: Thai, Chinese, Tone Languages, Second Language Learning
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Megat-Abdul-Rahim, Puteri Rohani; Idris, Sheema Liza; Abdul Rahman, Zarinatun Ilyani; Ya Shaq, Mohamed Syafiq; Nasir, Nur Farhana – Asian Journal of University Education, 2021
Teaching and learning process is constantly transforming due to the ever-increasing globalization. In the educational sector the use of information and communication technology (ICT) is constantly changing due to the increasing trend in globalization. This has resulted in the change and transformation the facet of education in this 21st century.…
Descriptors: Listening Skills, Speech Skills, Electronic Learning, Interaction
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Butler, Yuko Goto; Peng, Xiaolin; Lee, Jiyoon – Language Testing, 2021
Language assessment literacy (LAL) has recently gained substantial attention among language educators and other stakeholders. However, existing models focus almost exclusively on teachers, test developers, and administrators, and lack students' perspectives in their conceptualizations. To address this gap, with this exploratory study we aimed to…
Descriptors: Assessment Literacy, Language Tests, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
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