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Qassrawi, Rania; Abuhussein, Haya Fayyad; Rafidi, Tina Jaber; Yousef, Rula – Cogent Education, 2023
Language-intensive exposure and immersion can be regarded as key factors in developing proficient language learners. In the context of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL), the current research was conducted to compare two modes of teaching English using the "Unlock Textbook Series" published by Cambridge University Press at…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Ali Mansoor, Ali Ahmed; Mohammed, Othman Saleh Mahdy; Ahmed, Hazhar Ramadhan; Munasser Awadh, Awadh Nasser; Abdulfatah, Hameed Mohammed; Sheikh, Ebrahim Yahay – Cogent Education, 2023
Vocabulary is the kernel for all language skills; it helps learners to interact with the speakers of that language. This study aims to scrutinize the effect of a short story on developing students' vocabulary. It is an out-product of fieldwork to figure out the useful points for teaching and learning vocabulary through short stories. The test was…
Descriptors: Literary Genres, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Saleem, Muhammad; Larik, Abdul Razaque; Bukhari, Syed Gulzar Ali Shah – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2023
This study investigates the challenges faced by Pakistani and Chinese English language instructors in developing communicative competence among senior high school students, and highlights the fundamental loopholes. Employing a thematic analysis within a qualitative comparative case study, the findings reveal learners' substandard prior knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, High School Teachers
Anggoro, Kiki Juli; Pratiwi, Damar Isti – Research in Learning Technology, 2023
"Pear Deck" is one interactive response system that has gained popularity in recent years. This study addressed the gap in the literature and considered students' experience of the platform in a Thai university context. This was a mixed-method study in which 320 students completed a survey including closed and open-ended components.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Tang, Wenting; Fiorentino, Robert; Gabriele, Alison – Second Language Research, 2023
We investigate whether second language (L2) learners of English rely on first language (L1) transfer and atomicity in the acquisition of the count/mass distinction by examining L1-French and L1-Chinese learners of English. Atomicity encodes whether a noun contains 'atoms' or minimal elements that retain the property of the noun. As a semantic…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Language
Daggöl, Gökçe Dislen – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2023
Introduction: Assuming responsibility of learning and showing flexibility in case of changes and problems in learning could make this process more conscious and fruitful. This is significant, particularly at a time when traditional universities are increasingly moving into online education. To address the gaps in previous self-regulated learning…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Strategies, Online Courses, Majors (Students)
Harumi, Seiko – TESOL Journal, 2023
This article explores the use of conversation analysis (CA)-informed speaking task design to develop second language (L2) learners' interactional repertoires in L2 classrooms. The study draws on the voices of teachers and Japanese learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) who encountered difficulties or dilemmas in L2 interaction due to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Error Correction
Gao, Yuan; Cui, Yaqiong – TESOL Journal, 2023
Textbook development plays an important role in teacher development and educational reforms. Although research has examined how textbook creation may afford teacher identity (re)formation, attention has rarely been given to how this process informs leadership identity construction, especially in times of educational change when leaders often serve…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Textbook Preparation
Al-Rashidi, Anwar Hammad; Vadivel, Balachandran; Khalil, Nawroz Ramadan; Basim, Nirvana – Language Testing in Asia, 2023
This research was carried out to comparatively study the impacts of portfolio-based assessment, self-assessment, and scaffolded peer assessment on reading comprehension, vocabulary learning, and grammatical accuracy of Afghan English as a foreign language learners. To accomplish this, 172 learners enrolled at a language institute, through an…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Portfolios (Background Materials), Evaluation Methods, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Gujord, Ann-Kristin Helland – Language Testing, 2023
This study explores whether and to what extent the background information supplied by 10,155 immigrants who took an official language test in Norwegian affected their chances of passing one, two, or all three parts of the test. The background information included in the analysis was prior education, region (location of their home country),…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Adults, Second Language Learning, Norwegian
Thi, Nang Kham; Vo, De Van; Nikolov, Marianne – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2023
Students' writing proficiency is measured through holistic and analytical ratings in writing assessment; however, recent studies suggest that measurement of syntactic complexity in second language writing research has become an effective measure of writing proficiency. Within this paradigm, we investigated how automated measurement of syntactic…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Computational Linguistics, Undergraduate Students, Cross Cultural Studies
Wonglakorn, Patraphon; Deerajviset, Poranee – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2023
This study aims to examine the effects of the collaborative process writing approach on Thai EFL secondary school students' writing skills and investigate their attitudes towards the use of the collaborative process writing approach to developing their writing skills. The participants were sixty-two students studying at a Thai secondary school.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Language Learners, Secondary School Students, Second Language Learning
Ignatova, Olga; Kalyuga, Slava; Sweller, John – Language Teaching Research, 2023
The imagination effect occurs when students learn better from imagining concepts and procedures rather than from studying them. Cognitive load theory explains the effect by better use of available working memory resources and increased productive, intrinsic cognitive load. The effect has been found in numerous empirical studies. However, in the…
Descriptors: Imagination, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Lambert, Craig; Gong, Qian; Zhang, Grace – Language Teaching Research, 2023
This study investigates the effect of personal investment in the form of learner-generated content (LGC) on the lexical recall of beginning-level learners of Chinese. The study employed a 2 x 2 repeated-measures design with content at two levels -- teacher-generated content or TGC, and learner-generated content or LGC -- and time at two levels…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Chinese
Zamborova, Katarina; Klimova, Blanka – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2023
The article presents the research of empirical mixed methods on the use of a modern mobile reading app compared to traditional forms of teaching in English business classes in higher education in Slovakia. The research belongs to the theoretical frame of the mobile assisted language learning field that has generated an interest since the early…
Descriptors: Business English, English for Special Purposes, Computer Software, Computer Assisted Instruction