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Shabani, Gholamhossein; Dogolsara, Shokoufeh Abbasi – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2023
This study shed light on the effects of four modes of vocabulary instruction, i.e., extended audio glossing, lexical inferencing, lexical translation, and frequency manipulation of input on the learning of lexical collocations by Iranian intermediate EFL learners. In so doing, 80 L1 Persian EFL students were divided into four 20-participant…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Linguistic Input
Chandrasoma, Ranamukalage; Jayathilake, Chitra – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2023
Characterized by specific and rigid boundaries of institutional practices and expectations in the academy, student writing is a synergistic literacy practice where students are required to construct generically diverse texts by yoking concepts with appropriate linguistic resources. This empirical study involving 196 first-year ESL students at a…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Essays, College Freshmen, Second Language Learning
Jia, Chengyuan; Hew, Khe Foon – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2023
Decoding training is an approach to teaching listening skills to help learners develop the ability to recognize individual words from speech. Although it has been historically underemphasized, recent empirical studies have pointed to its potential value in listening education. However, instructors and students generally face certain challenges…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Jabbari, Nasser; Eslami, Zohreh R. – Language Learning & Technology, 2023
This study investigated negotiations for meaning as conditions for second language (L2) learning in the context of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, World of Warcraft (WoW) (Blizzard Entertainment, 2004). Varonis and Gass's (1985) and Smith's (2003a) models were used to identify negotiation episodes during on-task and off-task…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Role Playing, Video Games, Second Language Learning
Hernandez Garcia, Mina; Schleppegrell, Mary J.; Sobh, Hasna; Monte-Sano, Chauncey – Phi Delta Kappan, 2023
Translanguaging supports emergent bilingual students to draw on languages they bring to the classroom to learn, even as they develop English. This practice also supports schools to develop stronger partnerships with students' communities. Mina Hernandez Garcia, Mary J. Schleppegrell, Hasna Sobh, and Chauncey Monte-Sano report on a…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
Nephawe, Farisani Thomas – Journal of English Teaching, 2023
Competence in the use of prepositions is versatile because they mark special relationships between persons, objects, and locations. However, using prepositions of time is challenging for many. The research investigated embodied pedagogical game approach in learning selected prepositions of time by Grade 7 English First Additional Language learners…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Time, Reliability, Grade 7
Li, Hang; Yao, Yao – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2023
The present study examined the effect of language background and topic on productive formulaic competence. Guided by usage-based theory of language learning, this study used a distribution-based approach to the examination of the native-likeness of formulaic usage in English timed argumentative writing. Six indices informed by a large-scale native…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
González, Cindy Valdelamar; Calle-Díaz, Luzkarime – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2023
This case study reports how three high-school teachers from two state schools in Colombia enacted the National English Suggested Curriculum by the Ministry of Education. The teachers' trajectories of action were analyzed through semi-structured interviews, teachers' narratives, and lesson observations. Using the ecological model of agency as a…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Professional Autonomy, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Becerra-Posada, Tatiana; Arroyo, Diana Cristina – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2023
This qualitative study explores how a group of preservice teachers make sense of task-based language teaching principles and characteristics, especially amidst remote instruction. We draw on the analysis of 13 preservice teachers' lesson plans and teaching guides as they transitioned from in-person to remote instruction during the COVID-19…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning
Keles, Ufuk; Yazan, Bedrettin – Language Teaching Research, 2023
This study examines the representation of cultures and communities in the world across five editions of New Headway elementary level textbook (NHE). It conducts a diachronic content analysis to explore how the representation of cultures and communities has evolved in NHE across five editions since its first edition's publication in 1993. Adapting…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Content Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Lo, Siowai – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2023
This study takes a fresh look at vocabulary learning from the lens of professional translation practice and proposes integrating parallel texts with translation tasks to foster vocabulary learning. The study adopts a quasiexperimental design to examine the effectiveness of using parallel texts in pedagogical translation to foster EFL learners'…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Translation, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language)
Coachman, Erika de Freitas; Fernandes, Izabelle da Silva – AILA Review, 2023
The aim of this paper is to analyze a set of didactic materials developed to teach English as an Additional Language at a Brazilian public school in Rio de Janeiro. Such materials were designed to invite 7th grade students with diverse social, racial, and economic backgrounds to learn about the world and the English language from viewpoints that…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Wilczewski, Michal; Alon, Ilan – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2023
This article systematically reviews the literature (313 articles) on language and communication in international students' cross-cultural adaptation in institutions of higher education for 1994-2021. We used bibliometric analysis to identify the most impactful journals and articles, and the intellectual structure of the field. We used content…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Student Adjustment, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Ivory Tower or Tower of Babel? The Challenge of Multilingualism for the Globally Embedded University
Mizrahi-Shtelman, Ravit; Drori, Gili S. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2023
Higher education organizations in countries where English is not the native tongue must function in a multilingual mode, using English as their primary language for scientific exchange and academic publication and relying on the native language for instruction and administration. When operating in a multilingual mode of communication and identity…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Strong, Kim; Escamilla, Kathy – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2023
Grounded in QuantCrit, this study expands upon "opportunity gap" research and the conceptualization of the "Long-Term English Learner" (LTEL) label as a reflection of inadequate learning environments rather than student characteristics by using district-level data to explore the relationship between systemic contextual factors…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Educational Environment, Context Effect, Labeling (of Persons)