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Download full textGhasemi, Ali Asghar; Mozaheb, Mohammad Amin – MEXTESOL Journal, 2021
This research explores the role of concept mapping and speech repetition in developing EFL learners' oral fluency. Eighty language learners, after passing an in-house placement test, were randomly assigned into two equal experimental groups. The data analyses demonstrated that both groups' oral fluency significantly improved when they were trained…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Oral Language, Language Fluency, Student Placement
Direct linkSamiei, Fatemeh; Ebadi, Saman – Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2021
This study presents the results of a mixed-methods approach in finding the effects of the WebQuest-based flipped classroom on the EFL learners' inferential reading comprehension skills. A group of EFL learners attending an IELTS course participated in the study. "T"-test and one-way repeated measures ANOVA were used to analyze the…
Descriptors: Inferences, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Winke, Paula; Lim, Hyojung – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2017
To examine the effects of listening test preparation, we had three groups, two experimental and one control (63 learners total), partake in three types of instruction sandwiched between two equally difficult listening tests (pretests and posttests). The first experimental group took four practice tests and received "explicit"…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension Tests, Test Preparation, Pretests Posttests, Experimental Groups
Goncharov, Gennadiy – Advanced Education, 2019
In the light of previous research into the correlation between the acquisition of formulaic sequences and language learners' fluency gains, this study aims to investigate the extent to which an intensive course of direct instruction in preselected targeted formulaic sequences can improve IELTS students' oral fluency. In achieving this purpose, the…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Language Fluency, Speech Communication, English (Second Language)
Khodabakhshzadeh, Hossein; Zardkanloo, Reza; Alipoor, Iman – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2017
The effect of using tests in test preparation courses has been subject to debate. While some scholars such as Yang and Badger (2015) believe it is a cause of positive washback effect, others argue that this issue is tentative and context-bound (Green, 2007). Therefore, this study investigated the effect of using Mock tests in International English…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Scores
