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Chen, Ying Yu; Chang, Yu-Sheng; Lee, Jia-Ying; Lin, Ming Huei – SAGE Open, 2021
This study has the aim of improving the English speaking ability of Taiwanese college freshmen by a video featuring connected speech instruction. Forty-eight students from a private university in northern Taiwan participated in the study, which lasted for 7 weeks. Pre- and post-tests were used to assess their speaking performance in terms of…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Speech Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Meri-Yilan, Serpil – Research-publishing.net, 2019
This research aimed to look at students' perspectives on learning language through two technology-based speech recognition programmes, ImmerseMe and ELSA (English Language Speech Assistant). Data were collected from qualitative research instruments in April 2018. Five university-level students performed activities to improve their English and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Technology Uses in Education, College Students
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Kongsom, Tiwaporn – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2016
This study investigates the impact of teaching communication strategies on Thai engineering undergraduate students' communication strategy use and strategic competence. Fifty-seven engineering undergraduate students were taught ten communication strategies for ten weeks and responded to a self-report communication strategy questionnaire before and…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Undergraduate Students, Communication Strategies, English (Second Language)
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Ghaemi, Hamed; Khodabakhshzadeh, Hossein – Language Testing in Asia, 2012
The current study aims at investigating the impact of Audio/Voice conferencing, as a new approach to teaching speaking, on the speaking performance and/or speaking band score of IELTS candidates. Experimental group subjects participated in an audio conferencing class while those of the control group enjoyed attending in a traditional IELTS…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Asakereh, Ahmad; Dehghannezhad, Maliheh – Issues in Educational Research, 2015
This study investigated the relationship between student satisfaction with speaking classes, speaking skills self-efficacy beliefs, and speaking skills achievement. To this end, one hundred Iranian EFL undergraduate students filled out two questionnaires; a research-made and pilot-tested questionnaire for student satisfaction with speaking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Satisfaction, English (Second Language)
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Hakuta, Kenji; Santos, Maria – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2013
In this column, Kenji Hakuta and Mario Santos described the challenges and opportunities the Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards present for language development in the context of English language arts/literacy, mathematics, and science. They heightened educators' awareness of the critical role language plays…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, English Language Learners, Second Language Learning