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Takashi Aramaki – Cogent Education, 2024
Research on task-based language teaching (TBLT) has focused on the relationship between task repetition (TR) and the linguistic aspects necessary for the language success of English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. Foreign language anxiety (FLA) is not an exception. However, very few studies have explored the influence of TR on FLA in young…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Oral Language, Repetition, Anxiety
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Nantapit Pittayanantakul; Pilanut Phusawisot – Journal of Education and Learning, 2024
Speaking skills are considered one of the most crucial skills in learning English as they lay the foundation for effective communication and language acquisition. Proficiency in speaking enables young learners to express themselves, convey ideas, and communicate effectively. This quasi-experimental research aims to investigate the effect of board…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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Graham, Keith M.; Eslami, Zohreh – Reading Psychology, 2022
This study examines the role of transcription and ideation, the dimensions in the Simple View of Writing, as predictors of narrative and expository writing of English language learners (ELLs). Data were collected from sixth-grade primary school ELL students (N = 56) in Taiwan. Two writing samples, a narrative and an expository, were collected and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Expository Writing
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Tashi Wangchuk – Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, 2023
Oral corrective feedback (OCF) plays an important role in language teaching and learning, but little research has examined Bhutanese teachers' practices of OCF on students' speaking performance and uptake. This paper reports on a mixed-method approach to investigate the rate of students' uptake on teachers' OCF within an ESL setting in Bhutanese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Elementary School Students, Error Correction
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Vraciu, Alexandra; Pladevall-Ballester, Elisabet – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
This longitudinal study explores the effects of time and proficiency pairing on the amount and purpose of L1 use in task-based peer interaction by EFL primary school learners. Most of the studies available to date on L1 use in peer interaction involve adult learners, and we have little empirical evidence on the role played by the L1 in child peer…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Interaction, Elementary School Students, Native Language
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Nancy Gagné; Leif M. French; Kirsten M. Hummel – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Within the same learning context, learners' outcomes in terms of oral fluency vary greatly. This study tracked the relative contributions that first language (L1) and initial second language (L2) fluency skill and working memory (WM) made to L2 fluency development. We assessed the performance of French-speaking Grade 6 learners' (n = 47, mean age:…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Short Term Memory, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Md Nesar Uddin – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
Over the years, a sweeping interest in translanguaging practices and corrective feedback (CF) in parallel has received momentum in instructed SLA research. Whereas previous CF studies focused on CF interactions and factors affecting L2 learning, this study examined how translanguaging intertwined with CF in Arabic as a Heritage Language learning…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Elena Zaretsky; Susie Russak – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
Acquisition of oral English verb morphology presents difficulties for bilinguals, learners of EFL and English-speaking monolingual children with specific language impairment. This study aimed to identify challenging English verb inflections among sixth grade speakers of Arabic (N = 85) and Hebrew (N = 86) using an elicited oral narrative task, and…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Language Impairments, Arabic, Hebrew
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Whissell-Turner, Kathleen; Fejzo, Anila – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2021
By the end of primary school, students are confronted with expository texts known for their high proportion of domain-specific academic vocabulary words. These words usually comprise Greek or Latin roots in their internal structure. Recent findings showed that knowledge of Greek and Latin roots is related to reading comprehension. However, no…
Descriptors: Morphemes, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension, French
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Basterrechea, María; Gallardo-del-Puerto, Francisco – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
A considerable body of research within the interaction framework (Long, 1996) has centred on the language-related episodes (LREs) which occur when learners topicalize a specific linguistic item while they are engaged in meaning-focused tasks. Several studies have shown that the production of LREs may be influenced by the proficiency level of the…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Sociocultural Patterns
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Chaparro, Erin A.; Smolkowski, Keith; Gunn, Barbara; Dennis, Caroline; Vadasy, Patricia – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2022
This paper reports the outcomes of an experimental evaluation of "Direct Instruction Spoken English" ("DISE"), an English language curriculum that focuses on developing English speaking, listening, and comprehension skills in English Learners (ELs). Twenty-nine middle schools in three states were randomly assigned to teach…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Chaparro, Erin A.; Smolkowski, Keith; Gunn, Barbara; Dennis, Caroline; Vadasy, Patricia – Grantee Submission, 2022
This paper reports the outcomes of an experimental evaluation of "Direct Instruction Spoken English (DISE)," an English language curriculum that focuses on developing English speaking, listening, and comprehension skills in English Learners (ELs). Twenty-nine middle schools in three states were randomly assigned to teach "DISE"…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Martínez-Adrián, María; Arratibel-Irazusta, Izaskun – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
This article contributes to the scarcity of research on the interface between task-modality and the use of previously known languages (PKL) in young learners. It examines the use of Basque/Spanish by CLIL learners (aged 10-11) during oral interaction while completing two collaborative tasks in English: a speaking task and a speaking + writing…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Language Usage, Native Language
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Watzinger-Tharp, Johanna; Rubio, Fernando; Tharp, Douglas S. – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
The assessment of dual language immersion (DLI) students' proficiency in the partner language plays a key role in program evaluation. This article reports findings from a large-scale study, drawing on cross-sectional assessment data from 73 schools and longitudinal data from 25 schools. Students were tested in the interpretive (listening and…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education Programs, Grade 6, Chinese
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Khamis, Abdelmoneim Hassan Adam – English Language Teaching, 2019
This case study of Al-Aqsa School attempts to show that Cambridge Young Learners English Tests (YLE) may hurt learners' motivation and teaching process. The paper aims to highlight the adoption of Cambridge YLE proficiency tests and explore learners and teachers' perception of those tests. Also, providing alternative yardstick measures learners'…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
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