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Richards, Jack C.; Pun, Jack – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2023
The use of English to teach content subjects has been a growing trend in many parts of the world. It is labelled in a variety of ways, such as content-based learning, content and language integrated learning, immersion education, theme-based language teaching, and bilingual education, but it is referred to in this paper as English-medium…
Descriptors: Classification, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Kung, Fan-Wei; Wang, Xue – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2019
This study explores Chinese English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' attitudes towards accent for effective English as a lingua franca (ELF) communication. Notwithstanding the research conducted on EFL learners' perceptions of different variations of the English language for their language learning, little attempts have been made to…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Preferences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Zhang, Limei; Zhang, Lawrence Jun – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2013
This article investigates the relationships between test takers' strategy use and test performance on an EFL reading test. For this study 209 Chinese college students were invited to participate in a reading comprehension test and answer a 30-item strategy use questionnaire. Results showed that two factors underlay test takers' reading test…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Reading Comprehension, Structural Equation Models, Ability
Zhang, Bo; Li, Changyu – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2011
This research presents a classification theory for the L2 vocabulary learning strategies. Based on the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of strategies that adult Chinese English learners used, this theory identifies six categories, four of which are related to the cognitive process in lexical acquisition and the other two are…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning, Classification, Social Influences
Hoshino, Yuko – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2010
In the field of vocabulary acquisition, there have been many studies on the efficacy of word lists. However, very few of these were based on research in a classroom setting, and therefore, their results may not be applicable to standard classroom situations. This study investigated which of the five types of word lists (synonyms, antonyms,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Word Lists, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning
Jie, Li; Xiaoqing, Qin – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2006
This study focuses on the relationship between learning styles and language learning strategies in the EFL context in China. The study presents two kinds of data: quantitative and qualitative. In the quantitative study, the subjects consisted of 187 second-year undergraduates. Two self-reported inventories, the Chinese version of MBTI-G and a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Low Achievement, Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning