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Ninuk Indrayani; Bambang Yudi Cahyono; Nur Mukminatien; Francisca Maria Ivone – rEFLections, 2024
Self-Directed Informal Digital Learning of English (SD-IDLE) plays a crucial role in informal language learning. This study aims to examine the SD-IDLE nature of English learning among Indonesian university students and its impact on language learning and personal development. The research used a sequential explanatory mixed methods design,…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Informal Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Mahmood Yenkimaleki; Vincent J. van Heuven; Mostafa Hosseini – Foreign Language Annals, 2024
The present study examines the effect of feedback (FB) and feedforward (FF) in prosody instruction for developing listening comprehension skills in the nonnative language by interpreter trainees, using a pretest-posttest-delayed posttest design. Three groups of 25 interpreter trainees at Bu-Ali Sina University in Iran took part in the study, all…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Suprasegmentals, Listening Comprehension, Listening Skills
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Douglas, Scott Roy; Landry, Michael Henry; Doe, Christine; Cheng, Liying – TESL Canada Journal, 2022
This study set out to explore English for academic purposes (EAP) student perceptions of their experiences at a university in western Canada. A qualitative approach was used, with 17 students completing a questionnaire toward the end of their EAP program, and one of those students taking part in an interview approximately one year later. Data from…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2022
This article gives examples of mobile vocabulary apps (MVAs) that can be downloaded from the Google Play or Apple App Stores and used as extension activities or a supplement to in-class vocabulary instruction in EFL such as English word study, advanced English vocabulary, test your English vocabulary, English vocabulary level I, II & III, 1000…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Oriented Programs, Handheld Devices, Vocabulary Development
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Nathaniel Carney – Language Teaching Research, 2024
The current study investigated 29 first-year Japanese university students' usage of an online vocabulary notebook that automatically searched eight different word and phrase lists to provide students with reference information about their self-selected vocabulary. Over the course of a 14-week period, participants read English books and articles…
Descriptors: Word Lists, Phrase Structure, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning
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Brahim Ait Hammou; Abderrazak Zaafour; Bendaoud Nadif; Mohammed Zemrani – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2025
Research on the relationship between vocabulary knowledge and reading has largely focused on literal comprehension of informational texts. The present study, however, investigates the vocabulary-reading relationship by specifically examining critical reading skills in an argumentative text.76 EFL university students majoring in Education and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development
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Furuya, Aiko – International Journal of Listening, 2021
The present study aims to examine how listening comprehension processes (top-down and bottom-up) differ by second language proficiency. To investigate such differences, experiments (listening tasks) followed by questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were conducted. Participants included 18 lower intermediate learners, 19 upper intermediate…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Munna, Afzal Sayed – Journal of Education, 2022
This article intended to analyze a current piece of international education practice in terms of its underlying values, culture, and philosophy, including the concept of international education (e.g., a curriculum model, an organizational or institutional structure, or a management style), and have particularly selected curriculum model to…
Descriptors: International Education, Educational Philosophy, Learning Experience, Global Approach
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Arifi N. Waked – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
This study examines the role of receptive vocabulary knowledge on outcomes of the TOEFL reading comprehension task. Participants included 18 native speakers of Spanish learning English as a foreign language and 17 native speakers of English ranging in age from 19-25 years. Lexical stimuli were presented auditorily and were divided into…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Reading Tests
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Pathan, Zahid Hussain; Ismail, Shaik Abdul Malik Mohamed; Soomro, Niaz Hussain – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
The present study primarily aims to investigate the relationship between Pakistani students' receptive vocabulary growth and their reading development at two different points: at the beginning and the end of English course. The standardized vocabulary size test (VST) and reading comprehension test (TOEFL) were administered to 123 first year…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Biju Theruvil Sayed; Zein Bassam Bani Younes; Ahmad Alkhayyat; Iroda Adhamova; Habesha Teferi – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
There has been a surge in employing artificial intelligence (AI) in all areas of language pedagogy, not the least among them language testing and assessment. This study investigated the effects of AI-powered tools on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' speaking skills, psychological well-being, autonomy, and academic buoyancy. Using a…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Language Tests, Success, Speech Skills
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Finn, Bridgid; Arslan, Burcu; Walsh, Matthew – Applied Measurement in Education, 2020
To score an essay response, raters draw on previously trained skills and knowledge about the underlying rubric and score criterion. Cognitive processes such as remembering, forgetting, and skill decay likely influence rater performance. To investigate how forgetting influences scoring, we evaluated raters' scoring accuracy on TOEFL and GRE essays.…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Essay Tests, Evaluators, Cognitive Processes
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Boroumand, Mohsen; Mardani, Mahdi; Khakzad Esfahlan, Farzaneh – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2021
One of the most important communicative skills is listening and, at the same time, the Achilles' heel of many L2 learners as it entails multi-level cognitive processes (Lynch, 2002). Besides, as various studies show, self-efficacy measures are closely tied to the effective use of learning strategies. Considering the key role that concept mapping,…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Concept Mapping, Listening Skills
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Anam, Moh. Khoirul – International Journal of Language Education, 2019
TOEFL has been provided as a standardized test to measure the English proficiency of non-native speakers. However, one thing should be considered that TOEFL is still a big challenge for non-native English learners, especially for EFL learners. This is one of the factors, related to how proficient the vocabulary knowledge which students have.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Correlation
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Pang, Alvin – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2019
John Read is about to retire as Professor in Applied Language Studies at the University of Auckland. He previously taught applied linguistics, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at Victoria University of Wellington, the SEAMEO Regional Language Centre, the University of Texas El Paso,…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Testing, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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