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Marjan Ebadijalal; Nouroddin Yousofi – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
The current mixed-methods study aimed at incorporating a virtual reality (VR) tool (i.e. Google Expeditions) into the writing process of Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) learners, examining its impact on their writing motivation and performance. To that end, 42 EFL learners were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Maps, Geography, English (Second Language)
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Ghorbania, Mohammad Reza – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2019
The correct location of lexical stress is a main concern for English as a foreign language (EFL) learners whose first language has a different stress system. Therefore, in light of the fact that pronunciation errors in English are often the result of the Farsi language sound system transfer, the present study examined the impact of phonetic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Phonetic Transcription, Second Language Learning, Suprasegmentals
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Fouz-González, Jonás – Language Learning & Technology, 2020
This study explores the potential of the English File Pronunciation (EFP) app to help foreign language learners improve their pronunciation. Participants were 52 Spanish EFL learners enrolled in an English Studies degree. Pre- and post-tests were used to assess the participants' perception and production (imitative, controlled, and spontaneous)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Escudero, Isabel; Fuertes, Narcisa; López, Ligia – English Language Teaching, 2019
Reading comprehension in Ecuadorian students has been mostly managed at a literal comprehension level, leaving out inferential and critical comprehension. This is because most of the articles students read require a high level of literacy and a good domain of comprehension strategies. One of these strategies is paraphrasing; therefore, the purpose…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Sousa Filho, Raimundo Nonato; Zaccaron, Rafael; Silveira, Rosane; Dall'Igna, Carlla – Online Submission, 2019
This article aims to analyze whether formal instruction influences Brazilian speakers' perception of the English high back vowels contrast. There have been a few L2 pieces of research that focused on the instruction of specific vowel contrasts. Previous studies indicate that a single L1 category seems to be a source of difficulty to L2 vowel…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Villalobos-Buehner, Maria – The EUROCALL Review, 2020
The goals of this research were twofold. First, to measure changes in cultural awareness levels between two groups of students in their third semester of a Spanish class. The trained group formed by university students from the USA collaborated with another group of university students from Colombia using Skype. The second aim was to identify…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Undergraduate Students, Computer Mediated Communication
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Ahmad, Samah Zakareya – Journal of Education and Learning, 2019
This study investigates the effect of digital posters on the reading comprehension and engagement of EFL students. Thirty-three 3rd-year EFL college students were divided into a control group (n = 17) and an experimental group (n = 16). Both groups were pretested on reading comprehension and engagement before the experiment and then posttested…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension
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Al-Hammouri, Samer – International Education Studies, 2019
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of using Prezi on Al Zaytoonah students' performance in French Language reading skill. To achieve the purpose of the study, a pre/post-test was constructed to measure students' performance in French language reading skill. The sample of the study comprised 128 students from Al Zaytoonah…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Control Groups, Pretests Posttests, Reading Skills
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Qader, Ramyar O.; Yalcin Arslan, Fadime – Teaching English with Technology, 2019
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of Flipped Classroom Instruction (FCI) on Iraqi EFL learners' writing skills. Participants included 66 students in the College of Languages English Department at Salahaddin University. The study employed a mixed method of data collection, utilizing pre-and post-writing tests as well as a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Janebi Enayat, Mostafa; Haghighatpasand, Mohsen – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
Although adventure video games have been identified as effective tools for education, few studies have examined the usefulness of such games for language learning. The present classroom-based investigation, therefore, examined the possibility of exploiting commercial adventure video games for improving vocabulary recall of second language learners…
Descriptors: Video Games, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Nejmaoui, Nabila – English Language Teaching, 2019
In the 21st century where information has become easily available and accessible, education has shifted its attention to teaching students how to process and think critically about the information they receive. Welcoming the changes that education constantly witnesses, the field of English Language Teaching (ELT) has embraced the integration of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Critical Thinking
Azar, Nawal – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation examined the effects of the inferencing reading strategy using a emotionally charged instruction for students from countries who do not speak English as their first language. A quasi-experimental study applying quantitative research methods to collect data from the two sections of Level four Reading classes during a ten week…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Improvement, Reading Comprehension, Adult Students
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Gil, Kook-Hee; Marsden, Heather; Whong, Melinda – Language Teaching Research, 2019
This article brings together an experimental study involving L2 knowledge of negation in English and an analysis of how English language textbooks treat negation, in order to consider whether textbook explanations of negation could better exploit linguistic insights into negation. We focus on the English negative polarity item any, whose…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grammar, Role
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Zhang, Yanfang; Chen, Pengfei; Yu, Tao – International Journal of Higher Education, 2019
This study aimed at applying English reading and writing strategies' training to improve the low English proficiency students' competence of English reading and writing. It was a quasi-experiment design. In total, 70 non-English major undergraduates at a private university in China participated in the research, 35 students in the experimental…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Writing Strategies, Learning Strategies, Language Proficiency
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Chen, Yi-chen – Language Learning Journal, 2019
The present study examines the effects of cognitive-based metaphoric mapping instruction (MMI) on English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners' retention and awareness of figurative language at different levels of English proficiency. Ninety-one Taiwanese EFL learners participated in the study, and were separated into a control group that received…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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