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Pallapa Lertcharoenwanich; Kittitouch Soontornwipast – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2024
English oral communication becomes essential, especially for business English students since their future careers require a good command of English. The purposes of this study were to determine if the integration of flipped learning and three types of role-plays (i.e., scripted, semi-scripted, and non-scripted) could enhance English oral…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Role Playing, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Machin, Elizabeth – Language Teaching Research, 2023
The present study offers insights on understanding motivation to learn a second language (L2) through implementation of the Exploratory Practice principles within the context of English as a foreign language at a university in Spain, and on discovering opportunities to enhance this. The account sits within the domain of the possible selves and the…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Peer Relationship, Learning Motivation, Teaching Methods
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Chen, Leeann; Zhan, Hong – International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 2020
As an essential mode of communication, oral presentation plays an important role in the development of second language (L2) automaticity. However, unless best practices are carried out--massive meaningful practice, when presenting seldom relying on the script, in conversational style, and keeping meaningful eye contact with the audience--oral…
Descriptors: Scripts, Public Speaking, Videoconferencing, Online Courses
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Hansen, Dirk; Arnett, Carlee; Suñer, Ferran – Research-publishing.net, 2019
Over the past few years, language teaching has progressively evolved from teacher-fronted classroom settings to more complex, learner-centered scenarios, allowing learners to explore authentic contents, work collaboratively, and create sophisticated and socially relevant products. In addition, these processes foster language learning, increase…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Cooperative Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Domingo, Ephraim Viernes – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
Higher education students are increasingly becoming aware of the importance of being successful in oral academic presentations (OAP) in their academic endeavors. For English as a second language students in English-medium institutions, it also provides them with opportunities for language socialization. However, succeeding in the delivery of an…
Descriptors: Coping, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Zengin, Bugra – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2019
Although millions of EFL learners benefit from watching subtitled/captioned movies and TV shows in non-instructional settings, one almost untouched area is the development of strategies in benefiting from film scripts and their translated versions as well as audio language-subtitle combinations. This paper reports research subsequent to the…
Descriptors: Films, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Di Maio, Fabrizio – Research-publishing.net, 2019
This paper illustrates the use of two language-teaching and learning methods (process drama and theatre) in a class of Italian. Process drama is based on improvisation, over-identification, and dramatisation from a short set of coordinates that students can read just a few minutes before the activity that will be later performed in class (see…
Descriptors: Drama, Theater Arts, Italian, Second Language Learning
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Thomas, Rebecca S.; Waugh, Christian E. – Intercultural Education, 2020
This study examined the effects of a script-based communicative intervention (SBCI) on psychological and cultural adaptation in students studying abroad in second language (German and Spanish) contexts. Regardless of language proficiency, students with exposure to the SBCI, relative to those without the intervention, exhibited higher well-being…
Descriptors: Intervention, Study Abroad, German, Spanish
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Ashcroft, Robert John; Garner, Joseph; Hadingham, Oliver – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2018
It is thought that in order to comprehend general conversation at the native-speaker level, it is necessary to know thousands of word families. Vocabulary learning is therefore a vital component to attaining proficiency in a language. Technological advances have greatly expanded the resources available to language students. In particular, learners…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development, Recall (Psychology), English (Second Language)
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Özer, Selda – i.e.: inquiry in education, 2020
The aim of the study was to determine the effect of active learning techniques applied in Vocational English Course on students' achievement and attitude. In the research, quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test control group model was used. The participants included the students majoring Tourism Management at a state university in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Poetry, Concept Mapping
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Lekwilai, Panya – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2014
Fluency in reading is critical for becoming a successful reader and strongly correlates with reading comprehension. Fluency in reading refers to appropriate reading speed, accurate word recognition, appropriate phrasing, and appropriate expression when reading orally. Reader's Theater (RT) is a reading instructional method that requires readers to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Correlation
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Schaeffer-Lacroix, Eva – Language Awareness, 2016
Johns reports in his text "Kibbitzing one-to-ones" (1997) that corpus-informed metatalk with a foreign language expert helps apprentice writers to make progress in independent text revision. Expecting this progress to be based on the development of expert-like ways to observe language features, I integrated Johns' so-called kibbitzing…
Descriptors: German, Form Classes (Languages), Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis