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Xiaomei, Mai; Quansheng, Mai – English Language Teaching, 2018
This paper intends to examine the efficacy of song education to develop English proficiency in China's EFL context. By conducting a comparative study between two parallel classes and analyzing the results of forty-eight questionnaires, the paper reveals the following: 1) song education can help improve pronunciation and intonation skills to a…
Descriptors: Singing, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Chow, Bonnie Wing-Yin; Hui, Anna Na Na; Chui, Barbie Hiu-Tung – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
This study investigated the effects of creative literacy classroom activities on the acquisition of English as a foreign language. Ninety Chinese second graders were tested on reading attitude and English receptive vocabulary knowledge. They were randomly assigned to either a control group or an experimental group, which engaged in English…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Shi, Jing – English Language Teaching, 2017
The pedagogical values of corpora for ELT have been widely acknowledged and exploited, but their direct application in classroom teaching has entailed many difficulties. This project aims to investigate the impact of the pedagogical application of corpora on the vocabulary ability of intermediate-level ESL learners in mainland China. This…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Xu, Liju – English Language Teaching, 2018
The purpose of this paper is to explore the effectiveness of vocabulary enhancement activities on vocabulary learning in an ESP course. In designing the activities, technical terms on journal entries were chosen for the acquisition of language necessary for the successful implementation of accounting major's professional tasks. The desirable…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Wang, Xingrong – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
This paper mainly explores the impacts of presenting new words in semantically-related (SR) sets on vocabulary learning. 38 students from two classes of Grade 2 in Taiyuan Foreign Language School (Senior High School Section) participate in the whole process. The same vocabulary items unknown to all students are taught to them in 4 lessons. The…
Descriptors: Semantics, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Language Research
Niu, Ruiying; Helms-Park, Rena – Language Teaching Research, 2014
This study investigates the roles of collaborative output, the modality of output, and word engagement in vocabulary learning and retention by Chinese-speaking undergraduate EFL learners. The two treatment groups reconstructed a passage that they had read in one of two ways: (1) dyadic oral interaction while producing a written report (Written…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Oral Language, Control Groups, Written Language
Yi, Baoshu; Sun, Zhinong – English Language Teaching, 2013
The study aimed to investigate whether or not negotiation of meaning is effective in L2 vocabulary acquisition of Chinese learners of English in the classroom setting. In the study there were two experimental groups (pre-modified input and negotiation of meaning) and two control groups (pre-modified input). The four groups were required to do a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Language Tests, Pretests Posttests
Zhang, Haisen; Song, Wei; Burston, Jack – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2011
The purpose of this study is to reexamine the effectiveness of vocabulary learning via mobile phones. Students (N=78) from two intact classes of sophomores at a Chinese university were assigned to two groups: the SMS group (the experimental group) and the paper group (the control group). Then, they were administered a pretest to identify the level…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Instructional Effectiveness, Vocabulary Development
Shao, Jing – English Language Teaching, 2012
The development of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) has created the opportunity for exploring the effects of the multimedia application on foreign language vocabulary acquisition in recent years. This study provides an overview the computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and detailed a developing result of CALL--multimedia. With the…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Vocabulary Development, Computer Assisted Instruction
Liu, Qian; Fu, Zunwei – English Language Teaching, 2011
The role that instruction and monitor can play in improvement of pronunciation has long been a focus of argument among linguists and researchers. It is assumed that their combination will result in positive effect. An empirical study is carried out and it is confirmed that their combination contributes greatly to the improvement of pronunciation…
Descriptors: Pronunciation Instruction, Pronunciation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Zhao, Na – English Language Teaching, 2009
This paper attempts to tap the relationship between metacognitive strategy training and vocabulary learning of college students through a five week training program. It aims to answer the following question: Can metacognitive strategy training facilitate vocabulary learning of Chinese college students? Both questionnaire and tests were used in the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies