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Download full textShamsudin, Mardziah; Othman, Moomala; Jahedi, Maryam; Aralas, Dalia – English Language Teaching, 2017
The present study investigated the impact of two instructional methods, Debate and Philosophy Inquiry (PI), in enhancing Willingness to Communicate (WTC) among two groups of English as a Second Language (ESL) learners who were randomly selected. In each group there were sixteen participants. The researchers used independent samples t-test and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Philosophy
Yusuf, Mohamad A.; Sim, Tam S.; Su'ad A. – English Language Teaching, 2014
Learning vocabulary forms a major part for any language learner. Apart from direct teaching of vocabulary, language teachers are always searching for ways to increase their students' vocabulary to enable them to use the language more effectively. Therefore, this study sets out to investigate whether the use of computer textual glosses can aid…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Language Proficiency, Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language)
Othman, Normala; Shah, Mohamed Ismail Ahamad – English Language Teaching, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the problem-based learning approach (PBL) on students in language classes in two areas: course content and language development. The study was conducted on 128 students, grouped into the experimental and control groups, and employed an experimental research design. The syllabus, textbook,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Prvinchandar, Sunita; Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi Mohd – English Language Teaching, 2014
This study compared the effectiveness of two types of computer software for improving the English writing skills of pupils in a Malaysian primary school. Sixty students who participated in the seven-week training course were divided into two groups, with the experimental group using the StyleWriter software and the control group using the…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Courseware, Writing Improvement, Elementary School Students
Kassim, Asiah; Ng, Lee Luan – English Language Teaching, 2014
This paper discusses findings from a study investigating feedback efficacy on the accurate use of prepositions by ESL learners in written work over a period of 12 weeks. The study involved two treatment groups and a control group comparing the differential effects of the focused indirect with the unfocused indirect corrective feedback on the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Feedback (Response), Language Usage
Yoke, Soo Kum; Rajendran, Cecilia Bai; Sain, Noridah; Kamaludin, Puteri Nur Hidayah; Nawi, Sofwah Md; Yusof, Suhaili – English Language Teaching, 2013
Conventional corrective feedback has been widely practiced but has been said to be tedious, stressful and time consuming. As such, the focus of this study is to investigate the use of an alternative method to giving corrective feedback namely, an online corrective feedback through e-mail. In order to examine if this innovative form of corrective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Mail
