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Tunaz, Mehmet; Muyan, Emrah; Muratoglu, Nursel – Online Submission, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the categories of preposition errors made by EFL learners of elementary and intermediate proficiency levels by comparing the rate of preposition errors (addition, omission, substitution) to their total preposition uses in their essays, and by comparing the overall preposition usage of learners of both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Error Patterns
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Aslim Yetis, Veda – International Education Studies, 2017
Conducted on French Language Teaching students, this research aims to determine the causes of writing anxiety. Designed in accordance with the mixed method, a writing anxiety inventory, a language proficiency exam, a retrospective composing-process questionnaire, a writing attitude scale and semi-structured interviews were used. After identifying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Learning, French
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Yuksel, Peri; Brooks, Patricia J. – First Language, 2017
Many ancestral languages (AL) are at imminent risk of extinction due to societal changes that pressure minority communities to assimilate with dominant cultures and forego usage of their AL. This study aimed to encourage caregiver-child dyads to converse in Lazuri, an endangered AL in Rize, Turkey. Dyads (N = 59; child age M = 30.7 months, range…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Language Maintenance, Language Skill Attrition, Nonverbal Communication
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Genç, Gülten; Kulusakh, Emine; Aydin, Savas – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2016
Emotional intelligence has recently attracted educators' attention around the world. Educators who try to investigate the factors in language learning achievement have decided to pave the way to success through emotional intelligence. The relationship between emotional intelligence and language learning is the major concern of this study. The…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Language Skills, Correlation, Second Language Learning
Ördem, Eser; Paker, Turan – Online Submission, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether teaching vocabulary via collocations would contribute to retention and use of foreign language, English. A quasi-experimental design was formed to see whether there would be a significant difference between the treatment and control groups. Three instruments developed were conducted to 60…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning