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Daniel R. Walter – Educational Linguistics, 2023
In this chapter, I explore how the study of grammatical gender has been a prime example of the impact that boundary crossing can have on the understanding of a phenomenon by creating nuance through the incorporation and juxtaposition of multiple perspectives. In the first section, I start with a description of grammatical gender and its different…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Instruction, Language Research, Educational History
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Nino Sharashenidze – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
Taking into account the peculiarities of the Georgian language and integrating them into the teaching process remains an important task. Georgian is an agglutinative language, which means the existence of grammatical markers in word-forms related to certain semantic features. The system of the Georgian verb is unique in that it is based on…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Semantics, Grammar, Verbs
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Bimali Indrarathne – ELT Journal, 2025
Whether or not ELT practitioners have access to research findings, their understanding of them and the perceived relevance to their own contexts are important debates in the language education field. This paper discusses an initiative that attempted to disseminate research findings relating to teaching/learning grammar to a group of ELT teachers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Teachers, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
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Miroslaw Pawlak – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
Despite undeniable advances in research on language learning strategies in the last several decades, empirical investigations of actions and thoughts that learners engage in to better understand and use grammar structures in different contexts, or grammar learning strategies (GLS), remain scarce. Moreover, there is a paucity of studies examining…
Descriptors: Grammar, Learning Strategies, Intervention, Definitions
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Maryam Pakzadian – AILA Review, 2023
The concept of constructions has become increasingly important in theories of language acquisition and use during the last 20 years. Constructions are form-meaning pairings that are learned and stored as pieces of linguistic knowledge. Fillmore, Kay, and O'Conner (1988), and Goldberg (1995, 2006, 2019) were among the first linguists who paved the…
Descriptors: Grammar, Phrase Structure, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
Joseph Gagen Stockdale III – Online Submission, 2025
"A Dictionary of Contemporary Figurative Language" is meant to be an appendix to an earlier, more comprehensive work: ED648945, "A Dictionary and Thesaurus of Contemporary Figurative Language and Metaphor 2024." This appendix simply updates the dictionary of that previous work to better reflect the language used during the 2024…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Language Usage, Dictionaries, Phrase Structure
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Renata Asali-van der Wal; Sarah Raad Salih Alshanmy – Cogent Education, 2024
As an established educational institute, the University of Jordan promotes intercultural exchange through language support. This thesis addresses the question of heterogeneity of German language teaching at the University of Jordan and develops a didactic strategy for improving language acquisition at the A2 and B1 levels. The focus is on…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Fisenko, Olga; Belous, Anastasiya; Vukolova, Elena; Sycheva, Irina – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2021
The developing grammatical competence in teaching Russian as a foreign language foreign student at the stage of pre-higher education training is one of the most important tasks facing linguodidactics. The success of mastering Russian as a foreign language depends on the level of grammatical competence. Knowledge of grammar contributes to better…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Russian, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Gu, Wenyuan – Online Submission, 2022
The purpose of this article is to help ESL (English as a Second Language) students or English language learners (ELLs) how to express or use moods correctly when they study English. The expression of moods was summarized and illustrated from various examples cited or given, on the basis of the writer's more than twenty years' teaching experience…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Second Language Instruction, Textbooks
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Burton, Graham – ELT Journal, 2022
The commonly used categorical system for conditionals (zero, first, second, and third) has been repeatedly demonstrated to be inadequate because it is unable to account for many conditional types attested in actual usage. ELT coursebooks and pedagogic grammars are criticized for ignoring the evidence and persisting with its use, but the reality…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Course Descriptions
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Pawlak, Miroslaw – Language Teaching, 2020
Although major advances have been made in research on language learning strategies (LLS), there are some areas that have been somewhat surprisingly neglected by specialists. This applies without doubt to the strategies that learners draw on to better understand and learn grammar rules but also to employ grammar structures in real-time processing,…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies
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Velasco, Ender – TESL Canada Journal, 2022
Using authentic materials in the English as a second language (ESL) classroom can develop students' critical thinking (CT) skills, expose them to more realistic English, and support their motivation. Carrying out text analyses of authentic materials in the ESL classroom can also help students become more critical in their approach to reading.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Thinking Skills, Critical Thinking
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Spada, Nina – Language Teaching, 2022
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) and instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) have much in common in terms of theory, research, and educational relevance. The distinguishing characteristic between the two is that TBLT adopts communicative tasks as the central unit for instruction and assessment, whereas ISLA comprises a broader range of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Task Analysis, Teaching Methods
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Cohen, Andrew D.; Gu, Peter Yongqi; Nyikos, Martha; Plonsky, Luke; Harris, Vee; Gunning, Pamela; Wang, Isobel Kai-Hui; Pawlak, Miroslaw; Gavriilidou, Zoe; Mitits, Lydia; Sykes, Julie M.; Gao, Xuesong – Language Teaching, 2023
This article presents reflections from 12 experts on "language learners strategy" (LLS) research. They were asked to offer their reflections in one of their domains of expertise, linking research into LLS with successful language learning and use practices. In essence, they were called upon to provide a review of recent scholarship by…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies, Grammar
Dilobarkhon Azimova; Dilyorjon Solidjonov – Online Submission, 2023
The use of augmented reality (AR) in teaching English as a second language is examined in this article. Traditional language teaching techniques sometimes fall short of engaging students and offering real-world applications, which results in boredom and slow development. Through the use of augmented reality (AR) technology, digital content can be…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Physical Environment
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