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Investigating Learner Autonomy and Vocabulary Learning Efficiency with MALL
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Daly, Nigel P. – Language Learning & Technology, 2022
The road to second language competence is a long and arduous one, and much of its effort involves learning to recognize and use vocabulary. Fortunately, anytime-anywhere learning with smart phones and smart apps offer a means to lessen the burden and make vocabulary learning more efficient. Accordingly, this study investigated 134 students across…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Independent Study, Computer Assisted Instruction, Language Tests
Recall Efficacy in EFL Learning
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Makarchuk, Donald – English Teaching, 2018
This study investigated the efficacy of retrieving EFL vocabulary from memory as a long-term retention strategy. Three learning treatments, rereading, recognizing and recalling target words, were compared with the assistance of 74 university students who underwent the treatments to learn academic American English during a 15-week semester. In…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Impact of Flipped Classroom on EFL Learners' Appropriate Use of Refusal: Achievement, Participation, Perception
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Haghighi, Hamzeh; Jafarigohar, Manoochehr; Khoshsima, Hooshang; Vahdany, Fereidoon – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
With the emergence of innovative mobile-based tools, new opportunities have been made to enhance the quality of language learning. Keeping this in mind, the current study aimed to investigate the impact of a flipped classroom on enhancing EFL learners' pragmatic competence. To this end, 60 EFL learners from two universities in Iran were assigned…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
It Works for Me: From the High Achievers' Perspective
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Yeon, Sang-Hee – Applied Language Learning, 2014
This research focuses on speaking proficiency and successful second language speakers' traits using a survey and an interview. The participants in the study were in a short intensive course between four and six months, depending on the language they studied. The successful learner was defined as someone who received 1+ or above on the Interagency…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Interviews, Language Tests
It Works for Me: From the High Achievers' Perspective
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Yeon, Sang-Hee – Applied Language Learning, 2014
This research focuses on speaking proficiency and successful second language speakers' traits using a survey and an interview. The participants in the study were in a short intensive course between four and six months, depending on the language they studied. The successful learner was defined as someone who received 1+ or above on the Interagency…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Interviews
Integrating Vocabulary Learning Strategy Instruction into EFL Classrooms
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Lai, Ying-Chun – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2013
In the current study, explicit vocabulary learning strategy instruction was integrated into an EFL curriculum to investigate its effects on learners' vocabulary acquisition. A total of 180 EFL learners enrolled in the freshmen English program at a university in Taiwan participated in the study. The participants were guided to explore and practice…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Learning Strategies, English (Second Language)
Development and Use of an EFL Reading Practice Application for an Android Tablet Computer
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Ishikawa, Yasushige; Smith, Craig; Kondo, Mutsumi; Akano, Ichiro; Maher, Kate; Wada, Norihisa – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2014
This paper reports on the use of an English-language reading practice application for an Android tablet computer with students who are not native speakers of English. The application materials for vocabulary learning in reading-passage contexts were created to include words from a database of low-frequency and technical noun-verb collocations…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Reading Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Handheld Devices