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Rebecca Gray; Deirdre M. Muldoon; Emily B. McCarthy – Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 2024
Background and aims: This study was conducted in a clinical setting with the aim of replicating previously used procedures for teaching receptive vocabulary. Researchers increased the number of vocabulary words and maintained use of match-to-sample (MtS), prompting, and reinforcement procedures. Researchers were also interested in the efficacy of…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Vocabulary Development, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intervention
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Passakornkarn, Supassorn; Vibulphol, Jutarat – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2020
English language usage has increased in all areas of the world over the past few decades, and goals for learning English as a second language have changed from 'obtaining native-like proficiency' to 'gaining proficiency in dealing with English varieties' (Graddol, 2006). English as a foreign language (EFL) Thai students should be provided with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Secondary School Students
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Dizon, Gilbert – Language Learning & Technology, 2020
While the use of intelligent personal assistants (IPAs) has exploded in recent years, little is known about their use to promote English as a foreign language (EFL) development. Thus, this study addresses this gap in the literature by examining the in-class use of the IPA, Alexa, among second language (L2) English students to support improvements…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Educational Technology, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Diab, Abeer Ali Mahmoud; Abdel-Haq, Iman Muhamad; Aly, Mahsoub Abdel-Sadeq – Online Submission, 2018
This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of using the CLIL approach to develop student teachers' EFL receptive skills. The study followed a pre-post experimental one group design. The participants were 38 third year students enrolled in English Language section, Faculty of Education, Benha University. To determine the most important and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Pretests Posttests, Language Teachers
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Murphy, Aoife; Franklin, Sue; Breen, Annemarie; Hanlon, Molly; McNamara, Aoife; Bogue, Aine; James, Emily – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2017
Young people from areas of socioeconomic disadvantage (SED) are more likely to present with language difficulties, particularly vocabulary difficulties. Studies have shown the effectiveness of vocabulary interventions for children with language impairment but not for adolescents from areas of SED. This article aims to establish the effectiveness…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Secondary School Students
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Motsch, Hans-Joachim; Marks, Dana-Kristin – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2015
Lexicon Pirate was originally developed as a strategy intervention programme to treat lexical disorders of pre-school children. To evaluate the therapy's effectiveness for school-age students, a randomized controlled trial (RCT, N = 157) was conducted. Based on a pre--post-test design, the programme's impacts were compared with a control group…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Pretests Posttests, Experimental Groups