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Pelin Irgin – Language Awareness, 2025
A growing body of research has examined the incorporation of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) into Second Language (L2) instruction in various settings. Despite pedagogical innovations in L2 classrooms, little research has embodied retrospective explorations of the impact of ELF interventions with concrete instruments to measure the exact change…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction, Preservice Teacher Education
Murshida Parvin; Muneera Muftah – Open Education Studies, 2025
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is widely recognized as an effective approach for developing second language (L2) learners' English skills. However, its success often depends on the teacher's ability to design engaging tasks and dynamic learning platforms that foster active participation. While previous studies highlight the importance of…
Descriptors: Age Groups, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Technology Integration
Shen Qiao; Samuel Kai Wah Chu; Susanna Siu-sze Yeung – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
Morphological analysis is a form of problem solving to work out the meanings of unfamiliar words by applying knowledge of morphemes. It has emerged recently as an important predictor of reading comprehension. However, while gamification can potentially be used to teach this skill, few studies have examined its use. To address this, a…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Tümen Akyildiz, Seçil; Çelik, Vildan – Language Learning Journal, 2022
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of reading tasks delivered through WhatsApp on students' achievements in English reading comprehension and explore students' views on the process. A mixed-method research model was used. The participants were 54 seventh grade students, aged 11-12, who were divided into experimental and control…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)
Tim Stoeckel; Liang Ye Tan; Hung Tan Ha; Nam Thi Phuong Ho; Tomoko Ishii; Young Ae Kim; Chunmei Huang; Stuart McLean – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2024
Local item dependency (LID) occurs when test-takers' responses to one test item are affected by their responses to another. It can be problematic if it causes inflated reliability estimates or distorted person and item measures. The cued-recall reading comprehension test in Hu and Nation's (2000) well-known and influential coverage--comprehension…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Cho, Juhyung; Song, Mi Jeong – English Teaching, 2023
This study aimed to investigate the effect of visual input enhancement (VIE) on the comprehension of reading texts and the learning of two grammatical forms: English relative clauses and articles. Individual learners' working memory (WM) capacity was also tested to explore its impact on the effectiveness of VIE. A total of 48 Korean college…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Visual Stimuli, Short Term Memory
Gálvez, Juan Diego; Del Campo, Marcela – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2023
This article reports the results of a study carried out at a public high school in Colombia whose objective was to design and determine how a reading comprehension module contributed to strengthening English literacy competence in sixth graders. The methodological framework entailed a basic outline of the action-research cycle. The qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, High School Students, English (Second Language)
Ebadi, Saman; Ashrafabadi, Fateme – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
This study investigated how Augmented Reality (AR) impacted EFL learners' reading comprehension and attitudes toward utilizing AR. A mixed-method was used with a sample composed of 64 upper-intermediate EFL learners in a state university in Iran. Independent and paired sample t-test were used to investigate the experimental group's reading…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Reading Comprehension
Taehyeong Kim; Byungmin Lee – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2025
The Korean College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) aims to assess Korean high school students' scholastic ability required for college readiness. As a high-stakes test, the examination serves as a pivotal hurdle for university admission and exerts a strong washback effect on the educational system in Korea. The present study set out to investigate…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Language Tests, Multiple Choice Tests
Ha Van Le; Thi Ai Duyen Nguyen; Dinh Hieu Ngan Le; Phuong Uyen Nguyen; Thi Thien An Nguyen – Cogent Education, 2024
The objective of this study is to evaluate the critical reading (CR) strategies utilized by English major students at a university in Vietnam, identifying both frequently employed and underutilized tactics. The study encompassed a quantitative survey of 147 students who had successfully finished a CR course in their curriculum, supplemented by…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Mintra Puripunyavanich – rEFLections, 2025
This study explored English reading instruction in foundation courses for non-English major undergraduates in Thai universities. 163 teachers completed an online questionnaire and eight teachers participated in semi-structured online interviews. Key findings revealed that building reading comprehension, teaching reading strategies, and building…
Descriptors: Nonmajors, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Seyede Faezeh Hosseini Alast; Sasan Baleghizadeh – Language Teaching Research, 2024
The aim of this experiment was to investigate how glossing influences second language (L2) reading comprehension in relation to text difficulty and the two local and global meaning representations. Fifty-eight undergraduate students were asked to read three easy, moderate, and difficult texts and, following each passage, answer twenty…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Difficulty Level, Reading Materials, Second Language Learning
Bergström, Denise; Norberg, Cathrine; Nordlund, Marie – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2023
One core aspect of learning a language is developing vocabulary, an endeavor that requires a structured and principled focus in the classroom. As the EFL textbook has a central position in the language learning classroom, it should have an important role to play in structuring vocabulary development. Yet, what guides decisions concerning the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Materials
Ai Nhan Nguyen; Tuan Van Vu; Thuy Thanh Le – International Journal of Language Education, 2025
Legal language is characterized by its specialized lexicology, often formed through derivational processes such as affixation, nominalization, and semantic derivation, making legal texts more challenging to understand. This research examined how university students majoring in legal English linguistics recognize, interpret, and manage the…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Laws, Language Styles, Lexicology
Lim, Hye-Young; Park, Hae-Ok – English Teaching, 2023
This paper presents a case study of developing a blended reading program for Korean EFL middle school students using a process drama methodology to generate intrinsic motivation to read, improve reading comprehension and language fluency, and foster twenty-first-century skills such as creativity, communication, and cooperation. For the development…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Reading Programs