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Download full textFattah, Ashraf; Yahiaoui, Rashid – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
This study seeks to contribute to addressing a gap in theory-driven corpus-based research focused on the so-called translation specific features (TSF) in Arabic translated texts. It provides a contrastive Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL)-informed analysis of concessive/contrastive connective markers in a selected comparable corpus made up of…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Semitic Languages, Computational Linguistics, Translation
Yüksel, H. Gülru; Kavanoz, Suzan – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
Metadiscourse is essential in establishing pragmatically effective academic written communication. However, little is known about how metadiscourse is used in written texts produced by tertiary level second language learners. This corpus-based linguistic research study aims to explore the frequencies and usages of metadiscourse markers in student…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, English (Second Language), English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning
Tabley Amos, Ngoge; Hermilinda Abas, Imelda – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
The present study aims at investigating idiom comprehension through multimodal teaching approach among Zanzibar University students. The participants of the study were 120 male and female students and selected randomly. All of the students speak Swahili as their first language. The participants enrolled in a 3-year English program at the…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Sardarianpour, Shirin; Kolahi, Sholeh – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the comparative effect of dynamic and negotiated assessment on EFL learners' writing complexity and fluency. To this end, 72 female intermediate EFL participants, selected from a larger group of 103 learners based on their performances on a piloted PET, in Tak language institute in Dezfoul, Iran…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Language Fluency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Aldossari, Sarah; Alsuhaibani, Zainab – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
This study sought to measure the effect of using augmented reality (AR) on developing language learning. It also explored teachers' perceptions about the use of augmented reality in general, and its effect on students' autonomy. A quasi-experimental research design using a pre-test and a post-test with control and experimental groups was followed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Köroglu, Zeynep Çetin; Elban, Mehmet – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2020
Textbooks can change, shape, and affect the formation of identity of those who learn the target language rather than teaching the language. In this study, the textbooks determined by the Ministry of National Education and used for English lessons in public high schools were analyzed with the content analysis method in terms of national identity…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Global Approach, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Moghaddam, Nahid Nemati; Mahmoudi, Asgar – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
This study investigated the effects of three types of pre-reading activities (movie-watching, vocabulary presentation, and pre-reading summarization) on the reading comprehension of 76 elementary-level EFL Iranian learners. The participants were randomly assigned to one control and three experimental conditions and then a pretest was given to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension
Karimi, Mehrnoosh; Hamzavi, Raouf – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The present study aimed at investigating the effect of flipped model of instruction on EFL learners' reading comprehension ability. Moreover, this study aimed at identifying EFL students' attitudes toward flipped model of instruction. To this end, 60 EFL learners studying at an accredited private language institute in Isfahan were first…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Sipra, Muhammad Aslam; Nasir, Muhammad Haseeb – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
In this article, the analysis of Shakespearean tragedies is presented. It reveals that Shakespeare's plays are full of conflicting thoughts, and expression is so convincing that it is not possible to plan a system of philosophy out of them. Each character, from the king to the clown, from the most highly intellectual to the simpleton, judges life…
Descriptors: Tragedy, English Literature, Comparative Analysis
Karakoc, Aynur Ismayilli – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
Different theoretical and empirical taxonomies of reading and listening comprehension (RC, LC) are available in the literature. Most of language tests and tasks in English as foreign or second language (EFL/ESL) coursebooks are based on the classifications of reading and listening subskills (micro-skills) offered in theory. However, these…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Setayesh, Mahnam; Marzban, Amin – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The present study primarily aimed at investigating the effect of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) on development of the Iranian EFL learners' ESP Reading Comprehension Skills. Moreover, it was aimed at investigating the probable difference between the TBLT-instructed students of Law and Mechanical Engineering with respect to their ESP reading…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Statistical Analysis
Dalkiran, Büsra; Semerci, Çetin – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2020
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of ECRIF taxonomy in foreign language teaching on academic achievement. For this purpose, this study has been carried out with 56 students at 4th grade of primary education in 2018-2019 academic years. In the research, pretest posttest control group design of experiment method has been used. This…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Second Language Learning, Comparative Analysis, Second Language Instruction
Harun, Mohammad – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2020
Research on agrammatism has revealed that the nature of linguistic impairment is systematic and interpretable. Non-canonical sentences are more impaired than those of canonical sentences. Previous studies on Japanese (Hiroshi et al. 2004; Chujo 1983; Tamaoka et al. 2003; Nakayama 1995) report that aphasic patients take longer Response Time (RT)…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, German, Japanese, Indo European Languages
Walsh, Rupert – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) is now common in extra-curricular language learning, but, more recently, teachers have increasingly sought ways to utilise MALL as a communicative classroom tool. Research into the extent that MALL can transform a whole communicative language course, and learners' impressions of such courses, is scarce.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction, Telecommunications
Chavangklang, Thanaset; Chavangklang, Pitchayapa; Thiamhuanok, Sirichai; Sathitdetkunchorn, Premkamon – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
The objectives of this study were: 1) to investigate the effects of online multimedia-based extensive reading activities on students' vocabulary size; 2) to investigate the effect of online multimedia-based extensive reading activities on students' reading comprehension, and 3) to investigate the relationship between vocabulary size and reading…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
