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Alsubaiai, Hanan Sarhan – English Language Teaching, 2021
This study aims to assess the evidence regarding the relationship between previous and new schools of linguistics. According to Kuhn (1970), old linguistic paradigms incorporate vocabulary and apparatus from previous or traditional paradigms. In particular, this review addresses the Question: Do new paradigms in linguistic arise from old or…
Descriptors: Correlation, Generative Grammar, Linguistic Theory, Comparative Analysis
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He, Chunyan; Wei, Xueyan – English Language Teaching, 2019
Using 328 papers published in SSCI (Social Science Citation Index) journals from the Web of Science between 2009 and 2018, this study analyzed corpus' influences in EAP (English for Academic Purposes) research with mapping knowledge domains CiteSpace. This study found that the relationship between international EAP studies and corpus tends to…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, English for Academic Purposes, Academic Language, Discourse Analysis
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Rosado, Nayibe; Caro, Keiby G. – English Language Teaching, 2018
It has been commonly reported by teachers and learners the strong and positive relationship between lexis and reading comprehension. This claim has been usually grounded on experience. In consequence, this paper attempts to find research-based evidence to support the connection between lexis and reading comprehension. To do this, a review of 128…
Descriptors: Correlation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Language
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Nematollahi, Batoul; Behjat, Fatemeh; Kargar, Ali Asghar – English Language Teaching, 2017
Vocabulary learning is one of the crucial matters in second language learning. There is a vast body of research in this field which has been done by famous researchers around the world, but still there is no specific solution for extending lexical knowledge in the best way. Therefore, we have conducted a meta-analysis on a body of 30 research…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Meta Analysis, Learning Strategies
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Sadeghi, Nabiollah; Kasim, Zalina Mohd; Tan, Bee Hoon; Abdullah, Faiz Sathi – English Language Teaching, 2012
This study aims at reviewing the relationship between learning styles, personality and reading comprehension performance. In the last two decades, ample studies have been done to examine the relationship between learning styles, learner's personality and performance in academic settings. The reviewed studies substantiate that there is a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Learning Strategies, Personality Traits, Reading Comprehension
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Raoofi, Saeid; Chan, Swee Heng; Mukundan, Jayakaran; Rashid, Sabariah Md – English Language Teaching, 2014
Metacognition appears to be a significant contributor to success in second language (SL) and foreign language (FL) learning. This study seeks to investigate empirical research on the role metacognition plays in language learning by focusing on the following research questions: first, to what extent does metacognition affect SL/FL learning? Second,…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Intervention, Learning Strategies