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Qadi, Ahmad Hatim – English Language Teaching, 2021
The current study seeks to probe the use of refusal strategies and their frequency among Saudi EFL students of Bachelor of Science (BS) at Moon University (pseudonym), Saudi Arabia. Through a convenient sampling procedure, 20 students were selected, and Discourse Completion Test (DCT) was administered. This test comprised 12 situations eliciting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Alsahafi, Morad – English Language Teaching, 2020
This paper employs narrative discourse analysis to analyze Edger Allen Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by using two narrative analysis frameworks that focus on the macrostructure (Stein, 1982) and microstructure (Halliday & Hasan, 1976) aspects of the story. The analysis covers the story's purpose, generic structure, and…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Chen, Hsueh Chu – English Language Teaching, 2018
This study (a) conducted a feature analysis of the spoken data of Chinese university students in pronunciation, grammar, and discourse, (b) investigated the contributions of the discrete linguistic features to the perceptual ratings on foreign accent, comprehensibility, delivery, and general language use. Ten university learners were selected from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, College Students
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Al-Sulaiman, Raghad S. – English Language Teaching, 2020
After graduation, many Saudi EFL graduates find themselves losing their oral communicative competence, which could be attributed to the period of their English non-use. To explore such a pressing issue, the following study investigates the effect of English non-use on a surveyed sample of Saudi EFL graduates, and how such disuse correlates with…
Descriptors: Oral Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Barón, Júlia; Roquet, Helena; Evnitskaya, Natalia; Navarro, Noelia – English Language Teaching, 2020
This study aims to explore how the speech act of requesting is performed in Catalan (L1), English (L1) and EFL classrooms by pre-primary teachers. The study examines transcripts of 40-minute video-recorded lessons (six in Catalan/L1, six in English/FL, and three in English/L1) collected in several pre-primary schools in Catalonia, Spain. Recall…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Preschool Education, Romance Languages, Native Language
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Debreli, Emre; Oyman, Nadire – English Language Teaching, 2016
In literature on bilingual teaching, different perspectives exist for and against the use of first language (L1) in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms. There is a continuing matter of debate on whether L1 contributes to or precludes the learning of a second language (L2). Numerous studies have been conducted on this topic, but no clear…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Bao, Xiaoli – English Language Teaching, 2015
Relative clause is one of the most important language points in College English Examination. Teachers have been attaching great importance to the teaching of relative clause, but the outcomes are not satisfactory. Based on Error Analysis theory, this article aims to explore the reasons why senior high school students find it difficult to choose…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Error Patterns
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Ren, Junhong; Wang, Na – English Language Teaching, 2015
This survey investigates to what degree the Chinese learners know about the discrepancies between Chinese and English thought patterns and their possible effects on English writing. Eighty-one students from North China Electric Power University participate in the survey. Qualitative and quantities approaches, involving the adoption of both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Surveys, English (Second Language), College Students
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Kotani, Katsunori; Yoshimi, Takehiko; Nanjo, Hiroaki; Isahara, Hitoshi – English Language Teaching, 2016
In order to develop effective teaching methods and computer-assisted language teaching systems for learners of English as a foreign language who need to study the basic linguistic competences for writing, pronunciation, reading, and listening, it is necessary to first investigate which vocabulary and grammar they have or have not yet learned.…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Accuracy, Language Fluency, Linguistic Competence
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Tehrani, Mohammad Dadkhah; Rezaei, Omid; Dezhara, Salman; Kafrani, Reza Soltani – English Language Teaching, 2012
This study investigated the different primary and secondary strategies the Iranian EFL students use in different situations and the effect of gender on this. A questionnaire was developed based on Sugimoto's (1995) to compare the apology strategies used by male and female students, only gender was examined as a variable. The results showed that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Questionnaires, Gender Differences
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Lancaster, Nina K. – English Language Teaching, 2016
This article documents the findings of a study concerning the perspectives on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in the monolingual context of Jaén. The research has involved the design, validation and administration of two sets of questionnaires to 745 informants (692 students and 53 teachers) within eight secondary schools with a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
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Khorshidi, Hassan Rasouli – English Language Teaching, 2013
This research study empirically investigated the impact of study abroad context on L2 learners' pragmatic development compared with study at home group in Iran. For the study abroad group the participants were selected from the Iranian students who registered in a six-month program in language institutes in India (Mysore) and for the study at home…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Pretests Posttests, Program Effectiveness
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Hamad, Mona M. – English Language Teaching, 2013
This study investigated factors negatively affect English language speaking skills in Saudi colleges for girls in the South in terms of: a) Instructors. b) Students. c) Curriculum and textbook. d) English Language teaching methods and exercises. e) Teaching and learning environment. To collect data for the study, a questionnaire papers were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Single Sex Colleges, Womens Education
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Shahraki, Sara Hashemi; Rasekh, Abbass Eslami – English Language Teaching, 2011
Slang usage in modern age Iran is a popular phenomenon among most male and female teenagers. How pervasive this variation of language use is among various age and sex groups in Iran has been a question of debate given the significance of religion in a theological system of social structure. The work presented in this study aims to investigate the…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Elementary School Students
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Jalilifar, Alireza – English Language Teaching, 2009
This study was a cross-sectional investigation into the request strategies used by Iranian learners of English as a Foreign Language and Australian native speakers of English. The sample involved 96 BA and MA Persian students and 10 native speakers of English. A Discourse Completion Test (DCT) was used to generate data related to the request…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Native Speakers, Language Teachers
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