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Pangaribuan, Tagor; Manik, Sondang – English Language Teaching, 2018
This research held at SMA HKBP 1 Tarutung North Sumatra on the research result of test XI[superscript 2] and XI[superscript 2] students, after they got treatment in teaching writing in recount text by using buzz group and clustering technique. The average score (X) was 67.7 and the total score buzz group the average score (X) was 77.2 and in…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Intermode Differences, Writing Processes
Ansarin, Ali Akbar; Khatibi, Samira Paki – English Language Teaching, 2018
This study set out with the aim of assessing whether Multiple Intelligences profiles of Iranian students would exert any influence on their use of language learning strategies as important determining factors in the language learning. Additionally, we explored the role of gender and different proficiency levels on EFL learners' multiple…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Language Acquisition, Learning Strategies, Gender Differences
Morales, Silvia – English Language Teaching, 2017
This research analyzed the influence of socioeconomic variables in the L2 learning in beginner students of level one in a language center in a public university in Babahoyo. In addition, variables such as parents' level of education and home environment are analyzed in order to determine the relationship between these variables with L2 learning.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Environment, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Alotaibi, Abdullah M.; Alotaibi, Maye A. – English Language Teaching, 2015
This study examines the extent to which 70 Kuwaiti EFL learners are aware of the formation rules of tag questions in English. It also investigates whether the English proficiency level of the participants contributes to their correct answers on the test. For this purpose, the researchers used a multiple-choice test to measure the participants'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Questioning Techniques
Yaowaratana, Kotchawara; Rungruang, Apichai – English Language Teaching, 2018
The pronunciation of regular past tense verbs seems to be difficult for most L2 learners, especially in L2 learners whose first language phonological system is different from the English one. It is predicted that Thai EFL students could encounter difficulties perceiving English coda clusters like the '-ed' ending sounds. For this reason, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Alzahrani, Khalid Saleh – English Language Teaching, 2017
The BBC Learning English website has become an important method of learning and studying English as a second language, a resource that enhances the importance of e-learning. The aim of the current research is to find Saudi students' knowledge of and attitude towards e-resources on BBC Learning English. The sample size was 28 participants (17 male…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language)
Alsulami, Sumayyah Qaed – English Language Teaching, 2016
In spite of Krashen's (1985) claims that the only way to acquire a second language is through non-stressful comprehensible input, Swain (1995, 1998, 2005) and others propose that the production of language (speaking or writing), under certain circumstances, is a significant part of the second-language acquisition process. Swain also states that…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Writing Skills
Asrobi, Maman; Prasetyaningrum, Ari – English Language Teaching, 2017
This study was conducted in order to investigate the effectiveness of trait based assessment on teaching writing skill for EFL learners. Designed as pre-experimental study with one group pretest and posttest design, it examined 20 students of the second semester of English Department of "Hamzanwadi University" in the academic year…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing Skills
Ren, Junhong – English Language Teaching, 2017
College English writing instruction has been a prominent research area in EFL field in mainland China. This paper has continued the focus by exploring a seemingly effective way for college English writing instruction in China--teaching writing based on reading on the basis of the "output-driven, input-enabled" hypothesis. This hypothesis…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Instruction, Nonmajors, English (Second Language)
Ali, Amira Desouky – English Language Teaching, 2016
This mixed-methods research was carried out to investigate the effect of screencast video feedback on the writing of freshmen, studying academic writing course at a university in Egypt, and explore their perception towards receiving screencast feedback. Two classes of 63 students were chosen to participate in this study and were assigned into two…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, College Freshmen, Feedback (Response), Video Technology
Abdelshaheed, Bothina S. M. – English Language Teaching, 2017
This study aims at investigating the effect of using Flipped Learning Model in teaching English language among female English majors in Majmaah University on their achievement in two different English courses and identifying their feelings and satisfaction about flipping their classes. The study used a pre-post test design and included two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Riissanen, Anne; Watson, Greg – English Language Teaching, 2014
This study (Note 1) investigates potential differences in language use between genders, by applying a modified model of thought representation. Our hypothesis is that women use more direct forms of thought representation than men in modern spoken British English. Women are said to favour "private speech" that creates intimacy and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Knowledge Representation, Language Usage
Ramezani, Raana; Larsari, Ebrahim Ezzati; Kiasi, Mohammad Aghajanzadeh – English Language Teaching, 2016
The current study sought to investigate the relationship between critical thinking and speaking ability among EFL students at Payame Noor University (PNU) of Rasht. This research concerned determining the fact that whether language students who are as critical thinker, perform better in their speaking ability or not. In order to answer the…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Relationship
Alikhani, Mohsen; Bagheridoust, Esmaeil – English Language Teaching, 2017
The study investigated how group-dynamics instruction techniques of adaptable nature can be to the benefit of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners so as to develop and improve their willingness-to-communicate and speaking-ability in the long run. After analyzing the data via ANCOVA and EFA, the researcher selected 108 young Iranian male…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Group Dynamics, Student Attitudes
Zhao, Qian; Yu, Liang; Yang, Yanqing – English Language Teaching, 2014
Metaphoric competence is an essential part of language concept fluency and communicative competence. Since metaphor is pervasive in language, when Chinese second language (L2) learners are engaged in reading process, one of the barriers to influence their comprehension is metaphor. This paper aims to empirically investigate the relationship…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Figurative Language, Reading Skills, Correlation