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Hill, Aryn C. – English Language Teaching, 2022
The overall purpose of this study is to explore and understand how students acquire and apply new information (in particular, vocabulary) and how we as instructors can aid in this process. Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) as a whole tends to prioritize implicit learning but it is my belief that certain content can be understood more…
Descriptors: Mnemonics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Guo, Yi – English Language Teaching, 2019
Learning idioms has always been difficult for L2 learners of English. Drawing on a cognitive linguistic perspective of idiom learning, this paper reports on an empirical study that investigated the effects of incorporating the knowledge of conceptual metaphor and metonymy in L2 classroom instruction of English idioms. The study confirmed the…
Descriptors: Chinese, Figurative Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Yang, Xiaoling – English Language Teaching, 2017
This paper reviewed the literature of the previous research and questionnaire survey on reading strategy. Based on theories of psycholinguistics, a five-week experiment was carried out in order to probe into the effectiveness of strategy training. The experiment was designed to answer the following question: Can reading comprehension be improved…
Descriptors: Nonmajors, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language), Reading Strategies
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Banisaeid, Maryam – English Language Teaching, 2013
The present study was conducted to compare the effect of memory and cognitive strategies training on vocabulary learning of intermediate proficiency group of Iranian learners of English as a foreign language. It is to check how memory and cognitive strategies training affect word learning of EFL intermediate learners (N = 60) who were homogenized…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Memory
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van Han, Nguyen; van Rensburg, Henriette – English Language Teaching, 2014
Many companies and organizations have been using the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) for business and commercial communication purpose in Vietnam and around the world. The present study investigated the effect of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) on performance in the Test of English for International Communication…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Siriganjanavong, Vanlee – English Language Teaching, 2013
The objectives of the study were to introduce the technique called "Mnemonic Keyword Method" ("MKM") to low proficiency English learners, and to explore the effectiveness of the method in terms of short-term and long-term retention. The sample was purposefully drawn from one intact class consisting of 44 students. They were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), College Freshmen, Remedial Instruction
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Liu, Xianghu – English Language Teaching, 2014
This study investigates the attitudes towards, and practices of, computer-assisted autonomous learning in learning English of 160 students from three different higher education institutions in China. To do this, a questionnaire was completed by 160 participants, and follow-up in-depth interviews were undertaken with six participants and six of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Learning
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Zhang, Limei – English Language Teaching, 2010
For too long a time, how to memorize more words and keep them longer in mind has been a primary and everlasting problem for vocabulary teaching and learning. This study focused on deep processing as a word memorizing strategy in contextualizing, de- and re- contextualizing learning stages. It also examined possible effects of such pedagogy on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Jurkovic, Violeta – English Language Teaching, 2010
The present article reports on the findings of a study that explored the effect of explicit language learning strategy instruction on the development of English as a foreign language within a higher education setting in mixed language ability groups. The research results indicate that explicit language learning strategy instruction that aimed at…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies