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Download full textFu, Sijing – English Language Teaching, 2021
This study conducted the semi-structured interview to investigate the types of vocabulary learning strategies (VLSs) Chinese English major university students employed and the factors for their VLS use. Chinese EFL learners frequently employed determination and cognitive strategies. They mainly used the mechanical strategies and focused on English…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Ostovar-Namaghi, Seyyed Ali; Ahmadabadi-Tak, Bahareh – English Language Teaching, 2017
Strategy-deficient language learners struggle to develop their language proficiency through limiting and inappropriate strategies. This study aims at exploring experienced teachers' perceptions of strategy deficiency syndrome among EFL learners. To this end, the perspectives of a purposive sample of experienced teachers teaching in private…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
He, Huaqing; Deng, Yunfei – English Language Teaching, 2015
In China, English as a foreign language (EFL) learning mainly occurs in the classroom, and the resultant lack of practice using English in authentic settings makes it quite difficult for many Chinese learners to learn English words. They may often feel that English words are "difficult to learn and easy to forget." As such, how to…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Yang, Weidong; Dai, Weiping – English Language Teaching, 2011
Rote memorization of vocabulary has long been a common way for Chinese students to learn lexical items. Cultural, educational background and traditional teaching practice in China are identified to be the factors that contribute to many students' heavy reliance on memorization as their sole approach to vocabulary learning. In addition to rote…
Descriptors: Rote Learning, Memorization, Vocabulary Development, Foreign Countries
Mourssi, Anwar – English Language Teaching, 2012
Building on previous studies of cross-linguistic influence (CLI) on SLA, and principled criteria for confirming its existence in L2 data, an empirical study was run on 74 Arab learners of English (ALEs). A detailed analysis was made of interlanguage stages of the simple past tense forms in 222 written texts produced by ALEs in the classroom…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Arabs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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)
