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Al-Seghayer, Khalid – English Language Teaching, 2021
One of the most important factors among those that play key roles in second language acquisition is language learning styles and strategies. This article identifies the unique and multifarious learning-style preferences that characterize Saudi English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' learning, and explores how multidimensional causal factors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Style, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Escudero, Isabel; Fuertes, Narcisa; López, Ligia – English Language Teaching, 2019
Reading comprehension in Ecuadorian students has been mostly managed at a literal comprehension level, leaving out inferential and critical comprehension. This is because most of the articles students read require a high level of literacy and a good domain of comprehension strategies. One of these strategies is paraphrasing; therefore, the purpose…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension
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Coniam, David; Lampropoulou, Leda; Cheilari, Angeliki – English Language Teaching, 2021
This paper reports reactions by candidates to the use of online proctoring (OLP), 'invigilation', in the delivery of high-stakes English language examinations. The paper first sets the scene in terms of the move from face-to-face to online modes of delivery. It explores the challenges and benefits that both modes offer, in terms of accessibility,…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Yahiaoui, Habib – English Language Teaching, 2020
Private tuition or shadow education is a self-contained activity. It is a system that exists parallel to the national education system. The scale of private tuition has witnessed a worldwide skyrocketing increase. The present research sheds light on the determinants that lead to the demand/ supply of private tuition. It examines the issue from the…
Descriptors: Tuition, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Song, Hanxiao; Zhang, Yu – English Language Teaching, 2022
As a neoliberally-driven test, China's postgraduate entrance exam is gaining an increasing attention nationwide due to the intense competition in the local market and the dramatic size of Chinese students taking the exam. Under the neoliberal mechanism, Chinese candidates are ideologically self-regulated and emotionally-driven to mobilize their…
Descriptors: Emotional Experience, Neoliberalism, Graduate Study, College Entrance Examinations
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De Silva, Viruli A.; Palihakkara, Hemamali – English Language Teaching, 2020
There is a dire need to enhance the English language standards in schools of developing countries using English as a second or Foreign language, due to its importance in employability and high-earning ability in the job market. Enhancing English language standards in schools is vital to improving the English language competence of school leavers…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Standards
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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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Pei, Zhengwei; Wu, Yidi; Xiang, Xiaocui; Qian, Huimin – English Language Teaching, 2016
This study investigates 128 Chinese college students to examine the effects of their musical aptitude and musical training on phonological production in four foreign languages. Results show that musically-trained students remarkably possessed stronger musical aptitude than those without musical training and performed better than their counterpart…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Music Education, Ability
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Liu, Xinmiao – English Language Teaching, 2018
A longitudinal study was conducted to assess changes in and contributing factors of learner belief for a sample of 70 Chinese foreign language learners. Foreign language proficiency and learner factors such as learner belief and learning strategy were measured four times at approximately fifty-day intervals. The results show that there were…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies
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Balci, Özgül – English Language Teaching, 2017
The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the language learning strategies of freshman students and their learning styles. This study is a descriptive research and employs a relational screening model. Participants of the study were 328 freshman students majoring in different fields at Necmettin Erbakan University Ahmet…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Correlation, Second Language Learning
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Yunus, Melor Md; Salehi, Hadi; Amini, Mahdi – English Language Teaching, 2016
In recent years, a great number of attempts have been made on teachers' cognition with the aim of understanding the complications reinforcing the teachers' cognitions and their classroom practices. Such studies shed light on how teachers' cognitions expand over time and how they are reflected in their classroom practices. The aim of the present…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pronunciation Instruction
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Al-Qahtani, Abdulkhaleq A. – English Language Teaching, 2016
The main purpose of this study was to explore the perceived social distance among a small Arab community residing in a college town in the Midwest of the USA. The study examines its possible impact on the process of learning/acquiring English as a second language (ESL). It draws on the findings and contentions of the acculturation model as…
Descriptors: Social Distance, Arabs, North Americans, Interviews
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Liu, Meihua; Ni, Huiliuqian – English Language Teaching, 2015
This paper reports on the result of a study on Chinese university EFL learners' foreign language writing anxiety in terms of general pattern, effect and causes. 1174 first-year students answered the 26-item Foreign Language Writing Anxiety Scale (FLWAS) (Young, 1999) and took an English writing test, 18 of whom were invited for semi-structured…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Alrabai, Fakieh – English Language Teaching, 2014
Feelings of anxiety are commonly expressed by Saudi learners in their English as a foreign language (EFL) classes. These feelings typically exert detrimental effects on these learners' foreign language attainment. This paper reports on the findings of a large-scale study for which three data collection iterations were conducted over three years to…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Ho, Pham Vu Phi; The Binh, Nguyen – English Language Teaching, 2014
So far the students of Le Hong Phong Junior High School have been taught grammar with GTM (Grammar-Translation Method), which just prepares learners for conventional grammar-paper tests. Despite their considerable knowledge of grammar, the students fail to use the language they have learnt to communicate in real-life situations. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Communicative Competence (Languages), Grammar
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