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Mark Feng Teng – Language Learning Journal, 2025
This study first validates a survey on self-regulated vocabulary learning strategies. It then examines the effects on the acquisition of new second language (L2) words from a reading text of three word-focused exercise conditions: reading + marginal glosses, reading + gap-fill and reading + sentence writing. It also evaluates the extent to which…
Descriptors: Self Management, Vocabulary, Learning Strategies, Short Term Memory
Yu, Xia; Liu, Chengyu – Language Learning Journal, 2021
Although much has been discussed about the use of reading aloud (RA) outside China, it has been one of the least investigated learning/teaching behaviours in ELT in China. The paper reports the results of a series of semi-structured interviews, in which learners and teachers were invited to identify the reasons and problems in the use of RA in…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Zhang, Zhe – Language Learning Journal, 2022
The concept of learner engagement has traditionally been examined in the field of education and it has been found to be associated with positive educational outcomes. While several studies in second language acquisition have looked at learner engagement with corrective feedback, there is a dearth of research investigating its relevance to…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Affective Behavior
Rao, Zhenhui – Language Learning Journal, 2016
The research reported here investigated the relationship between students' use of language learning strategies and their English proficiency, and then interpreted the data from two models in information-processing theory. Results showed that the students' English proficiency significantly affected their use of learning strategies, with high-level…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Learning Strategies
Wei, Wei – Language Learning Journal, 2017
The use of integrated skills tasks in language tests has been debated for many years and international English test developers such as Educational Testing Service (ETS) and Pearson Tests of English (PTE) already use such tests to assess English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' language proficiency. Empirical research has rarely investigated…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Language Tests
Rao, Zhenhui; Liu, Fulan – Language Learning Journal, 2011
The research reported here explored how students' use of language learning strategies (LLS) was affected by their academic major. The data were collected by asking students to keep a four-week diary, and then the findings were examined within the model of learning developed by Biggs. An analysis of diary entries showed that, although there were…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Learning Strategies, Social Sciences, Majors (Students)
Huang, Junsheng; Andrews, Stephen – Language Learning Journal, 2010
Language learner strategies (LLS) have long been viewed as a variable of individual differences, or as cognitive skills. This study, focusing as it does on the data taken from a series of focus groups with 47 senior secondary students in mainland China, seeks a new interpretation of strategy development and use from a sociocultural perspective.…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Sociocultural Patterns, Focus Groups, Learning Strategies

Yonglin, Yan – Language Learning Journal, 1995
Reviews what has happened in the field of second-language teaching over the past decades and examines the development of the process approach to writing by comparing it with the traditional product approach. A critical evaluation of the new approach follows and forms the premise for recommending a philosophy of eclecticism. (41 references) (CK)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Course Objectives, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes