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Kalogirou, Konstantina; Beauchamp, Gary; Whyte, Shona – Language Learning Journal, 2019
This paper tests a new method of teaching vocabulary to young second language learners through the medium of drama, specifically the effect of drama teaching techniques on vocabulary acquisition among primary school learners of Welsh. Vocabulary Acquisition via Drama (VAD) is based on principles derived from both process drama and communicative…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Welsh, Drama, Second Language Learning
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Chen, Yi-chen – Language Learning Journal, 2019
The present study examines the effects of cognitive-based metaphoric mapping instruction (MMI) on English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners' retention and awareness of figurative language at different levels of English proficiency. Ninety-one Taiwanese EFL learners participated in the study, and were separated into a control group that received…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Alamri, Khaled; Rogers, Vivienne – Language Learning Journal, 2018
The effectiveness of explicit instruction, within the context of strategy development in learners, has been widely accepted for several years. However, the methods used within explicit vocabulary instruction are varied and comparatively few studies have directly compared methods. This study investigates the type of instruction (in a visual or…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Ghavamnia, M.; Eslami-Rasekh, A.; Vahid Dastjerdi, H. – Language Learning Journal, 2018
This study investigates the relative effectiveness of four types of input-enhanced instruction on the development of Iranian EFL learners' production of pragmatically appropriate and grammatically accurate suggestions. Over a 16-week course, input delivered through video clips was enhanced differently in four intact classes: (1) metapragmatic…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Pretests Posttests
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Lotfi, Ghazal; Maftoon, Parviz; Birjandi, Parviz – Language Learning Journal, 2016
This study explored the impact of listening strategy training conducted within two strategy interventions on pre-intermediate and intermediate EFL learners' comprehension of unidirectional listening. Participants were divided into two experimental groups (n = 156) and a comparison group (n = 50). Each experimental group was trained in eight…
Descriptors: Listening, Intervention, Higher Education, English (Second Language)
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Bastos, Mónica; Araújo e Sá, Helena – Language Learning Journal, 2015
Intercultural and plurilingual encounters have become increasingly frequent due to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) developments, mobility (real/virtual) and migration. To face the challenges inherent in such encounters, the development of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) is crucial. ICC development may start in the…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Language Teachers
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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
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de Zarobe, Yolanda Ruiz; Zenotz, Victoria – Language Learning Journal, 2015
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is a multifaceted educational approach which has emerged as a major innovation in improving language learning and subject learning in the curriculum. In order to analyse the effect of this approach, a number of studies (Dalton Puffer, C., T. Nikula and U. Smit, eds. 2010. "Language Use and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Strategies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Lai, Chun; Lin, Xiaolin – Language Learning Journal, 2015
Recent literature that examines the implementation of task-based language teaching (TBLT) in classroom settings has reported various challenges related to educational cultures, classroom management, teacher cognition and learner perceptions. To facilitate the smooth transition of TBLT from laboratory settings to classroom contexts, measures need…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies, Task Analysis
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Albaaly, Emad; Higgins, Steven – Language Learning Journal, 2012
This study investigated the impact of the interactive whiteboard on Egyptian medical students' achievement in essay writing in English as a second language (ESL). First, the writing micro-skills judged essential to help these students improve their essay writing were identified, using a questionnaire which investigated experts' views. This gave…
Descriptors: Expertise, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Medical Students
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Peters, Elke – Language Learning Journal, 2012
This article reports a small-scale study that investigated the effect of (1) an instructional method, viz. directing learners' attention to formulaic sequences (FS) in a text, and (2) typographic salience, i.e. bold typeface and underlined, on foreign-language (FL) learners' recall of FS and single words (SW). Twenty-eight FL learners read a…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Instructional Effectiveness, German
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Ahmadian, Mohammad Javad – Language Learning Journal, 2011
To date, research results suggest that task repetition positively affects oral task performance. However, researchers have not yet shown the extension of the benefits of repeating the same task to performance of a new task. This article first provides an overview of the currently available research findings on task repetition and then presents the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Program Effectiveness, Task Analysis
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Woore, Robert – Language Learning Journal, 2007
Learners' pronunciation errors when reading aloud in the L2 often suggest an inability to use the language's sound-symbol relationships, or grapheme-phoneme correspondences (GPCs). UK teaching methodology has failed to provide systematic instruction in L2 phonological decoding, and there is an absence of research on the effectiveness of teaching…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Metacognition, Scores, Teaching Methods