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Bachelor, Jeremy W. – Language Learning Journal, 2022
The objective of this study was to employ a new tool for assessing pragmatic "proficiency" (over "performance") in L2 students and to determine if pragmatic lessons on compliment sequences had a positive impact on L2 Spanish students' intercultural competence. To this end, students at a Midwestern college engaged in live video…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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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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Pizziconi, Barbara – Language Learning Journal, 2017
This article reports the results of a study of vocabulary development by learners of Japanese during a year abroad in Japan. The particular feature of this study is that it compares the performance of two cohorts, studying at the same UK university and in degrees in Japanese in which the period of study abroad (SA) is undertaken at different…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Study Abroad, Japanese
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Zaytseva, Victoria; Miralpeix, Imma; Pérez-Vidal, Carmen – Language Learning Journal, 2021
While there is ample evidence that study abroad (SA) enhances oral fluency in a foreign language, the effects of different types of learning context on other aspects of oral skills, such as vocabulary use, have not received much attention in academic research and are less clear. The present study tries to fill this void by investigating lexical…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Oral Language, Form Classes (Languages), Study Abroad
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Pujadas, Geòrgia; Muñoz, Carmen – Language Learning Journal, 2019
This study aims at exploring the potential of extensive TV viewing for L2 vocabulary learning, and the effects associated with the language of the on-screen text (L1 or L2), type of instruction (pre-teaching target items or not) and learners' proficiency. A total of 106 secondary school students (Grade 8) divided into 4 classes participated in a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Intervention, Language Proficiency
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Suárez, Maria del Mar; Gesa, Ferran – Language Learning Journal, 2019
Video viewing can be a valuable resource to expose students to large quantities of input so they can improve their vocabulary and content comprehension. Most studies so far have used short clips and have not explored in much detail the effects of individual differences (IDs) such as aptitude, listening skills and vocabulary size. This paper aims…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Vocabulary Development, Television, Programming (Broadcast)
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Puimège, Eva; Peters, Elke – Language Learning Journal, 2019
Television is considered an important source of comprehensible input for second language learners of English and there is some evidence that L2 words can be learned incidentally by watching television. Few studies have looked at the role of TV viewing for learning formulaic sequences, despite the ubiquity of formulaic sequences in spoken English,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pretests Posttests, Recognition (Psychology)
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Zhao, Ting; Ren, Juan – Language Learning Journal, 2019
The present study aims to investigate the effects of gloss use, L2-gloss frequency and learner proficiency on incidental L2 lexical acquisition. A total of 163 university students in China were assigned to one of the three reading conditions: no gloss (NG), higher frequency L2 gloss (HFLG) and lower frequency L2 gloss (LFLG). The participants read…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Recall (Psychology)
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Hennebry, Mairin; Rogers, Vivienne; Macaro, Ernesto; Murphy, Victoria – Language Learning Journal, 2017
This paper reports a study comparing the effects of vocabulary instruction on recognition and recall through provision of either an L1 equivalent or an L2 (French) definition. Instruction was in the context of a focus-on-meaning listening activity. The study employed a quasi-experimental design, involving 262 Year 9 learners of French in seven…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, French
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Eslami, Zohreh R.; Kung, Wan-Tsai – Language Learning Journal, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore the occurrence of incidental focus-on-form and its effect on subsequent second language (L2) production of learners of different dyads in an online task-based language learning context. The participants included Taiwanese learners of English as a foreign language at different proficiency levels, and native…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Native Speakers
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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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Llanes, Àngels; Serrano, Raquel – Language Learning Journal, 2017
Given the growing importance of English as a lingua franca, this study examines which context (classroom instruction in the students' home country vs. studying abroad in an English-speaking country) better facilitates the acquisition of English by learners of different ages: children, adolescents and adults. Participants (N = 197) completed…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Oral Language, Written Language
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Kirsch, Claudine – Language Learning Journal, 2016
It has long been claimed that stories are a powerful tool for language learning. Storytelling is often used as a discrete pedagogical approach in primary modern foreign language (MFL) lessons in England. There has, however, been little investigation into how storytelling might impact on vocabulary learning in the primary classroom. This article…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Modern Languages, Second Language Learning
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Llanes, Àngels; Arnó, Elisabet; Mancho-Barés, Guzman – Language Learning Journal, 2016
There is a lack of research on the impact of study abroad (SA) on the development of L2 English when students study in non-anglophone countries. The aim of the present study is to fill this gap by examining 39 Catalan/Spanish students who, as part of an Erasmus exchange, spent a term at universities in non-English-speaking European countries. In…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Study Abroad, Student Mobility
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Xu, Xiaoqiu; Padilla, Amado M.; Silva, Duarte – Language Learning Journal, 2014
This study compared two groups of high school students in their learning of a third-year Mandarin level 3 class under two conditions: an intensive four-week (85.5 hours) summer program and a 22-week (88 hours) regular semester program. Students in both conditions had been classmates through four semesters of Mandarin instruction and had similar…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Comparative Analysis, High School Students, Summer Programs