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Direct linkZaytseva, Victoria; Miralpeix, Imma; Pérez-Vidal, Carmen – Language Teaching Research, 2021
The present study investigates the effects of two subsequent learning contexts, formal instruction (FI) at home and a 3-month stay abroad (SA), on vocabulary acquisition in English as a foreign language (EFL) writing and speaking. Data were collected from 30 Catalan/Spanish learners of English before and after each learning period using a written…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Vocabulary Development
Gao, Xuesong; Xu, Hao – Language Teaching Research, 2014
This article reports on an inquiry into a group of English language teachers' professional experiences that interpreted their motivation to teach and their shifting professional commitment with reference to representations and visions that they had and did not have about themselves in rural secondary schools in China's hinterland regions. It…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Motivation, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
Graham, Suzanne; Santos, Denise; Vanderplank, Robert – Language Teaching Research, 2011
This article reports on an investigation into the development of the listening proficiency and strategic behaviour of 15 lower-intermediate learners of French in England. We consider whether listeners remain in the same listening proficiency group after six months, and whether changes in strategy use are related to movement or non-movement between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies, Listening Skills
Bell, Nancy D. – Language Teaching Research, 2009
Humorous communication is extremely complex in both its forms and functions (e.g. Norrick, 1993; 2003). Much of the previous work that has put forth suggestions for incorporating humor into the language classroom (e.g. Trachtenberg, 1979; Deneire, 1995; Schmitz, 2002) has not examined these complexities in the detail necessary for the target…
Descriptors: Participant Observation, Interviews, Second Language Learning, Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewedHan, Youngju; Ellis, Rod – Language Teaching Research, 1998
Explores ways of measuring implicit and explicit second language (L2) knowledge and examines the relationship between these measures and measures of general language proficiency. Factor analysis revealed a two-factor solution, reflecting a clear distinction between measures that incorporated a time constraint and those that did not. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Factor Analysis, Grammar, Intensive Language Courses
Boers, Frank; Eyckmans, June; Kappel, Jenny; Stengers, Helene; Demecheleer, Murielle – Language Teaching Research, 2006
This study reports a small-scale experiment that was set up to estimate the extent to which (i) the use of formulaic sequences (standardized phrases such as collocations and idiomatic expressions) can help learners come across as proficient L2 speakers and (ii) an instructional method that emphasizes "noticing" of L2 formulaic sequences can help…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Language Patterns, Reading Materials
