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Mugableh, Ahmad Ibrahim; Khreisat, Mohammad Nayef – Online Submission, 2019
Learning the writing skill is a challenging task for second or foreign language learners. This difficulty stems from the fact that students required multiple skills and knowledge while writing. They need, for example, enough vocabulary inventory, grammar knowledge, and other discourse strategies to organize the text. Students are also in need for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Barnard Bachelor, Robin – Online Submission, 2017
World language educators are constantly tasked with evaluating appropriate and beneficial assessments for their students. This study investigated how first-year students in a Midwestern United States high school perceived three different alternative assessments in the world language classroom: Dynamic Assessment, Task-based Assessment, and…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Salmani Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali – Online Submission, 2016
Based on their scores on a proficiency test, the 894 participants in this study were grouped into three experimental groups (EG) and three control groups (CG). They attempted an argumentative writing task and the Cornell Critical Thinking Test, Form Z (CCTT-Form Z) as the pre-test. While CG participants received no treatment or placebo, EG…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Critical Thinking, Persuasive Discourse
Pekdogan, Serpil – Online Submission, 2016
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of Story-Based Social Skills Training Program on the social skill development of 5-6 year-old children. In the study, the pre-test/post-test and retention test experimental design with a control group was used. 5-6 year-old 60 (30 experimental, 30 control) preschool children participated in the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Story Telling, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development
Abdallah, Mahmoud M. S.; Mansour, Marian M. – Online Submission, 2015
This paper reports on an experimental research study that aimed at investigating the effectiveness of employing a virtual task-based situated language learning (TBSLL) environment mediated by Second Life (SL) in developing EFL student teachers' pragmatic writing skills and their technological self-efficacy. To reach this goal, a control-only…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Task Analysis
Ördem, Eser; Paker, Turan – Online Submission, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether teaching vocabulary via collocations would contribute to retention and use of foreign language, English. A quasi-experimental design was formed to see whether there would be a significant difference between the treatment and control groups. Three instruments developed were conducted to 60…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning