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Durán Bautista, Diana Carolina; Rendón Marulanda, Mario Alberto – English Language Teaching, 2018
This action research study focuses on measuring the impact of a Free Voluntary Reading Program on students' active vocabulary use and self-direction in language learning in two different programs of English as a foreign language. The impetus for this research came from close observation and a needs analysis that confirmed students' reluctant…
Descriptors: Action Research, Vocabulary Development, Positive Attitudes, Second Language Learning
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Hadley, Gregory; Charles, Maggie – Language Learning & Technology, 2017
This paper investigates using data-driven learning (DDL) as a means of stimulating greater lexicogrammatical knowledge and reading speed among lower proficiency learners in an extensive reading program. For 16 weekly 90-minute sessions, an experimental group (12 students) used DDL materials created from a corpus developed from the Oxford Bookworms…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Vocabulary Skills