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Jeeyoung Park; Yusun Kang – English Teaching, 2025
Oral language comprehension (OLC) and vocabulary depth are widely recognized as key predictors of reading comprehension. However, research has either provided a limited representation of OLC or failed to acknowledge the distinctive predictive nature of vocabulary depth. This study investigates the combined contributions of OLC, conceptualized as a…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Mohamed A. Mekheimer – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
This study explored the efficacy of video podcasts (VODcasts) in fostering whole-language learning among college EFL students. Employing a quasi-experimental design with pre-tests, post-tests, and a control group, the research compared the effects of a one-year remedial instruction program. The experimental group received instruction incorporating…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Technology Uses in Education
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Nuha Ismail Iter – Cogent Education, 2024
This study investigates alternative conceptions of chemistry concepts among Faculty of Science students at Palestine Technical University-Kadoorie. Students are found to have incorrect views about fundamental chemistry concepts. The study aims to identify these misconceptions, understand their origins, and their impact on students' comprehension.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chemistry, Science Instruction, College Students
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Chengyuan Jia; Khe Foon Hew; Mingting Li – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
Listening is a major challenge for many English-as-a-foreign language (EFL) learners. Decoding training, which helps learners develop the ability to recognize words from speech, is frequently used to assist EFL learners. Although recent empirical studies on decoding training have provided positive evidence on its effectiveness in improving EFL…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
William D. Riihiluoma – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The ability to relate physical concepts and phenomena to multiple mathematical representations--and to move fluidly between these representations--is a critical outcome expected of physics instruction. In upper-division quantum mechanics, students must work with multiple symbolic notations, including some that they have not previously encountered.…
Descriptors: Quantum Mechanics, Science Instruction, Knowledge Level, College Students
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Yang Li; Jiraporn Chano – Journal of Education and Learning, 2024
Basketball, as one of the most popular sports courses in Chinese colleges and universities, has always been taught in a traditional ball teaching method, which has caused many problems in students' learning effects, such as poor basketball tactics, weaker physical fitness and so on. Therefore, it is imperative to reform the basketball courses in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Team Sports, College Students, Males
David Young – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Previous studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of the Repeated Readings intervention at improving reading fluency and reading comprehension. However, research on the effectiveness of fluency interventions focuses on young children, with limited research on the effects on college-age populations. The primary purpose of the current study was…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Developmental Studies Programs
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Sayed M. Ismail; Chuanli Wang; Radman Jamalyar – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2023
Task-based instruction (TBI) is a pedagogical approach that centers on engaging learners in meaningful and communicative tasks to promote language acquisition, active participation, and practical language use. The primary objective of this investigation was to assess the influence of TBI on reading comprehension, motivation for L2 reading,…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Second Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Anxiety
Jia Lin; Gengsong Gao; Ting Huang – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2023
Strategic reading is an important consideration in the L2 reading classroom. This study investigated the effects of a Chinese as a Second Language (CSL) strategies-based reading instruction program, in which participants were explicitly taught ten top-down reading strategies. Thirty-four students enrolled in an advanced-level Chinese class…
Descriptors: College Students, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Reading Instruction
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Ponce, Héctor R.; Mayer, Richard E.; Méndez, Ester E. – Educational Psychology Review, 2022
The present study examines the existing published research about the effectiveness of learner-generated highlighting and instructor-provided highlighting on learning from text. A meta-analysis was conducted of scientifically rigorous experiments comparing the learning outcomes (i.e., performance on memory and/or comprehension tests) of students…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Meta Analysis, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension
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Khampool, Waraporn; Chumworatayee, Tipamas – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2023
This study examined the effects of Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) instruction on the reading comprehension of Thai university students majoring in Electrical Power Engineering. The participants were 15 more proficient and 15 less proficient learners studying in an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course. The scores from the pre-and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Yongkang Wang; Pengfei Chen – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2024
The primary objective of this study is to enhance the English language proficiency of undergraduate students pursuing bachelor's degree programs. This is achieved through the development of a mandatory English course based on Interest-driven creator (IDC) principles within a blended learning environment. The IDC course was implemented over a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
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Timothy S. Nelson; Mohammed Albakry – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2024
Reporting verbs (RVs) are commonly used features in academic texts. While college textbook authors are less likely to be transparent about their views, they frequently employ RVs to signal their attitudes about the claims and findings of others. University students, particularly those placed in transitional reading courses, however, may have…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Persuasive Discourse, Verbs, Reading Instruction
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Madani, Behnaz Sadat; Kheirzadeh, Shiela – International Journal of Listening, 2022
The present study investigated the extent to which four pre-listening activities, "pre-teaching vocabulary", "content discussion", "pre-reading questions" and "topic discussion," assisted EFL learners with their performance on listening comprehension tests across two different proficiency groups (elementary…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Learning Activities
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Tops, Wim; Jansen, Dorien; Ceulemans, Eva; Petry, Katja; Hilton, Nanna Haug; Baeyens, Dieter – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2023
Students with dyslexia face particular challenges in higher education. Individuals with disabilities have a right to accommodations to guarantee equal opportunities and participation in education. The present study addresses (1) the frequency of functioning and participation problems of students with dyslexia in higher education, (2) the teaching…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Dyslexia, College Students
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