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Saud, Mohan Singh – MEXTESOL Journal, 2023
Students' knowledge of academic vocabulary is a crucial aspect of learning English as a second or foreign language at the university level. Using academic vocabulary lists could be a valuable resource in teaching and learning vocabulary. This study measured the academic vocabulary size of Nepalese university students using Schmitt's (2010)…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, College Students, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Therova, Dana – Journal of International Students, 2022
Despite the extensive research into academic vocabulary in university student writing, little is known about academic vocabulary in international foundation-level students' assessed academic writing. Considering that academic vocabulary is regarded as a key element of academic writing style and that written assignment is one of the main forms of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Academic Language, Foreign Students, Foreign Countries
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Duangkamon Klungthong; Punchalee Wasanasomsithi – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
Academic vocabulary is necessary for university students. Vocabulary learning strategies (VLS) assist students to enhance their vocabulary knowledge and should be examined in accordance with their dynamic nature (Gu, 2020). Dynamic assessment (DA) is considered an alternative assessment that simultaneously and systematically assesses and teaches…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Vocabulary Development, Academic Language, Second Language Learning
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Tahereh Boroughani; Ismail Xodabande; Sedigheh Karimpour – Discover Education, 2023
The present study explored the impact of mobile-assisted self-regulated learning (SRL) on developing university students' knowledge of academic vocabulary in English. The participants were 49 students in experimental (N = 28) and control (N = 21) learning conditions. Those in the experimental group studied 70 academic words using digital…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Self Management, Handheld Devices, College Students
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Winkler, Sunni; Kuo, Li-Jen; Eslami, Zohreh; Kim, Haemin – Educational Research and Development Journal, 2021
This research synthesis describes, critiques, and synthesizes intervention studies related to the academic vocabulary acquisition of post-secondary English learners. Using the article matrix and the constant-comparative methods of analysis (Boeije, 2002), this critical synthesis aims to provide a knowledge point on general academic vocabulary;…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Vocabulary Development, College Students, Second Language Learning
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Freimuth, Hilda – BC TEAL Journal, 2020
This study at a Canadian university grew out of the need to know whether students acquired academic vocabulary incidentally through text exposure (extensive reading) in class. The ability to explicitly teach all the words on the academic word list is an unreasonable expectation for a one-semester course. This study, therefore, investigated whether…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Vocabulary Development, Academic Language
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Jiang, Man-Luo; Liou, Hsien-Chin – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2022
While existing literature supports the use of smartphones to teach English vocabulary, limited studies have addressed how learned words can be transferred to college students' writing. This action research study designed pretest, treatment on mobile phones, posttest, and out-of-class pair-work, followed by a delayed posttest after three weeks to…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language)
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Santillán-Iñiguez, Juan José; Rodas-Pacheco, Fabián Darío – Online Submission, 2022
Background: Although there is empirical evidence to support the inclusion of poetry in the EFL classroom, the medium is rarely encountered in language learning environments. Aims: This study aimed to determine the influence of haiku composition tasks on developing academic writing skills of a group of TEFL majors at an Ecuadorian university.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Poetry
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Xodabande, Ismail; Atai, Mahmood Reza – Open Learning, 2022
The current study investigated the contribution of a mobile application for self-directed and autonomous learning of academic vocabulary among English as a Foreign language (EFL) university students. Furthermore, we examined the long-term impacts of mobile-assisted vocabulary learning, by using a pre-, post-, and delayed post-test design. The…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Independent Study
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Nelson, Timothy S.; Albakry, Mohammed – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2021
The availability of corpora has greatly strengthened the possibilities of identifying high-frequency lexical items in a more systematic and objective manner than has typically been used for vocabulary instruction. This article adopts a corpus-based approach to accommodate the vocabulary instructional needs of students enrolled in university…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Vocabulary Development, Academic Language, Word Frequency
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Jie Wang; Yen Na Yum – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Learners entering higher education may learn specialized vocabulary of new disciplines in their second language (L2) with or without support from their first language (L1). However, these learners cannot rely on an established conceptual representation in L1 when learning L2 specialized vocabulary. The effects of learning a new concept in L1 prior…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Transfer of Training, Learning Processes
Nelson, Timothy S. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
While research demonstrates the importance of vocabulary knowledge for reading comprehension (Anderson & Freebody, 1981; Guo, Roehrig, & Williams, 2011), many studies suggest wide reading exposure for vocabulary acquisition (Nagy, Herman, & Anderson, 1985; Stahl & Nagy, 2006). However, there is compelling evidence for the benefits…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Academic Language, Reading Comprehension
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Maunsell, Matthias – CATESOL Journal, 2019
Academic reading at college and university poses a real challenge for international students with English as a second language. Often the main hurdles are a lack of language proficiency, critical-reading skills, or background knowledge. Also, unfamiliarity with cultural and academic conventions plays a role. Even with intensive English-language…
Descriptors: Prereading Experience, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Sinnott, Mark; Xia, Ling Angela – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
This software review evaluates the Moodle plugin Level Up, which aims to add a gamification element to this commonly-used online education platform. The reviewers report their use of the plugin, describing its strengths, weakness and future potential. In doing so, they share their experiences of using it during a recent project that developed a…
Descriptors: Computer Software Reviews, Online Courses, Integrated Learning Systems, Educational Games
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Yasar, Enes – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2021
This study aims to determine the relationship between cultural interaction and language in teaching Turkish as a foreign language and reveal its contribution to the learning process. Therefore, in this study, the cultural exchange of a Lebanese international student studying at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University was evaluated in the context of…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Turkish, Second Language Learning, College Students
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