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Shahinaz Obaid Alkhaldi – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this correlational study was to investigate the relationship between academic performance self-reported GPA, Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety FLCA, and The International English Language Testing System IELTS scores among Saudi international students attending college in the United States, and to discover how this relationship…
Descriptors: Arabs, Foreign Students, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Amir Mahshanian; Mohammadtaghi Shahnazari; Ahmad Moinzadeh – TESL-EJ, 2025
This study investigates the relationships among working memory (WM), syntactic parsing ability (SP), and L2 reading performance across varying proficiency levels. A cohort of 120 L1-Persian EFL learners was categorized into beginner, intermediate, and advanced proficiency groups based on their IELTS scores. Participants completed a reading span…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Achievement
Suzani, Samad Mirza – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between Iranian EFL Teachers' reflective behavior as well as their gender and their proficiency level. It also aimed to probe sub-scales of teachers' reflectivity as the best predictors of teachers' proficiency to determine whether different aspects of teacher reflectivity, namely, practical,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Reflective Teaching
Ha, Hung Tan – Language Testing in Asia, 2021
The article presents an empirical study that investigates the single- and cross-modality relationships between different dimensions of receptive vocabulary knowledge and language skills, as well as the importance of academic vocabulary knowledge in academic listening and reading comprehension. An Updated Vocabulary Levels Test (UVLT), a Vietnamese…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Word Lists
Song, Shuxian; Li, Dechao – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2023
Cognitive factors have been recognised as important in the interpreting process, but whether they could serve as valid components of interpreting aptitude still awaits further investigation. This study explores the predictive value of cognitive fluency in the simultaneous interpreting (SI) performance of trainee interpreters. Cognitive fluency…
Descriptors: Translation, Language Fluency, Psycholinguistics, Language Aptitude
Li, Yang; Zhang, Xian – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2019
The current study investigates how second language (L2) listening comprehension is associated with three dimensions of L2 vocabulary knowledge: size, depth, and fluency. Vocabulary knowledge tests administered to 290 participants measured L2 auditory vocabulary size, depth, and fluency. Afterward, participants took an International English…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Listening Comprehension, Correlation, Vocabulary Development
Teng, Feng – TESL-EJ, 2016
The present study was conducted in the context of learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) with the purpose of assessing the roles of breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge in academic listening comprehension. The Vocabulary Size Test (VST, Nation & Beglar, 2007) and the Word Associates Test (WAT, Read, 2004) were administered to…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Listening Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Liu, Xinmiao – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The relationship between motivation and EFL proficiency is an issue of great concern in previous research on foreign language learning. However, work in this area offers inconclusive evidence with regard to the directionality of their relations. Using cross-lagged structural equation modeling, this study investigated the directionality of the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Predictor Variables, Measurement Techniques, Reliability
Rafie, Arezoo; Khosravi, Robab; Nasiri, Mahdi – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between Iranian EFL Learners' Cultural intelligence (CQ) and their performance on the IELTS Listening Module. Sixty advanced EFL students majoring in English translation at University of Zanjan were matched for the study through the Oxford Quick Placement Test. Cultural Intelligence Scale developed…
Descriptors: Correlation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction