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Lei, Lei; Qin, Jie – Language Teaching, 2022
This article reviews selected research on foreign language teaching and learning published in local, high-impact journals in China over the past ten years (2012-2021). A bibliometric analysis was conducted to elicit the most frequently researched topics in the field, which were grouped into four categories, that is, language learning and use,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
Simpson, Kedi – Language Teaching, 2021
In her article, Graham (2017) concludes 'that very little of the research regarding the teaching of listening has made it into the classroom in England, not least in a positive way' (p. 117). She suggests that teachers rarely delve into the process of second language (L2) listening in class; instead, listening comprehension is treated more as a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Listening Skills
Sardegna, Veronica G. – Language Teaching, 2022
Research has increasingly demonstrated that pronunciation difficulties in English can seriously affect learners' intelligibility and ability to comprehend spoken English. It is thus crucial that we find ways of helping learners of English become more intelligible. In this talk, I present compelling research evidence in support of a strategy-based…
Descriptors: Pronunciation Instruction, Teaching Methods, Feedback (Response), Video Technology
Li, Yingying; Han, Ye – Language Teaching, 2021
In her position article, Lee (2019) compellingly argues for focused written corrective feedback (FWCF) and offers clear guidelines for teachers to shift their feedback approach. As English language teaching practitioners in Chinese universities, we share Lee's view against any unthinking adherence to comprehensive written corrective feedback…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), Guidelines, Foreign Countries
McCarthy, Michael – Language Teaching, 2020
Business English and academic English may perhaps be thought of as areas of language use requiring precision of expression and a quest for specific and unambiguous meaning. However, corpus evidence shows that both types of language, in their spoken contexts, exhibit noticeable use of the kinds of vague expressions found in everyday conversation.…
Descriptors: Business English, English for Academic Purposes, Teaching Methods, Language Usage
Klippel, Friederike – Language Teaching, 2017
A dedicated teacher, keen to try out new methods of teaching English and French and different ways of getting learners to talk. The teacher knows it is important to motivate the learners by bringing the real world and the target culture into the classroom and uses authentic newspaper articles on current events and takes the class out of the…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Teaching Methods, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning
Aronin, Larissa; Yelenevskaya, Maria – Language Teaching, 2022
This article presents research on teaching English in Israel, a vibrant multilingual country, in the period between 2014 and 2020. After a brief introduction to the current approach to English language teaching around the world, it outlines the studies investigating: (a) learners of English, (b) English teachers, and (c) methods that are used in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Crossley, Scott A.; Skalicky, Stephen – Language Teaching, 2019
This paper reports on an approximate or partial replication of a study by Salsbury, Crossley & McNamara (2011) that examined the longitudinal developmental of a number of core lexical features related to word imageability, concreteness, familiarity, and meaningfulness in a spoken corpus of English second language (L2) learners. Salsbury et al.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Research, Familiarity
Block, David – Language Teaching, 2021
This paper examines the emergent identities of three STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) lecturers, focusing especially on how they construct themselves with regard to their disciplines and how researchers construct them as potential English language teachers. It begins with essential background information before discussing…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Language of Instruction, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning
Porto, Melina; López-Barrios, Mario; Banegas, Darío Luis – Language Teaching, 2021
The aim of this article is to review five years (2014-2018) of research in English language teaching (ELT) in Argentina. In this overview, 115 publications (conference proceedings, journal articles, and edited collections) were analysed in terms of topic and research methodologies to map out the major areas of interest and developments in ELT in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Research Skills
Macaro, Ernesto; Hultgren, Anna Kristina; Kirkpatrick, Andy; Lasagabaster, David – Language Teaching, 2019
In virtually every research paper on this topic we come across we read that, in the particular context that the writer is operating, English as a medium of instruction (EMI) is on the increase. But what exactly is EMI? If we consider every classroom around the world in which learners are exposed to English language as their second language (L2) we…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction
Wen, Qiufang – Language Teaching, 2018
The production-oriented approach (POA) has been developed over ten years to overcome the weaknesses in English instruction in tertiary education in Mainland China. The POA tries to integrate the strengths of Western instructional approaches with Chinese contextual features and consists of three components: (a) teaching principles; (b) teaching…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Isaacs, Talia; Harding, Luke – Language Teaching, 2017
After an extended period of being on the periphery, numerous advancements in the field of second language (L2) pronunciation over the past decade have led to increased activity and visibility for this subfield within applied linguistics research. These positive developments notwithstanding, the vast majority of renewed applied pronunciation…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pronunciation Instruction, Pronunciation
Zhu, Yan; Shu, Dingfang – Language Teaching, 2017
As one of the two "educational special zones" in China, Shanghai is launching a new round of curriculum reforms centring on "lide shuren," viz. "fostering integrity and promoting rounded development of people" (Hu 2012). Apart from piloting a new plan for "Gaokao," the national college entrance examination…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
Schmitt, Norbert; Schmitt, Diane – Language Teaching, 2014
The high-frequency vocabulary of English has traditionally been thought to consist of the 2,000 most frequent word families, and low-frequency vocabulary as that beyond the 10,000 frequency level. This paper argues that these boundaries should be reassessed on pedagogic grounds. Based on a number of perspectives (including frequency and…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods