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Javad Zare; Khadijeh Aqajani Delavar – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The purpose of the present mixed methods study was to investigate if enhancing Focus on Form (FonF) tasks with data-driven learning (DDL) affects English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' task motivation from the self-determination theory (SDT) perspective. Following a quasi-experimental comparison group pretest-posttest and sequential…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Instructional Materials, Data Use
White, Aien Charity Grace; Chaudhari, Apoorv; White, Jonathon David – Physics Education, 2021
Engaging Electrical Engineering (EE) students in a freshman general physics service course is challenging as they see little relationship between the topics and their major. Non-native speakers enrolled in a course taught in English face an additional challenge beyond understanding the basic physics, that is, understanding specialized English.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Discovery Learning, Engineering Education, Physics
Lakshmana Rao Pinninti – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2025
This article reports the impact of an exploratory action research (EAR) project on developing teachers' action research competencies. Through various face-to-face and online activities, the project facilitated four English language teachers to conduct EAR in their teaching contexts. Qualitative data were collected through reflective journals and…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Action Research, Research Projects, English (Second Language)
Flora; Raja, Patuan; Mahpul – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2020
This research aimed at finding out the students' writing language accuracy and their experience (perception) after learning how to use the integration of Think-Pair-Share (TPS) and Teacher's Corrective Feedback (TCF) within discovery learning strategy. A quantitative study in the form of pre-experimental design was conducted which involved 24…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
Mirhosseini, Seyyed-Abdolhamid; Shirazizadeh, Mohsen; Pakizehdel, Houra – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2022
This article explores the opportunities and challenges created by teaching a General English (GE) course at an Iranian university based on New Literacy Studies (NLS). Over a whole semester and relying on various types of qualitative data, we examined how NLS-based pedagogy can be received as an alternative to mainstream GE instruction that is…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Barriers
Yaiche, Wahida – Arab World English Journal, 2021
Critical thinking is widely recognized as a necessary skill for growth and intellectual development due to a variety of factors, including globalization, the revolution of information technology, modernity, and connectivity. EFL teachers can lay the groundwork for their students to attain critical thinking through various methods, models, and…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Graduate Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Lin, Ming Huei – SAGE Open, 2021
This article reports a pre-post comparative study investigating whether the data-driven learning (DDL) approach has different pedagogical effects on grammar students of English as a foreign language (EFL) with different levels of English proficiency. The study entailed a treatment group (TG) of 95 first-year undergraduates who learned grammar…
Descriptors: Data Use, Discovery Learning, College Freshmen, Late Adolescents
Farrokh, Parisa; Sharifi, Fatemeh – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
The present investigation was an attempt to study the effect of using compensation and determination strategies on Iranian upper-intermediate EFL learners' vocabulary development. The question which the present study was trying to answer was: Do compensation and determination strategies have any statistically significant effects on Iranian upper-…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Foreign Countries
Boudouaia, Azzeddine – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2021
This study investigates teachers' perspectives on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) curriculum reform in Algeria. The specific objectives of the inquiry are to examine teachers' views about EFL curriculum reform relevance and procedures and draw a conclusion from their perspectives. 176 EFL teachers from middle schools in Algeria are chosen to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Middle School Teachers
Blake, John – Research-publishing.net, 2019
Prototypes of an annotated scientific text visualizer were designed, developed, and deployed. This pedagogic tool is designed to help undergraduates draft short research articles that conform to the generic expectations of their discourse community. This online tool enables users to discover and explore the language features present in short…
Descriptors: Visualization, Discovery Learning, Writing (Composition), Individualized Instruction
Bohát, Róbert; Rödlingová, Beata; Horáková, Nina – Research-publishing.net, 2015
Corpus of High School Academic Texts (COHAT), currently of 150,000+ words, aims to make academic language instruction a more data-driven and student-centered discovery learning as a special type of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), emphasizing students' critical thinking and metacognition. Since 2013, high school English as an additional…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Content Analysis, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Arifani, Yudhi – International Education Studies, 2016
Writing research proposal in educational setting is a very complex process involving variety of elements. Consequently, analyzing the complex elements from introduction to data analysis sections in order to yield convinced research proposal writing through reviewing reputable journal articles is worth-contributing. The objectives of this research…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Research Proposals, Proposal Writing, Teamwork
Singaravelu, G. – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2012
The study substantiates that the effectiveness of Discovery Learning method in learning English Grammar for the learners at standard V. Discovery Learning is particularly beneficial for any student learning a second language. It promotes peer interaction and development of the language and the learning of concepts with content. Reichert and…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Discovery Learning
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers
Crossley, Scott A.; Louwerse, Max M.; McCarthy, Philip M.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Modern Language Journal, 2007
The opinions of second language learning (L2) theorists and researchers are divided over whether to use authentic or simplified reading texts as the means of input for beginning- and intermediate-level L2 learners. Advocates of both approaches cite the use of linguistic features, syntax, and discourse structures as important elements in support of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Syntax, English (Second Language), Language Research