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Direct linkFatih Yavuz; Özgür Çelik; Gamze Yavas Çelik – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2025
This study investigates the validity and reliability of generative large language models (LLMs), specifically ChatGPT and Google's Bard, in grading student essays in higher education based on an analytical grading rubric. A total of 15 experienced English as a foreign language (EFL) instructors and two LLMs were asked to evaluate three student…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computational Linguistics
Shakeela K. – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2024
Life skills education is important for the holistic development of individuals, the progress of the country, and for navigating the complexities of the modern world. This study aimed to examine the status of life skills among secondary students. The sample consisted of 380 secondary students from Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka, India,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Daily Living Skills, Dravidian Languages, English (Second Language)
Noam Siegelman; Irina Elgort; Marc Brysbaert; Niket Agrawal; Simona Amenta; Jasmina Arsenijevic Mijalkovic; Christine S. Chang; Daria Chernova; Fabienne Chetail; A. J. Benjamin Clarke; Alain Content; Davide Crepaldi; Nastag Davaabold; Shurentsetseg Delgersuren; Avital Deutsch; Veronika Dibrova; Denis Drieghe; Dušica Filipovic Ðurdevic; Brittany Finch; Ram Frost; Carolina A. Gattei; Esther Geva; Aline Godfroid; Lindsay Griener; Esteban Hernández-Rivera; Anastasia Ivanenko; Juhani Järvikivi; Lea Kawaletz; Anurag Khare; Jun Ren Lee; Charlotte E. Lee; Christina Manouilidou; Marco Marelli; Timur Mashanlo; Ksenija Mišic; Koji Miwa; Pauline Palma; Ingo Plag; Zoya Rezanova; Enkhzaya Riimed; Jay Rueckl; Sascha Schroeder; Irina A. Sekerina; Diego E. Shalom; Natalia Slioussar; Neža Marija Slosar; Vanessa Taler; Kim Thériault; Debra Titone; Odonchimeg Tumee; Ross van de Wetering; Ark Verma; Anna Fiona Weiss; Denise Hsien Wu; Victor Kuperman – Language Learning, 2024
This article presents the ENglish Reading Online (ENRO) project that offers data on English reading and listening comprehension from 7,338 university-level advanced learners and native speakers of English representing 19 countries. The database also includes estimates of reading rate and seven component skills of English, including vocabulary,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
Download full textAl-Obaydi, Liqaa Habeb; Pikhart, Marcel – MEXTESOL Journal, 2023
Intercultural communication plays a crucial role in second language (L2) acquisition as it always happens in the context of another, usually very different culture. The present study sheds light on the benefits of using documentary videos in teaching intercultural communication to young students and how they can affect students' development of…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Documentaries, Intercultural Communication, Video Technology
Pilar Rodríguez-Arancón; María Bobadilla-Pérez; Alberto Fernández-Costales – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to delve into the interplay between didactic audiovisual translation (DAT) and computer-assisted language learning (CALL), exploring their combined impact on the development of intercultural competence (IC) among learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). Design/methodology/approach: Using a quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Translation, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Li, Danfeng; Shi, Jiannong – High Ability Studies, 2021
This study examined the effects of fluid intelligence and trait emotional intelligence (trait EI) on academic performance in primary school-aged intellectually gifted and average children (8-11 years of age). One hundred and four average children and eighty gifted children were administered a Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices and a Trait…
Descriptors: Gifted, Prediction, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Wu, Shu-Ling; Tio, Yee Pin; Ortega, Lourdes – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
Elicited imitation (EI), a short-cut measure of global proficiency in second language (L2) research, requires participants to listen to sentences and repeat them as closely as possible. To support instrument sharing and assessment of L2 proficiency for longitudinal and crosslinguistic research, we created a parallel form of an EI task (EIT) for L2…
Descriptors: Imitation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Khamboonruang, Apichat – rEFLections, 2022
Although much research has compared the functioning between analytic and holistic rating scales, little research has compared the functioning of binary rating scales with other types of rating scales. This quantitative study set out to preliminarily and comparatively validate binary and analytic rating scales intended for use in formative…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Wagner, Elvis; Liao, Yen-Fen; Wagner, Santoi – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2021
L2 test developers often use scripted spoken texts in their L2 listening tests, because it is efficient and practical to create scripted spoken texts that meet predetermined test specifications. But because scripted spoken texts differ in a number of fundamental ways from unscripted spoken language, there are potential threats to validity when…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Grammar
Chmarkh, Mustapha – Online Submission, 2021
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first sociolinguistic matched-guise experiment that examined Chinese students' attitudes toward African American English in both its standard and vernacular variants. This pilot study explored Chinese students' implicit bias--if any--toward African American English compared to white American English. For…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Language Attitudes, Sociolinguistics, Positive Attitudes
Yousef, Areej – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
This paper explores the language planning strategies employed by Australian transnational families of Arabic-speaking backgrounds to develop their children's bilingualism in English and Arabic. The paper concludes that the families' transnationalism and strong links with their countries of origin played a significant role in their language…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Family Relationship, Native Language, Arabic
Ozdemir, Hasan Fehmi; Kutlu, Omer; Huang, Shaofu; Crick, Ruth – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2022
The aim of this study is to adapt the Crick Learning for Resilient Agency (CLARA) to Turkish culture, and to examine the psychometric features of the Inventory according to both Classical Test Theory (CTT) and Item Response Theory (IRT). In this respect, it is a descriptive level survey design research. Two different study groups were formed in…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Psychometrics, English (Second Language), English Literature
Albaqami, Rashidah – Arab World English Journal, 2020
This paper reports on an experimental study addressing second language acquisition of English quantifiers by Arabic speakers. Due to several differences found between Arabic and English regarding types, meanings and functions of quantifiers, Arabic learners encounter challenges in mastering them properly. Unlike English, Arabic does not make lots…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Native Language, Form Classes (Languages), Second Language Learning
Ganji, Mansoor; Ketabi, Saeed; Shahnazari, Mohammadtaghi – Cogent Education, 2018
This article presents an overall exploratory comparison of the English teacher training courses (TTCs) held in Iranian private language institutes and Certificate in Teaching English to Adults (CELTA). Data were gathered through Iranian institutes' websites; interviews with Iranian English teachers, English teachers holding CELTA certificate, and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Sabbah, Sabah Salman – Arab World English Journal, 2020
This study aimed at investigating the effect of two strategies of teaching reading: 'semantic mapping' and 'question generation' on the reading achievement of a sample of 40 female students enrolling in two classes in Level 2 English as a Second Language Foundation Program at the Community College of Qatar. The researcher of the current study…
Descriptors: Semantics, Reading Achievement, Cognitive Mapping, Foreign Countries
