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Download full textTanabe, Masayuki – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2016
The present study addressed the role of speed as a factor in tests of second language (L2) vocabulary knowledge, presupposing that speed of performance is important in actual language use. Research questions were: (a) Do learners with a larger vocabulary size answer faster on an L2 vocabulary breadth test than smaller vocabulary sized learners?;…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills, Alternative Assessment
Direct linkAryadoust, Vahid; Baghaei, Purya – Educational Assessment, 2016
This study aims to examine the relationship between reading comprehension and lexical and grammatical knowledge among English as a foreign language students by using an Artificial Neural Network (ANN). There were 825 test takers administered both a second-language reading test and a set of psychometrically validated grammar and vocabulary tests.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Reading Comprehension, Lexicology, Grammar
Mirzaei, Azizullah; Rahimi Domakani, Masoud; Heidari, Najmeh – Educational Psychology, 2014
Over the years, the multiple intelligences theory (MIT) proposed by Howard Gardner has renewed interest in learners' use of effective learning strategies and produced interesting results. This MIT-oriented study investigated the role of successful L2 readers' multiple intelligences in their effective use of reading strategies. To this end, a TOEFL…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Second Language Learning, Multiple Intelligences, Questionnaires
Asakereh, Ahmad; Dehghannezhad, Maliheh – Issues in Educational Research, 2015
This study investigated the relationship between student satisfaction with speaking classes, speaking skills self-efficacy beliefs, and speaking skills achievement. To this end, one hundred Iranian EFL undergraduate students filled out two questionnaires; a research-made and pilot-tested questionnaire for student satisfaction with speaking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Satisfaction, English (Second Language)
Valizadeh, Mohammad Reza; Alavinia, Parviz – English Language Teaching, 2013
The researchers in the current study were after probing the potential relationship between emotional intelligence, foreign language listening anxiety (FLLA), and listening comprehension performance of Iranian EFL learners. To this end, 233 participants, studying English language and literature at three different Universities in Urmia, were…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Emotional Intelligence, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Liu, Ou Lydia – ETS Research Report Series, 2014
This study investigates the relationship between test preparation and test performance on the "TOEFL iBT"® exam. Information on background variables and test preparation strategies was gathered from 14,593 respondents in China through an online survey. A Chinese standardized English test was used as a control for prior English ability.…
Descriptors: Research Reports, Test Preparation, Language Tests, College Entrance Examinations
Khatib, Mohammad; Hassanzadeh, Mohammad; Rezaei, Saeed – International Education Studies, 2011
This study examines the preferred vocabulary learning strategies of Iranian upper-intermediate EFL learners. In order to identify the aforementioned group in terms of language proficiency, a TOEFL test was administered to a population of 146 undergraduate EFL students at the university of Vali-e-Asr in Rafsanjan, Iran. Those scoring above 480 were…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Nisbet, Deanna L.; Tindall, Evie R.; Arroyo, Alan A. – Foreign Language Annals, 2005
This study investigated the relationship between language learning strategy (LLS) preferences and English proficiency among Chinese university students. Oxford's (1990), Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) and an institutional version (ITP) of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) were administered to 168 third-year English…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
