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Leonardo Alba-López – HOW, 2024
The correct use of collocations and prepositions plays an essential role in writing. Previous research has demonstrated that students, who master these lexical elements, have a better language awareness, improve their reading and listening comprehension, and are more creative when making a composition. However, little specific work has been done…
Descriptors: Essays, Writing (Composition), Form Classes (Languages), Academic Language
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Yorulmaz, Alper; Dogan, Midrabi Cihangir – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2022
In the current study, it is aimed to determine the activities that need to be done to eliminate the mistakes made by primary school fourth grade students in multiplication and division operations and to present solution suggestions for eliminating these mistakes. The study employed action research, one of the qualitative research methods. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 4
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Wei, Lim Yi – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this action research was to identify students' errors in solving fraction number line and word problems. It also explored the effectiveness of Tik-Tok short videos in improving students' fraction understanding. Methods: The sample for this research consisted of 48 students from Form 1 at SMK SANZAC. In this study, a Check…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Fractions, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving
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Boyraz, Serkan; Ocak, Gürbüz – International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 2022
This research aims to investigate if information and communication technologies (ICT) supported activities prepared by the researchers can contribute to academic success in developing listening skills in EFL when they are presented in a connective approach and what the participants think about the content and approach used. The sample includes…
Descriptors: Error Correction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Vinay, Aparna – Online Submission, 2019
The present study is an action research in the field of education. The aim of the study was to see if immediate transfer of feedback and reinforcement can help to improve students' academic performance and help in the understanding and incorporation of feedback. The study was done on a sample of 15 psychology students of an international School in…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Research, Feedback (Response), Transfer of Training
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Cárdenas, Anderson Marcell – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2018
The purpose of this action research study was to help English language intermediate students tackle fossilized grammatical errors in their speech, which were verb form, missing subject, and word choice. In order to do so, the researcher used visual input such as pictures and colored stickers for self-monitoring purposes, as well as self-evaluation…
Descriptors: Grammar, Error Analysis (Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Wornyo, Albert Agbesi – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This study was a classroom-based action research. In this study, constructive teaching and learning activities were used to help learners improve on their grammar and usage with a focus on how to help them internalize subject verb agreement rules. The purpose of the research was to assist learners to improve upon their performance in grammar and…
Descriptors: Grammar, Error Patterns, Action Research, Learning Activities
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Guzmán-Alcón, Irene – English Language Teaching, 2019
It is widely accepted that the learning of a new language, among other advantages, promotes respect and interest of the students towards other cultures and languages. The question is how learning languages can be promoted in educational settings. The aim of the present study is to explore the principles of communicative language teaching in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Lawley, Jim – Language Learning & Technology, 2015
This paper describes the development of web-based software at a university in Spain to help students of EFL self-correct their free-form writing. The software makes use of an eighty-million-word corpus of English known to be correct as a normative corpus for error correction purposes. It was discovered that bigrams (two-word combinations of words)…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Error Correction
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Coté, Robert A. – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2014
The present study reports the results of a process of peer feedback through anonymous peer review in an EFL writing class. Numerous studies have reported on the benefits of peer review (PR) in the ESL/EFL writing classroom. However, the literature also identifies social issues that can negatively affect the outcome of face-to-face PR. In this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Evaluation, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Elwick, Alex, Ed.; Riggall, Anna, Ed. – CfBT Education Trust, 2013
St Mark's Church of England Academy is an 11-18 academy situated in Mitcham, South London. It offers a commitment to high achievement within a community of care, underpinned by the Christian values of hope, love and trust. The academy encourages the development of the moral and spiritual well-being of students, alongside their academic success.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Public Schools, High Achievement
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Brudermann, Cedric – ReCALL, 2010
This paper deals with the implementation of an "online pedagogical assistant" in a blended learning device for English for Special Purposes (ESP) students in a French university (UPMC, Paris VI). As it is now, it comprises a customized website designed to serve as a guide through the development of the students' work. The architecture of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classification, Blended Learning, English for Special Purposes