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Direct linkThomas, Rebecca S.; Waugh, Christian E. – Intercultural Education, 2020
This study examined the effects of a script-based communicative intervention (SBCI) on psychological and cultural adaptation in students studying abroad in second language (German and Spanish) contexts. Regardless of language proficiency, students with exposure to the SBCI, relative to those without the intervention, exhibited higher well-being…
Descriptors: Intervention, Study Abroad, German, Spanish
Download full textMinagawa, Harumi – Journal of Peer Learning, 2017
This paper reports students' experiences of a coursework task in a Japanese linguistics course that embraces certain aspects of collaborative learning--aspects that are not practised widely in Japanese language learning situations. These involve the students looking at themselves as well as their fellow students as producers of knowledge and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Japanese, Linguistics, Cooperative Learning
Ashcroft, Robert John; Garner, Joseph; Hadingham, Oliver – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2018
It is thought that in order to comprehend general conversation at the native-speaker level, it is necessary to know thousands of word families. Vocabulary learning is therefore a vital component to attaining proficiency in a language. Technological advances have greatly expanded the resources available to language students. In particular, learners…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development, Recall (Psychology), English (Second Language)
Lin, Ya-Fen – Journal of Education and Learning, 2015
The purpose of the study aimed to investigate the effect of the Readers Theater (RT) training on elementary school students. In particular, changes in the students' English reading comprehension before and after the RT show, comparison of the students' responses to English learning, especially English reading, the students' opinions on the RT…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Elementary School Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Comprehension
Lekwilai, Panya – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2014
Fluency in reading is critical for becoming a successful reader and strongly correlates with reading comprehension. Fluency in reading refers to appropriate reading speed, accurate word recognition, appropriate phrasing, and appropriate expression when reading orally. Reader's Theater (RT) is a reading instructional method that requires readers to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Correlation
Sakura, Peter T. – Doshisha Kori Education Research Journal, 2001
In the communicative approach, English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners use scripted and unscripted language. In practice, scripted language is typically over-utilized at the expense of unscripted language. This study explores the characteristics of scripted and unscripted language in 11 beginner-level EFL students in a Japanese junior high…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
