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Download full textYu, Shuying – English Language Teaching, 2022
Most people want to be able to read their reading materials quicker and remember them effectively. Covering a large quantity of reading materials at a normal speed requires much more time than is usually available. Good readers, however, can cover a lot of materials by identifying key elements of a sentence for key idea with the help of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Constructivism (Learning), Reading Materials, Reading Rate
Abu-Melhim Abdel-Rahman – English Language Teaching, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine if first language interference does play a significant role in the use of articles in English by native speakers of Arabic as compared to other ESL learners. An error analysis was conducted on the use of English articles in essays taken from two groups of advanced ESL learners. The essays were composed by…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Taxonomy, Role
Tawalbeh, Ibrahim Z. – English Language Teaching, 2013
This study was conducted to investigate the influence of Colloquial Jordanian Arabic upon the use of negation and the definite article in English. The sample of the study consisted of 100 male and 100 female Jordanian 10th graders in the academic year 2011-2012. The students were randomly selected from public schools in the region of Karak-Jordan.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Cabrera Solano, Paola Alexandra; Gonzalez Torres, Paul Fernando; Ochoa Cueva, Cesar Augusto; Quinonez Beltran, Ana Lucia; Castillo Cuesta, Luz Mercedes; Solano Jaramillo, Lida Mercedes; Espinosa Jaramillo, Franklin Oswaldo; Arias Cordova, Maria Olivia – English Language Teaching, 2014
Extensive studies have been conducted regarding mother tongue (L1) interference and developing English writing skills. This study, however, aims to investigate the influence of the Spanish language on second language (L2) writing skills at several Ecuadorian senior high schools in Loja. To achieve this, 351 students and 42 teachers from second…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Writing Skills, Interference (Language)
Khodadady, Ebrahim; Mehr, Somayeh Javadi – English Language Teaching, 2012
This paper reports a textual analysis of letters written by 21 male and 21 female participants in Persian. Each writer wrote two letters, one to a dating service and another one to a hypothetical person chosen and introduced by the center. Therefore, a total of 84 letters were collected from the participants. Schema theory was used to find the…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Letters (Correspondence), Dating (Social), Interpersonal Communication
Peer reviewedMurrell, Martin – English Language Teaching, 1973
Discusses the teacher's obligation to enlighten the student adequately as to all interrelating features (e.g., linguistic, psychological, and cultural factors) attached to specific linguistic categories (e.g., presenting all of the moods and tenses of the verb be''). (DD)
Descriptors: Course Organization, Diagnostic Teaching, Form Classes (Languages), Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedRichards, Jack C. – English Language Teaching, 1971
Based on a paper presented at the TESOL Convention, March 1970, San Francisco, California. (DS)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Form Classes (Languages)
