NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Alasmary, Abdullah A. – English Language Teaching, 2019
Strong claims are made regarding the significant role that multiword sequences play in the comprehension and production of speech and writing. Although the literature is replete with research-informed, evidence-based guidelines on how to maximize the learning of such sequences, such guidelines need to be synthesized, analyzed and evaluated for…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Phrase Structure
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Qian, Li – English Language Teaching, 2015
Formulaic sequences are found to be processed faster than their matched novel phrases in previous studies. Given the variety of formulaic types, few studies have compared processing on different types of formulaic sequences. The present study explored the processing among idioms, speech formulae and written formulae. It has been found that in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Khatib, Mohammad; Alizadeh, Mehrasa – English Language Teaching, 2012
EFL Learners often have problems using the past tense accurately. In an attempt to solve their problem, this study was carried out to examine the effects of using two different types of output tasks on noticing and learning the English past tense. Sixty female school-age EFL learners were divided into groups of 18, 19, and 23 participants. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Saeidi, Mahnaz; Zaferanieh, Elaheh; Shatery, Hafez – English Language Teaching, 2012
This study investigated the effectiveness of three kinds of vocabulary instruction. Seventy learners in the classes of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) were divided into three different groups receiving different instructions: Focus on Form Instruction (FoF) (Dictogloss task), Focus on Meaning Instruction (FoM) (Reading and Discussion task),…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, English for Special Purposes, Experimental Groups, Control Groups
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Hashemnezhad, Hossein; Zangalani, Sanaz Khalili – English Language Teaching, 2012
The aim of the present paper was to investigate the effects of processing instruction and traditional instruction on Iranian EFL learners' writing ability. Thirty participants who were non-randomly selected out of 63 Intermediate EFL learners, taking English courses in a language institute in Khoy-Iran, participated in this quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning