NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Laws, Policies, & Programs
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 540 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Zhansaya Aden; Akbope Akhmet; Akkibat Akzhigitova; Sandugash Sansyzbayeva; Lazzat Tursalieva – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2025
The research aimed at identifying approaches for building a bilingual individual through written an academic text, using five text types for achieving this goal. The analysis of text types used in this study were glossed, bilingual, dictionary assisted text, authentic, task-based text that reveals valuable insights into their effectiveness and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Self Concept, Vocabulary Development, Grammar
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Holger Hopp; Jana Reifegerste; Michael T. Ullman – Language Learning, 2025
Second language (L2) grammar learning is difficult. Two frameworks--the psycholinguistic lexical bottleneck hypothesis and the neurocognitive declarative/procedural model--predict that faster L2 lexical processing should facilitate L2 incidental grammar learning. We tested these predictions in a pretest-posttest syntactic adaptation study of…
Descriptors: Lexicology, Vocabulary Development, Language Acquisition, Grammar
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Huei-Mei Liu; Feng-Ming Tsao; Chun-Yi Lin; Gwyneth Rost; Ling-Yu Guo – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: The current investigation evaluated the extent to which early noun, verb, and adjective lexicon sizes predicted later grammatical outcomes in Mandarin-speaking children with and without late language emergence (LLE) using a parent report. Method: In Study 1, the parents of 24 Mandarin-speaking children with typical language filled out the…
Descriptors: Nouns, Verbs, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Dodi Widia Nanda; Iris Duhn; Gingga Prananda; Putri Hana Pebriana; Andiopenta Andiopenta; Muannif Ridwan; Zuhar Ricky – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2024
This study aims to investigate Indonesian senior high school teachers' perceptions of using the first language (L1) when teaching English because Indonesian teachers tend to have negative perceptions toward the application of the L1, while the L1 is needed in a situation where Indonesian students have limited skills in English. The semi-structured…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Language Attitudes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kuo-Zheng Feng – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
This study addressed a gap in existing research on Multiple-Choice (MC) cloze tests by focusing on the learners' perspective, specifically examining the difficulties faced by vocational high school students (VHSs). A nationwide sample of 293 VHSs participated, providing both quantitative and qualitative data through a self-developed questionnaire.…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Multiple Choice Tests, Cloze Procedure, Student Attitudes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Ibrahim Halil Topal – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2024
Vocabulary and grammar are crucial to language proficiency. Certain word families and grammatical categories are differentiated by prosodic features like suprafixes. In English, specific noun/adjective-verb pairs, often called disyllabic words, have primary stress on different syllables: nouns usually receive trochaic stress, while verbs receive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Knowledge Level
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Batlle Rodríguez, Jaume; Vicenta González Argüello, María – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2023
Gamification is a methodological strategy that has been applied for several years in the field of modern language learning. It is employed primarily to increase students' motivation by incorporating game elements into an otherwise didactic context. Research into the use of gamification in language teaching has focused largely on characterizing the…
Descriptors: Gamification, Spanish, Student Attitudes, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Maria Kaltsa; Alexandra Prentza; Leonarda Prela; Ianthi Maria Tsimpli – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
The present paper aims to investigate the interplay of lexical and grammatical development in school-aged Greek-Albanian bilingual children by providing evidence both from majority, Greek, and heritage, Albanian. To this end, 47 8 to 10-year-old bilingual children were tested by means of expressive vocabulary tests in Greek and in Albanian, while…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Bilingual Students, Young Children
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tianxu Chen; Dongbo Zhang – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
Lexical ability, an umbrella term to cover various knowledge and skills pertaining to words in print, is a key component in reading comprehension. Little is known how different facets of lexical ability jointly contribute to L2 reading comprehension and how the contributions may differ between higher- and lower-proficiency L2 learners. This study,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grammar
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Shabaka-Fernández, Sonia – Language Learning Journal, 2023
Teacher language use has long been debated and the different proportions and functions of the first language (L1) have been recurrently examined. Nevertheless, there has not been enough attention paid to the relationship between teacher language use and learning outcomes using empirical data. Hence, the present study aims to investigate the effect…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bianca Mister; Honglin Chen; Amanda Baker – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2023
Developing L2 learners' productive mastery of vocabulary is a challenging task. Recent research has called for greater attention to understanding how receptive vocabulary may be transformed for productive use (Schmitt, 2019). Using a design-based research methodology, this study investigated adult ESL learners' productive oral vocabulary…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Vocabulary Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Suhad Sonbul; Dina Abdel Salam El-Dakhs – Language Teaching Research, 2024
Very few studies have investigated second language (L2) knowledge of word parts. The present study was set to measure L2 recognition of 35 English prefixes and the factors that might predict scores. The form and meaning sections of Sasao and Webb's Word Part Levels Test were administered to 152 Arabic learners of English as a foreign language…
Descriptors: Arabic, English (Second Language), Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Alhassan, Mohammed Awal – Athens Journal of Education, 2023
The aim of this study was to explore English teachers' teaching techniques perceived as important when teaching English as a third language (L3) to minority adult students in secondary schools. Using a quantitative research approach, 95 teachers from two districts in the Viken county of Norway completed a 15-item questionnaire titled. Perceived…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Mushoffan Prasetianto; Rizkiana Maharddhika – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2025
Responding to the pivotal role of English nowadays, higher education institutions require every student to take an English course. In higher education, teaching English focuses more on the specific discipline of the students. It helps students to have good English capabilities within their field of study. Writing skill is demanded because the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Agricultural Education, Agriculture Teachers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Tatli, Zeynep; Saylan, Esin; Kokoç, Mehmet – Participatory Educational Research, 2022
Digital Storytelling (DS) is an alternative instructional tool for language teaching to make the relevant process more engaging through the use of technology and to facilitate effective language learning. This single case study explored the impact of DS in an online EFL lesson on speaking and vocabulary achievement in consideration to cognitive…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, English Language Learners
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10  |  11  |  ...  |  36