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Yaowaratana, Kotchawara; Rungruang, Apichai – English Language Teaching, 2018
The pronunciation of regular past tense verbs seems to be difficult for most L2 learners, especially in L2 learners whose first language phonological system is different from the English one. It is predicted that Thai EFL students could encounter difficulties perceiving English coda clusters like the '-ed' ending sounds. For this reason, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Rahimi, Mohammad Ali; Rezaei, Amir – English Language Teaching, 2011
The current study examined differential effects of two pre-modification types, syntactic elaboration and syntactic simplification (at the level of syntax and irrespective of problematic lexis), on EST students' reading comprehension. The purpose was to see whether a priori syntactic elaborative adjustment, given its advantages over simplification,…
Descriptors: English for Science and Technology, Syntax, Reading Comprehension, Civil Engineering