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Claudia H. Sánchez-Gutiérrez; Pablo Robles-García; Mercedes Pérez Serrano – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Studies on teachers' beliefs about vocabulary learning and teaching have focused, so far, on English as a second language (L2), or foreign language (FL), in different contexts but little attention has been given to other L2s and FLs. In this study, 15 Spanish L2 instructors at large universities were interviewed in order to better understand where…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
Burton, Graham – ELT Journal, 2022
The commonly used categorical system for conditionals (zero, first, second, and third) has been repeatedly demonstrated to be inadequate because it is unable to account for many conditional types attested in actual usage. ELT coursebooks and pedagogic grammars are criticized for ignoring the evidence and persisting with its use, but the reality…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Course Descriptions
Burton, Graham – Multilingual Matters, 2023
This book investigates the content of the grammar syllabus typically employed in mainstream English Language Teaching. Using a mixed-methods approach, the author examines how the syllabuses used in coursebooks are actually constructed, how they evolved and how valid their contents are as a basis for teaching. The research reported consists of a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Materials
Kuang, Qi – English Language Teaching, 2020
Scholars have long recognized the Washback effect of English language tests on English teaching inside the classroom. However, the lack of scholarly reports in this area is also nonnegligible. Therefore, the present study intends to review some empirical researches that focus on the washback of some English language tests on different aspects of…
Descriptors: Testing Problems, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Al-Hassaani, Abdulbari Mahboob Ahmed; Al-Saalmi, Abdulkarim Fadhl Mahmood Qaid – Arab World English Journal, 2022
This study focused on Saudi female English as a foreign language (EFL) learners, second-year level, English Department, College of Arts, Bisha University. Most the learners are exposed to the English language at a late stage, which is one of the challenges they encounter. The main objective of this study was to identify the main challenges faced…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Females, College Students
Ekaterina Tabenkina – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The present project is a research-based and practice-tested online synchronous curriculum for English language learners with the Russian language mother tongue. The curriculum's theoretical component is grounded in Vygotsky's, Leont'ev', and Engestrom's "Cultural Historical Activity Theory" as well as in scholarly papers on the influence…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Defina; Rasyid, Yumna; Ridwan, Sakura – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2019
The aim of this research was to analyze the needs on integrative content-based Indonesian language learning materials about agriculture for foreign speakers A2 level. Research and development design was used employing the Dick and Carey's model combined with Borg and Gall's model, as well as the model of learning materials development proposed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Material Development
Capitani, Laura – Research-publishing.net, 2020
'Web-based and Interactive Italian' is a detailed and progressive programme developed by the author for the Maastricht University Language Centre. The course started in 2013, with the intention of catering for the variability in the number of students following the regular courses, as well as broadening the language offer using blended learning.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Blended Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Abell, Jacob; Johnson, Stacey Margarita – Dimension, 2021
This paper describes one approach to focusing on Connections, one of the five Cs from the World Readiness Standards for Learning Languages, as a means of exposing introductory language students to culturally diverse authentic texts through drama-based pedagogy. Our approach focuses on an instructor working within an established departmental…
Descriptors: French, Introductory Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Halvaei, Mohammadreza Yousefi; Ansarin, Ali Akbar – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2018
The study of the individual learner differences including learner effectiveness has been a genuine concern for second language researchers. The present study strove to examine the impact of learner effectiveness on the language learners' learning strategy use. According to this purpose, first, the researchers developed the two-part 40-item…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kong, Shan – English Language Teaching, 2019
Online open course has a significant impact on college English teaching, which brings about huge changes in college English teaching concepts, teaching modes, and teaching evaluations. This paper introduces and discusses the construction and application of college English online open course in a vocational college in China. And it also points out…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Online Courses
Investigating More Effective and Less Effective EFL Learners' Attitudes and Motivational Orientation
Halvaei, Mohammadreza Yousefi; Ansarin, Ali Akbar – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The present study investigated the differences in attitudes and motivation between more effective and less effective learners studying at the first year of graduate university program. Based on this aim, first, the researcher developed the three-part 35-item attitude-motivation questionnaire of the present study based on the AMTB developed by…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Course Descriptions
Fajri, Muchamad Sholakhuddin Al; Okwar, Victoria – SAGE Open, 2020
This corpus-based diachronic study aims to investigate the change in the use of English relative clauses over a 45-year time span. It does not only focus on change over time but also change between two varieties of English (British and American). The data were taken from the Brown family of corpora. Each corpus in the Brown family corpora consists…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Diachronic Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Language Usage
Hasan, Aveen Mohammed; Hasan, Zaiton Fareeq – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
This study investigates the students' perceptions towards literature integration in language learning in the English Language Departments (henceforth ELD) at Duhok and Zakho universities. Knowledge about students' perceptions will influence their interest and language learning development. Literature is an important part of the syllabus at most…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Literature
Amelia, Pratiwi; Hikmawati, Agci – English Language Teaching Educational Journal, 2019
The objective of this study is to design English materials for undergraduate students. In designing the materials, the writers focused on the general English materials integrated with Bangkanese' Folks as one of the literary works existing in Bangka Belitung Province, Indonesia. This idea was based on the writers' awareness to introduce local…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Needs Assessment