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Al-deaij, Ghada Ali – Online Submission, 2020
This study investigated the amount of vocabulary that Saudi EFL teachers have in Saudi Arabia. The participants included 75 Saudi EFL males' teachers and 121 Saudi EFL females' teachers, who were chosen randomly from various Saudi public schools. Moreover, the study utilized a Vocabulary Levels Test VLT, which was constructed by Webb, Sasao, and…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Vocabulary Skills, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning
Chiang, David L. – 1978
Predictors of relative clause production in adult second language acquisition were examined through a replication and extension of a study by Schachter (1974). The present study is different in that it was based on oral instead of written production and it was designed to examine avoidance with the consideration that avoidance presupposed choice.…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Proficiency, Language Research, Masters Theses
Rybicki, Amanda – 2002
This research describes strategies used to improve student achievement in a foreign language class through the use of effective study skills. The targeted population included high school students in a first year foreign language class. Evidence for the problem of low achievement came from teacher observations, student surveys, and low assessment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High School Students, High Schools, Language Proficiency
Maschler, Toni – 1990
This report presents ideas on the use of poetry in teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language. Chapter 1 describes beliefs about language and language learning, and offers a theoretical justification for including the reading and writing of poetry in the language classroom. Chapter 2 is a collection of poetry activities that have been…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Class Activities, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
Schwartz, Joan Lorraine – 1977
This study investigates the ways adult second language learners deal with errors and trouble sources in their conversations with one another. Specifically, it describes the repair work done by the second language learners, the extralinguistic features accompanying these repairs and the differences between repairs made by speakers at different…
Descriptors: Adults, Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis
Korn, Caroline A. – 1977
The purpose of this study was to develop and test the effectiveness of a program in which activity-based science was used as a conceptual basis for language instruction. A series of four instructional units were adapted for bilingual use. Students' written and oral observations were used in experience charts and other language development…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Criterion Referenced Tests
Smutek, Malinda M. – 1986
Instruction in English as a second language for differentially prepared college students should be conducted in an environment in which students have input from a wide range of authentic spoken and written language samples, varying in difficulty level. The instructional process should be viewed by the students as neither intimidating nor…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Classroom Environment, College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Ingram, David E. – 1978
This thesis clarifies the role of the applied linguist in the language and language teaching sciences with particular application to advanced language learning that takes place after five years of study. Students' deficiencies identified at matriculation together with the psychological and practical needs of the students and their society identify…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, College Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Influences