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Suraprajit, Prathomwat – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2022
Delivered up-to-date news and shown authentic use, the language appeared on the digital platform is an interesting alternative in learning the English language. The present study investigates the English language written on the online logistics magazines published in Thailand by using the corpus tool called Ant-Conc to analyze the frequency of…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Language Usage, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Badem, Nebahat; Simsek, Tugba – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
This quantitative study aims to reveal the most frequently used phrasal verbs (PVs) by L1 speakers of English and Turkish EFL learners in written and spoken registers. With the purpose of spotting any overuse and/or underuse by Turkish EFL learners, it compares their usage to L1 English speakers' through four corpora -- two learner corpora and two…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Contrastive Linguistics
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Ansah, Richard; Agbaglo, Ebenezer; Mensah, Regina A. T. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
This study explored the differences in the writings produced by both male and female students in colleges of education in Ghana with respect to syntactic complexity. The study was based on a corpus of two hundred examination essays which were collected from two hundred students in Assin Fosu, Wesley and Presbyterian colleges of education who took…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Sentence Structure, Writing (Composition)
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Spring, Ryan – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
Phrasal verbs are important for EFL and ESL education because of their high frequency, but can be difficult for learners because of their number and polysemy. While there are a number of studies on phrasal verbs, the widening focus of such studies has left a gap between theory and practical instruction. This study improves upon previous studies…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Verbs, Phrase Structure, Pretests Posttests