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Namaziandost, Ehsan; Razmi, Mohammad Hasan; Atabekova, Anastasia; Shoustikova, Tatyana; Kussanova, Bibigul H. – Journal of Education, 2023
There has been an ongoing debate on the effectiveness of spaced and massed distribution instruction in second/foreign language learning. A number of studies in the literature have investigated the impacts of spacing effect on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' vocabulary acquisition. This study aims to expand the body of existing…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Comparative Analysis, Vocabulary Development
Okyay, Ozlem; Kandir, Adalet – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
This study is carried out to investigate the impact of Interactive storybook reading method on scientific vocabulary acquisition by children. The study pattern employed was an experimental one, involving pre-test, post-test, follow-up test, and control group. The study group was composed of 52 children (26 in the experiment group, and 26 in the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Story Reading, Pretests Posttests, Comparative Analysis
Romero-Villamil, Jorge Luis; Guzman-Martinez, Claudia Patricia – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2020
The purpose of this research is to learn how the implementation of instructional subtitled videos contributed to improving students' range of vocabulary in real life contexts. This mixed method research paper was developed by using action research approach and the applied data collection technique was stratified into five steps: a pre-test, three…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Audiovisual Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Durongbhandhu, Nunpaporn; Suwanasilp, Danuchawat – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2023
Language Instruction, especially teaching and learning English for specific purposes (ESP) with Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) has grown in popularity for over a decade. Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) is one of the appropriate teaching approaches used to make CALL more effective. This study attempts to develop, implement, and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Farrokh, Parisa; Vaezi, Hengameh; Ghadimi, Hamed – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2021
This study was designed to investigate the impact of visual mnemonic technique on young and adult Iranian English learners' vocabulary learning. The current study followed a quasi-experimental design. 48 female students were selected based on their performance on the Quick Placement Test. The participants were divided into four groups, two…
Descriptors: Mnemonics, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Comparative Analysis
Hoa, Truong Minh; Trang, Tran Thi Thuy – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2020
In order to evaluate the success of integrating the Interactive Whiteboard into vocabulary lessons in terms of developing the fifth graders' vocabulary achievement, retention and learning attitudes, the thirteen-week quasi-experimental study was conducted in two classes with the participation of 40 fifth graders as the control group and another 40…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Educational Technology, Vocabulary Development, Retention (Psychology)
Jabali, Mohsen; Walker, Carol – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2021
The study was carried out to investigate the impact of a digital review tool had on students' grades, learning motivation, and engagement. An exploratory cross-sectional study was accomplished with two groups of students. The Experimental Group was taught using the digital tool FlipQuiz while the Control Group was taught with the conventional…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Educational Technology, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Yilmaz, Rabia Meryem; Topu, Fatma Burcu; Takkaç Tulgar, Aysegül – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
The purpose of this study is to discover pre-school children's vocabulary learning, retention levels, and perspectives of English language learning using augmented reality (AR) technology. To achieve this goal, a one-group pre-test, and post-test design was used to assess the effect of using AR-supported educational toys on pre-school children's…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Retention (Psychology), Preschool Children, English (Second Language)
Webb, Stuart; Yanagisawa, Akifumi; Uchihara, Takumi – Modern Language Journal, 2020
The present meta-analysis aimed to summarize the extent to which second language vocabulary is learned from the most frequently researched word-focused activities: flashcards, word lists, writing, and fill-in-the-blanks. One hundred effect sizes from 22 studies were included in meta-regression analyses and administered separately for the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pretests Posttests
Yanagisawa, Akifumi; Webb, Stuart – Language Learning, 2021
The involvement load hypothesis (ILH) was designed to predict the effectiveness of instructional tasks for incidental L2 vocabulary learning. In this meta-analysis we examined 398 effect sizes from 42 empirical studies (N = 4,628) to explore (a) the overall predictive ability of the ILH, (b) the relative effects of different components of the ILH…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Oxley, Emily; de Cat, Cécile – Language Learning Journal, 2021
This systematic review presents a synthesis of evidence regarding the effectiveness of language and literacy interventions targeting children with EAL. It updates the systematic review by Murphy and Unthiah [2015. A systematic review of intervention research examining English language and literacy development in children with English as an…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Intervention
Ownby, Kathryn – Psychology of Education Review, 2020
Based on the growing support that relates reading comprehension with morphological awareness, a short intervention was designed and piloted to see if instruction in morphological analysis could improve reading comprehension or vocabulary with primary school students. The intervention was piloted with a small group focusing on pre- and post-test…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Receptive Language, Vocabulary Development
L. Essence Monique Pryor-Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This study aimed to provide professional development in vocabulary instructional practices and analyze the impact on student achievement. This one group pretest-posttest research design study evaluated the effectiveness of direct vocabulary instruction on eighth-grade students' academic achievement, identified the academic achievement gained in…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Faculty Development
Hill, Aryn C. – English Language Teaching, 2022
The overall purpose of this study is to explore and understand how students acquire and apply new information (in particular, vocabulary) and how we as instructors can aid in this process. Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) as a whole tends to prioritize implicit learning but it is my belief that certain content can be understood more…
Descriptors: Mnemonics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Namaziandost, Ehsan; Dehkordi, Elham Saberi; Shafiee, Sajad – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2019
The present study aimed to investigate the comparative impacts of input-based and output-based activities on vocabulary knowledge of Iranian EFL learners. To fulfil this objective, 54 intermediate EFL students out of 70 from a private language institute were chosen through administering the Oxford Quick Placement Test (OQPT). The selected…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests