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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
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Moghadam, Fatemeh Sadat Alavi; Farahani, Fatemeh – Journal of English Teaching, 2020
The present study aimed at investigating the impact of the concurrent group dynamic assessment on the learning of phrasal verbs at a productive level. The participants of the study were 30 EFL learners at an intermediate level of language proficiency. The participants' productive knowledge of the phrasal verbs was measured before and after the…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Wiboonwachara, Lalida; Charubusp, Sasima – rEFLections, 2022
In an EFL context, writing in English is often considered challenging for second language learners. Previous studies (Khumphee & Yodkamlue, 2017; Owu-Ewie & Williams, 2017; Richard & Renandya, 2002) suggest that a lack of sufficient cognitive and rhetorical skills for generating ideas and producing coherent compositions can be one of…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Writing Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Cabezas, Erickzon D. Astorga; Beltran, Paulina Bahamondes – English Language Teaching, 2021
Over several decades, numerous approaches applied to EFL have resulted in theories and reasonings to teach and learn English. Although Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is the most commonly used path nowadays, it has only resulted in minimal development of university learners' oral skills; i.e., English-beginner-level students usually attain…
Descriptors: Grammar, Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Estaji, Masoomeh; Ameri, Amirhamid Forough – Cogent Education, 2020
Dynamic Assessment (DA) is an implicit kind of assessment that most teachers and learners engage in during class time. Although there exists a body of research on the promising effects of DA, the studies have not compared the results across proficiency levels. This study examined the effect of interventionist approach to DA on Iranian English as a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Comparative Analysis
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Miller, Alyssia M. – Hispania, 2020
The purpose of this study is to explore the connection between two goal theories and to investigate how goals and the goal setting process can have an effect on academic achievement and linguistic and intercultural competence development in the Spanish second language (L2) classroom. Specifically, this study employs achievement goal theory and…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
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Chen, Mei-Rong Alice; Hwang, Gwo-Jen – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
The present study explored the impact of concept mapping-based flipped learning as a listening-speaking strategy on learning achievement, English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' critical thinking awareness and EFL speaking anxiety. The study utilized a pretest/posttest control and a quasi-experimental design. Seventy-two EFL learners were…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Critical Thinking
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Bachelor, Jeremy W. – Language Learning Journal, 2022
The objective of this study was to employ a new tool for assessing pragmatic "proficiency" (over "performance") in L2 students and to determine if pragmatic lessons on compliment sequences had a positive impact on L2 Spanish students' intercultural competence. To this end, students at a Midwestern college engaged in live video…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Girgin, Ufuk; Dinçer, Zeynep Ölçü – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2022
One of the inspirational forms of integrating technology into Second Language (L2) teaching is using 'corpora'. In this study, corpora were used to develop printed instructional materials to teach grammatical cohesive devices that are not sufficiently represented in L2 English course books. Specifically, the aim was to understand whether the…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Polat, Mustafa; Eristi, Bahadir – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2019
The study aims to find out the effects of authentic video materials on foreign language listening skill and foreign language listening anxiety of students studying at different levels of English proficiency. The experimental practices of the research designed as pretest-posttest true experimental design with control group have been conducted on…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Second Language Learning, Listening Skills, Anxiety
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Orejuela, Jerome G.; Tolin, Marife R.; Soreta, Myla O.; Ocampo, Darrel M. – Online Submission, 2022
The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of gamifying instruction in the English language proficiency of Grade 8 Filipino ESL students in one University in Bicol, Philippines, that offers Junior High School. The quasi-experimental single pretest-posttest design was used in the study. The researcher-made test which underwent series of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Dincer, Nazmi; Polat, Mustafa – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2022
Although grammar has been central to L2 research and methodology over the years, the approaches to teaching grammar have long been a controversial topic in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) even today when we are introduced with innovative methods especially with technology. Considered as an innovative and effective instructional…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Teaching Methods, Grammar, English (Second Language)
Souribio, Christine N. – Online Submission, 2023
"Gamification is the process of using game thinking and game dynamics to engage audiences and solve problems", Zichermann (2011). The aim of this research is to facilitate the least-learned competencies in the English subject of students of Grade 8 in Tupi National High School for the academic year 2022-2023. With this, the researcher…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Game Based Learning, High School Students, Language Tests
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Ólafsdóttir, Sigríður; Laster, Barbara; Stefánsson, Kristján K. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2020
The fields of vocabulary instruction, literacy professional development, and global language issues framed this research. Situated in Iceland, the intervention consisted of professional development for 10th-grade teachers focused on academic words in various subject materials, increasing the learners' proficiency in using explicit strategies to…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Comparative Analysis, Pretests Posttests, Outcomes of Education
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Whitehead, Evangelin – Excellence in Education Journal, 2020
This study investigated the impact of meta-cognitive strategy instruction on the listening comprehension of level III student-teachers. Sixty-eight student participants were selected whose listening proficiency was at the average to below average level. The selected students were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Listening Comprehension, Comparative Analysis, Student Teachers
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