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Ha, Thi Yen Nhi; Pham, Hong Hai; Tran, Trung Nghia – Online Submission, 2023
The study aims to measure the effect of Task-based language teaching on grammatical achievement and the motivation of EFL learners at Dong Nai Technology University. The research will conduct a quick grammar test to administer 48 students at the school to achieve this goal. After sitting the test, the learners will undergo a 6-week course applying…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Cheng, Ching-Hsue; Chen, Chung-Hsi – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Many scholars have highlighted the importance of motivation and anxiety in language learning. They have also indicated the advantages of integrating learning content into a mobile-assisted English learning system environment. Meanwhile, a few studies have explored the impacts of a mobile-assisted English learning system on the motivation and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Student Attitudes
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Mejang, Areerug; Suksawas, Wannaprapha – English Language Teaching, 2021
This study examines the impact of a teacher-training program on the development of teachers' knowledge, skills, and attitudes towards English reading teaching. The training program was implemented in combination with the use of LINE (a message application) and the teachers' participation in school-based professional learning communities. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Salameh, Lina Abedelqader Mohmmad – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
Extensive reading approach (ER) has received conceptual support from views and theories that prioritize the importance of input in second language acquisition. ER is probably one of the easiest ways to implement an input-rich learning environment in a pedagogical setting. Accordingly, the current study is an attempt to investigate the effect of ER…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Attitudes
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Ebrahimi, Mohammad Reza; Khoshsima, Hooshang; Zare-Behtash, Esmail – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
English language is an important international language and a considerable part of time and expenses is devoted to learning it. Since many academicians and common people invest a lot of time on learning it, an increase in learning speed is certainly an urgent need. The current study tried to empirically examine the influence of an affective factor…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Lambert Snodgrass, Lisa; Hass, Margaret; Ghahremani, Mehdi – Journal of Global Education and Research, 2021
In recent years, the demand for more culturally competent candidates has risen as employers seek workers highly adaptable to the global marketplace. Study abroad internship programs offer a rich training ground for college students to gain valuable international and intercultural career experience. This study examined the effects of experiential…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Experiential Learning, Program Design, Study Abroad
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Yilmaz, Adnan – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2018
The rapid and continuous developments in computer technologies underscores the need to investigate computers' impact on students' motivation in second/foreign language (L2)reading and writing skills. Given this need, the present empirical study aims to examine the effect of computers on students' motivation in L2 reading and writing skills. 35…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Learning Motivation
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Galante, Angelica – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2018
Anxiety is a dimension of L2 speaking that has been heavily investigated over the past several decades, but there is a paucity of research investigating instruction aiming at lowering anxiety. While research suggests drama lowers L2 learners' anxiety, it is unclear to what extent anxiety is affected by drama. This article reports results from a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Anxiety, Communication (Thought Transfer), Measures (Individuals)
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Hemmati, Fatemeh; Mortazavi, Mahboobeh – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2017
This study aimed to investigate the impact of different types of scaffolds on the writing regulatory skills of a cohort of Iranian learners of English (N = 120). The article reports a comparison of the pretest and posttest performance of learners in 4 experimental conditions--namely, the metacognitive scaffolds, conceptual scaffolds, procedural…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Cardoso, Walcir; Rueb, Avery; Grimshaw, Jennica – Research-publishing.net, 2017
This study examines the effects of the pedagogical use of an interactive mobile digital game, Prêt à Négocier (PàN), on improving learners' pronunciation of French as a Second Language (FSL), using three holistic measures: comprehensibility, fluency, and overall pronunciation. Two groups of FSL learners engaged in different types of game-playing…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Teaching Methods, Telecommunications
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Ayçiçek, Burak; Yanpar Yelken, Tugba – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
In the current study, the aim is to determine the effect of flipped classroom model on students' classroom engagement in teaching English. This research was conducted within the English course for four weeks period in the Spring term in 2016-2017 school year in a secondary school in the city of Hatay. In the study, pretest/post-test…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Secondary School Students
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Bahmani, Roghayeh; Farvardin, Mohammad Taghi – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2017
This study aimed to examine the effects of different text difficulty levels on foreign language reading anxiety (FLRA) and reading comprehension of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. To this end, 50 elementary EFL learners were selected from two intact classes (n = 25 each). Each class was assigned to a text difficulty level (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Reading Materials, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Chen, Zhi-Hong; Lee, Shu-Yu – Educational Technology & Society, 2018
This paper describes the development of an educational game, named My-Pet-Shop, to enhance young children's learning of English vocabulary. The educational game is underpinned by an application-driven model, which consists of three components: application scenario, subject learning, and learning regulation. An empirical study is further conducted…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Young Children, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
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Yu, Wei-Chieh Wayne – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2018
This study examined students' perceptions of completing an English writing class via a social networking platform. Participants were 162 aboriginal students between 18 and 23 years of age at a nursing college in southern Taiwan. Different ethnicities were defined and represented by different memberships of indigenous groups or tribes, also known…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Writing (Composition)
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Ou-Yang, Fang Chuan; Wu, Wen-Chi Vivian – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2017
To achieve better adaptive learning for mobile-assisted language learning (MALL), individual prior knowledge proficiency, perceptual learning style, and learning behavior should all be considered in system development. While reviewing the existing literature about MALL research, the researchers of this study found very few recent studies exploring…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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