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Cimermanová, Ivana – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
In recent years, researchers have shown an increased interest in learner styles as one of the key factors influencing learning generally. During the last decade we have also noticed rapid advances in the field of technology enhanced learning and growing trend towards its application in formal education. Introduction of different forms of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Academic Achievement, Teaching Models, Teaching Methods
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Lubis, Azhar Aziz; Sulistyo, Gunadi Harry – Dinamika Ilmu, 2018
This factorial quasi-experimental 2 x 2 study aimed to corroborate the effect of PRWR strategy, compared to Translation and Reading Aloud, on students' academic content-area reading comprehension as observed from their English proficiency. This study also examined the interaction between the strategy and English proficiency. Data were obtained…
Descriptors: Evidence, Evidence Based Practice, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Innovation
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Ruegg, Rachael – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2016
This exploratory study investigated the effect of assessing both process and product compared to assessing written products alone. Two groups of students received teacher feedback over a one-year period. One group was assessed on their revisions in addition to the quality of final drafts, while a second group was assessed on the quality of final…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation
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Cosgun Ögeyik, Muhlise – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2017
In English language teaching settings, the type of lecture is important since students should be exposed to instantly recognisable linguistic features in the target language through interaction. This quasi-experimental study was designed to compare the effectiveness of PowerPoint presentations (PPP) and conventional lecture/discussion sessions on…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Conventional Instruction, Lecture Method, Instructional Effectiveness
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Suwantharathip, Ornprapat – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2015
The present study investigated the effects of reading strategies based on collaborative learning approach on students' reading comprehension and reading strategy use. The quasi-experimental research study was performed with two groups of students. While the control group was taught in the traditional way, the experimental group received reading…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Cooperative Learning, Reading Instruction, College Freshmen
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Beltrán, Jorge – Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics, 2016
In the assessment of aural skills of second language learners, the study of the inclusion of visual stimuli has almost exclusively been conducted in the context of listening assessment. While the inclusion of contextual information in test input has been advocated for by numerous researchers (Ockey, 2010), little has been said regarding the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Speech Skills, Speech Tests, Second Language Learning
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Zhonggen, Yu – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2014
Clickers are catching growing attention in education. This study, using data collected from a questionnaire, forty content words, and a vocabulary knowledge scale, aims to identify if clickers can enhance EFL (English as a foreign language) vocabulary knowledge and raise students' satisfaction level compared with the traditional multimedia-based…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Vocabulary, Knowledge Level, Satisfaction
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Habibian, Maryam – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The present study investigates the impact of training metacognitive strategies in reading comprehension and has been conducted among students from University Putra Malaysia. Forty eight subjects majoring in English including both males and females participated in the study. They have been chosen from first level of reading and divided into two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)
Cox, Sherry J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The majority of language learning in post-secondary higher education is compulsory. Many students in compulsory L2 courses demonstrate lower than average levels of achievement and persistence. Because L2 learning is an important component of a post-secondary education in modern society, improving the motivation to learn languages can improve both…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Required Courses, College Students, Student Motivation
Kang, Tingting – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Mobile devices have become a significant part of students' lives. The average number of hours that college students reported using their smartphones each day was nine hours--more than half of their daily waking hours (Roberts, Yaya, & Manolis, 2014). Although software developers and teachers have started to develop and incorporate various…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies, Educational Strategies, Instructional Innovation
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Cao, Linying – English Language Teaching, 2012
In this study the author draws on Jane Willis' TBL framework and examines its effects on the improvement of EFL learners' writing competence when such a framework is applied to college writing classrooms in Chinese EFL settings, and thus tentatively explores the feasibility of the task-based approach to the teaching of EFL writing. Results of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Feasibility Studies
Pagan-Melendez, Juan – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The problem in the present quasi-experimental research design was the poor English communication skills of college students enrolled in first-year English as a second language (ESL) courses in Puerto Rico. The purpose of this quantitative study was to compare learning outcomes between a first-year English as a second class taught with the…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), College Second Language Programs, Educational Technology
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Alsamadani, Hashem Ahmed – English Language Teaching, 2011
This quasi-experimental study tested the effect of the 3-2-1 strategy on English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' reading comprehension. A sample of Saudi EFL college-level students were randomly selected and divided into two groups: an experimental group (42 students) and a control group (43 students). Students of both groups took a reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Kiliçkaya, Ferit; Çokal Karadas, Derya – Online Submission, 2009
The study investigated the effect of note-taking on comprehension of lectures by 44 undergraduate EFL students who are in the first year of their undergraduate level in the Department of Foreign Language Education in Middle East Technical University. The participants were divided into two groups, namely experimental and control groups. The…
Descriptors: Notetaking, Listening Comprehension, Lecture Method, Undergraduate Students