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Mark Feng Teng; Danyang Zhang – Language Teaching Research, 2024
This study examined the effects of involvement load-based tasks on vocabulary learning in a foreign language, as well as the extent to which task effects are predicted by learners' metacognition (i.e. metacognitive knowledge and regulation). A total of 120 Chinese university students of English as a foreign language (EFL) were randomly assigned to…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Teaching Methods
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Sun, Chia-Ho – Language Teaching Research, 2017
This study investigated the effects of three instructional modes: picture-book reading-only (PRO), picture-book reading plus vocabulary instruction (PRVI), and picture-book reading plus reading-based collaborative output activity (PRCOA) on young adult EFL (English as a foreign language) learners' vocabulary acquisition and retention. Eighty…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning
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Al-Homoud, Faisal; Schmitt, Norbert – Language Teaching Research, 2009
Many studies have shown that reading can have a beneficial effect on second language learning, but relatively few of these have focused on extensive reading in classroom environments over a period of time. This study compares an extensive reading class against a more traditional class involving intensive reading and vocabulary exercises. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods