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Robles-García, Pablo – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
This study examined the receptive vocabulary knowledge and lexical developmental patterns of the 3000 most frequent words among 953 university L2 learners of Spanish at different stages in their language studies, taking into consideration the effect of high school instruction on high-frequency vocabulary knowledge. Results confirm that even…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Arslan, Sezen; Curle, Samantha – European Journal of Education, 2021
The study on which this article reports examined the representation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the English language syllabus and English language senior high-school textbooks in Turkey. The learning objectives associated with the SDGs were also investigated. The syllabus and the textbooks including Teenwise, High School English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Zari Saeedi; Hessameddin Ghanbar; Mahdi Rezaei – International Journal of Language Testing, 2024
Despite being a popular topic in language testing, cognitive load has not received enough attention in vocabulary test items. The purpose of the current study was to scrutinize the cognitive load and vocabulary test items' differences, examinees' reaction times, and perceived difficulty. To this end, 150 students were selected using…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Items, Difficulty Level, Vocabulary Development
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Lang Bin; Kanokporn Numtong – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
This research aims to analyze cultural items in the international Chinese education network course resource database found in the "Chinese Bridge" delegation online experience platform. Data were collected from 878 culture-themed courses implemented by 106 schools (including 64 universities, and 39 vocational colleges, 3 high schools)…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Cultural Awareness
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Chumphong, Oothsuma; Embree, Steven Gregory – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
The purpose of this paper was 1) to investigate the effects of CBI training on awareness and content knowledge to investigate the English knowledge of young people involved in mangrove forest conservation and ecotourism, and 2) to investigate the perception of young people on the importance of mangrove forest and natural resource conservation and…
Descriptors: Tourism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Brown, Alan V.; Thompson, Gregory L. – Hispania, 2020
This article presents a descriptive analysis of the evolution of the world language Advanced Placement (AP) exam candidates' ethno-racial background, their heritage learner status, and language dominance, with particular emphasis on the two Spanish exams. The data come from aggregated national totals prepared by the College Board that include…
Descriptors: Spanish, Advanced Placement, Language Tests, Spanish Literature
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Bastidas, Jesús Alirio – HOW, 2017
The main theme of the 50th ASOCOPI Conference held in 2015, was an opportunity to celebrate not only its accomplishments, but also to reflect on the situation of the English as a foreign language teaching and learning process in Colombia. The purpose of this article is to share with the readers the results of a study entitled "The History of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational History
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Tseng, Miao-fen; Lin, Chin-Hsi; Chen, Henny – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2018
Online kindergarten to twelfth grade (K-12) language learners have usually been found to hold more negative perceptions of their courses and to perform less well academically than their face-to-face counterparts, despite the well-attested benefits of computer-mediated communication in language learning. In an attempt to improve upon such outcomes,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Gómez, Paola Andrea; Cortés-Jaramillo, Julio Andrés – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2019
The following paper describes the outcomes and insights of the first stage of an action research study aimed to explore ways in which CBP [Community Based Pedagogy] and NC strengthen sense of community and provoke actions to benefit that community is a public school located in a rural area. This work emerged from a needs analysis study in which…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Course Descriptions, Needs Assessment, English (Second Language)
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Rodríguez Sánchez, Andrés – HOW, 2017
This paper reports on an action-research study aimed at identifying the problems and needs of a specific group of tenth graders at a school in Colombia in relation to their reading comprehension in English in order to design, partially implement, and evaluate a genre-oriented syllabus. Findings show that the explicit instruction of metacognitive…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Action Research, English (Second Language)
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Nasri, Najmeh; Vahid Dastjerdy, Hossein; Eslami Rasekh, Abbass; Amirian, Zahra – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
Owing to the importance of learner autonomy (LA) and considering the prominent role of teachers in this respect, the present study investigated: (1) Iranian English as a foreign language teachers' practices for promoting high school students' autonomy, (2) possible differences among teachers' practices with different educational degrees, levels of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Arif, Mahmoud; Abdullah, Imran Ho – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The major goal of this research is to investigate learners' metaphorical comprehension in L1 and its effect on the metaphorical comprehension in L2 by Iraqi EFL learners at secondary school. In which, they encounter difficulties understanding English texts and lectures, primarily when metaphor is included, which leads to the misunderstanding of…
Descriptors: Native Language, Figurative Language, Semitic Languages, Proverbs
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Al Seyabi, Fawzia – International Education Studies, 2017
Educational partnership between schools and higher education institutions has become an important tool towards enhancing students' achievement levels in both contexts and increasing students' college readiness level. It has also been identified as one key element of educational reform. The present paper reviews a number of models of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Hadi, Marham Jupri – Online Submission, 2016
The current article presents some key theories most relevant to the development of oral communication skills in an Indonesian senior high school. Critical analysis on the learners' background is employed to figure out their strengths and weaknesses. The brief overview of the learning context and learners' characteristic are used to identify which…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Educational Theories, Special Needs Students, Communication Skills
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Akase, Masaki; Uenishi, Koji – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2015
The purposes of this study are (1) to longitudinally measure the receptive vocabulary size (VS) of Japanese EFL senior high school learners; (2) to investigate how the learners develop their VS; and (3) to describe the longitudinal developmental patterns of VS of each learner during their three years of high school. Kasahara's (2005) VS tests, a…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Scores, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language)
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