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Ebadi, Saman; Amini, Zhila; Gheisari, Nouzar – Smart Learning Environments, 2023
Mobile-based extramural English (EE) activities, including watching movies, playing digital games, and listening to music outside the classroom, have played an important role in increasing learners' interest in English as a foreign language (EFL). This mixed-method design study aimed to investigate the role of EE activities in the vocabulary…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Relationship, Handheld Devices
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Peichin Chang; Pin-Ju Chen; Li-Ling Lai – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Machine Translation (MT) tools have advanced to a level of reliability such that it is now opportune to consider their place in language teaching and learning. Given their potential, the current study sought to engage EFL university sophomores in recursive editing afforded by Google Translate (GT) for one semester, and investigated (1) whether the…
Descriptors: Editing, Computer Software, Artificial Intelligence, Translation
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Fithriani, Rahmah – MEXTESOL Journal, 2022
It is widely acknowledged that textbooks play a critical role in instilling sociocultural norms, values, and ideologies in learners. Within this role, they are also recognized to significantly contribute to the development of learners' gender roles, particularly during primary education. A great deal of information about gender-appropriate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Textbooks, English (Second Language)
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Dahman, Moh R.; Dahman, Semiha – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
Language Teachers' tasks are overwhelmingly complex. The most to burden them is motivating their learners. A vast sea of literature has suggested different motivational strategies, one, in particular, is a group-work strategy. In this study, first, we proposed DSM, a decision support model (a type of unsupervised one), to group adult learners in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Teachers, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Kun Wang – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2024
The rapid rise of information technology has popularized learning diagnostic systems in education, particularly in college English teaching. These systems boost teaching quality and enable precise instruction. This study delves into precision teaching in college English with two English major classes. Teaching experiments used data from the system…
Descriptors: College English, Learning Analytics, Precision Teaching, Diagnostic Teaching
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Katemba, Caroline V.; Sinuhaji, Grace V. – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2021
The teaching of vocabulary is essential in the world of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). EFL learners have problems in learning vocabulary. To attract the students' attention, the teachers should have adequate teaching methods. One of the teachers' efforts to engage the students is by applying ESA (engage, study, and activate) through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
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Masjedi, Hosein; Tabatabaei, Seyyed Parsa – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
The present study investigated the comparison between effectiveness of recast plus explicit correction that can be called analogy-based corrective feedback (CF) and metalinguistic feedback on mastering the target structures of Iranian EFL learners at elementary level. In order to get the results, the participants were divided into three groups…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Feedback (Response), Metalinguistics, Second Language Instruction
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Fouz-González, Jonás – Language Learning & Technology, 2020
This study explores the potential of the English File Pronunciation (EFP) app to help foreign language learners improve their pronunciation. Participants were 52 Spanish EFL learners enrolled in an English Studies degree. Pre- and post-tests were used to assess the participants' perception and production (imitative, controlled, and spontaneous)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Escudero, Isabel; Fuertes, Narcisa; López, Ligia – English Language Teaching, 2019
Reading comprehension in Ecuadorian students has been mostly managed at a literal comprehension level, leaving out inferential and critical comprehension. This is because most of the articles students read require a high level of literacy and a good domain of comprehension strategies. One of these strategies is paraphrasing; therefore, the purpose…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Sousa Filho, Raimundo Nonato; Zaccaron, Rafael; Silveira, Rosane; Dall'Igna, Carlla – Online Submission, 2019
This article aims to analyze whether formal instruction influences Brazilian speakers' perception of the English high back vowels contrast. There have been a few L2 pieces of research that focused on the instruction of specific vowel contrasts. Previous studies indicate that a single L1 category seems to be a source of difficulty to L2 vowel…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Magableh, Ibrahim Suleiman Ibrahim; Abdullah, Amelia – International Journal of Instruction, 2020
Teachers sometimes fail to give varied teaching instructions that are suitable for a mixed-ability classroom because these instructions do not match students' proficiency levels. The current quasi-experimental quantitative study investigated the effectiveness of differentiated instruction strategies on students' overall English achievement. 60…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Individualized Instruction, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
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Enayati, Fatemeh; Gilakjani, Abbas Pourhosein – International Journal of Language Education, 2020
Regarding the large amount of vocabulary that learners should learn and the limited amount of time available in the EFL classes, Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) is considered as an attractive option for learning. One specific benefit of using CALL vocabulary instruction is to provide systematic repetition of words, ensuring that learned…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Shabani, Karim; Hosseinzadeh, Somayeh – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
Although researchers in the area of second language acquisition agree on the effectiveness of form-focused instruction, there is little consensus on the appropriate time to direct learners' attention to linguistic items, that is, whether before or after the error occurrence [Nassaji, H. 2010, "The Occurrence and Effectiveness of Spontaneous…
Descriptors: Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Qader, Ramyar O.; Yalcin Arslan, Fadime – Teaching English with Technology, 2019
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of Flipped Classroom Instruction (FCI) on Iraqi EFL learners' writing skills. Participants included 66 students in the College of Languages English Department at Salahaddin University. The study employed a mixed method of data collection, utilizing pre-and post-writing tests as well as a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Umeda, Mari; Snape, Neal; Yusa, Noriaki; Wiltshier, John – Language Teaching Research, 2019
This study examines the role of explicit instruction in article semantics to L2 learners of English. Two types of generic sentences, expressed by different articles, were tested over time. An instruction group (n = 21), a control group (n = 16) and a native English speaker control group (n = 9) participated in the study. The instruction group…
Descriptors: Semantics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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