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Yakisik, Burçak Yilmaz; Çakir, Abdulvahit – Online Submission, 2017
This study aims to investigate the effects of dynamic assessment on improving ELT learners of English as a foreign language at a large state university. The researchers followed the pre-test-treatment--post-test procedure in the study. The test type used in the assessment procedures was 'Retelling Story Test' type in which learners were provided…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, English Teachers, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Akinwumi, Julius Olaitan; Olubunmi, Olagundoye Christanah – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2017
This study investigated the effects of morphological instructional packages as determinants of inferring word meanings in reading comprehension among secondary school students in Ekiti State. The study adopted pre-test, post-test and control quasi-experimental research using two experimental groups and one control group with a sample of 270 Senior…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Inferences, Semantics, Reading Comprehension
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Alsamani, Abdul-Aziz Saleh; Daif-Allah, Ayman Sabry – English Language Teaching, 2016
The aim of this paper is to study the impact of introducing an integrative pedagogical approach in the ESP classes on developing the English language vocabulary of Computer Science and Information Technology students in the College of Science, Qassim University. The study suggests a framework for an ESP course-design employing students' project…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Teaching Methods, English for Special Purposes, Control Groups
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Takimoto, Masahiro – Applied Linguistics, 2009
The present study evaluates the relative effectiveness of three types of input-based approaches for teaching English polite request forms to sixty Japanese learners of English: (a) structured input tasks with explicit information; (b) problem-solving tasks; and (c) structured input tasks without explicit information. Treatment group performance…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Listening Comprehension Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Takimoto, Masahiro – TESL Canada Journal, 2008
This study involving 60 Japanese learners of English investigated the effects of various kinds of form-focused instruction on learners' ability to comprehend and produce polite requests in English. Each treatment group received one of the following: (a) deductive instruction; (b) inductive instruction with problem-solving tasks; or (c) inductive…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Takimoto, Masahiro – Modern Language Journal, 2008
The present study investigated the effects of deductive and inductive teaching approaches to the acquisition of pragmatic competence on learners of English as a foreign language. In this study, 60 adult native speakers of Japanese with intermediate-level proficiency in English were each randomly assigned to 1 of 4 groups, which consisted of 3…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Listening Comprehension Tests, Native Speakers, English (Second Language)