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Lee, Hansol; Warschauer, Mark; Lee, Jang Ho – Modern Language Journal, 2020
We investigated how learner factors, such as vocabulary proficiency, strategy use, and working memory, are associated with successful corpus-based second language (L2) vocabulary learning, in which learners are encouraged to analyze and explore large, structured collections of authentic language data (i.e., corpora) to resolve their lexical issues…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Language Proficiency, Learning Strategies
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Kim, YouJin – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2013
Over the last two decades, a growing body of research has shown positive impacts for task planning in task-based instruction (e.g., Ellis, 2005; Foster & Skehan, 1996). However, what learners plan during pretask planning, and whether any specific planning strategies are more beneficial in encouraging learners to attend to linguistic forms and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Video Technology, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Shin, Changok; Riazantseva, Anastasia – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2015
Grounded in constructivist theories of reading and informed by the contemporary theories of identity, this study explored how three Korean adult speakers of English as a foreign language (EFL) constructed meaning of the novel "The Catcher in the Rye", and how their identities mediated this process. Sources of data included think aloud…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Korean, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Suh, Jae-Suk – Applied Language Learning, 1999
Reports on a study that investigated the effects of reading instruction on reading attitude and reading process by Korean students learning English as a Second Language. Interviews were conducted to determine reading attitude, while think-aloud procedures were used to examine reading process. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Ko, Myong Hee – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2005
This study, using both qualitative and quantitative measures, investigates how different types of gloss conditions affect Korean college students' reading comprehension. One hundred and six undergraduates at a university in Korea participated in the study. Twelve were assigned to think aloud, and the rest (ninety-four) took part in the main study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Materials, Reading Comprehension, Undergraduate Students
Kang, Dong-Ho – 1997
This study investigated the strategies used by middle school students in Korea for learning English as a Second Language (ESL) in an environment that provides little English language input. Subjects were 60 students in 3 rural public middle schools. Students were selected randomly from advanced and low-level ESL groups in grades 7, 8, and 9. Using…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Interviews