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Download full textRahmi, Zelika – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The objectives of the study was to know the difficult words encountered by the gamers and to know their strategies in translating this unknown word. The researcher used interview as the instrument to collect the material needed for this particular study. It is found that unknown word combined with certain feeling such as disappointment creates…
Descriptors: Translation, Computer Games, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language)
Agustina, Lia – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
Many research findings have stated that the use of technology in EFL classroom results invaluable achievements and develops positive attitudes. Technology may integrate sounds, pictures, motions, and colors that fi ure out a natural picture of real life. The aim of the study was to enhance the students' attitude toward learning English by using…
Descriptors: Positive Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Business English, Second Language Learning
Purba, Rodearta – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The objective of this study is to find out whether discussion starter story significantly improves the achievement on narrative text of the first grade students of Senior High School. This study was conducted by applying Classroom Action Research (CAR). The subject of this study is the first grade students of SMA Negeri 2 Pangururan in academic…
Descriptors: Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction, Pretests Posttests, Interviews
Rajabi, Malihe; Gowhary, Habib; Azizifar, Akbar – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The current study extracted, first, 17 general patterns of intonation. Additionally, the present study investigated the roles that might be played by the gender of Ilami EFL teachers in observing the 17 patterns of intonation. Finally, the study determined if intonation as a suprasegmental feature of speech is affected by the gender of Ilami EFL…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Gender Differences, Intonation
Gathigia, Moses Gatambuki; Njoroge, Martin C. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The acquisition of idiomatic expressions is one of the primary challenges to learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) in multilingual contexts such as Kenya; yet, the learners are expected to use these expressions in their writing. The study on which this paper is based sought to assess the teaching of English idiomatic expressions in Kenyan…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Figurative Language, English (Second Language)
Torabian, Asefeh; Tajadini, Massoud – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The current study investigated the effect of implementing animation films on developing reading comprehension texts among EFL learners of a language institute in Kerman. For this purpose, two groups of pre-intermediate EFL learners were chosen (30 participants in each group). After three months of instruction, twice a week, 2story books named the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Pretests Posttests, Animation
Shahini, Gholamhossein; Shahamirian, Fatemeh – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
This qualitative study, using an open interview, set out to investigate the roles six factors, including age, university education, teachers of English Language institutes, teaching English, dictionary, and note-taking, played in improving English speaking fluency of seventeen fluent Iranian EFL speakers. The participants were chosen purposefully…
Descriptors: Speech Skills, Speech Communication, English (Second Language), Language Fluency
Ping, Rebecca Lee Su – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
Past research has found that many pre-university L2 learners, having completed an Intensive English Program (IEP) still have difficulty in undertaking various disciplines in English-speaking tertiary institutions and continue to exhibit numerous linguistic problems (Bialystok, 2001, Celce Murcia 2001). The purpose of this paper is to present the…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Cognitive Style, English (Second Language), Intensive Language Courses
Yilmaz, Isa – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the language skills of the international students attending different Turkish language centers are sufficient to understand their departmental courses. The research was carried out through focus group interviews which are among the qualitative data collection techniques. For this purpose, 14…
Descriptors: Turkish, Academic Discourse, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Sundari, Hanna – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The aim of this study was to develop a deep understanding of interaction in language classroom in foreign language context. Interviews, as major instrument, to twenty experienced English language teachers from eight lower secondary schools (SMP) were conducted in Jakarta, completed by focus group discussions and class observation/recordings. The…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kasuma, Shaidatul Akma Adi – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
This paper identifies Malaysian university students' needs and preferences for online English language activities on a Facebook group that supports their formal learning. Two methods of data collection were employed; content analysis of the Facebook interactions, and semi structured interviews. Four main learning preferences or characteristics of…
Descriptors: Social Media, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Galali, Atta; Cinkara, Emrah – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
Two main opposing approaches exist regarding the impact of first-language (L1) use in the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language: the monolingual and bilingual approaches. Some linguists assume that students' L1 should be banished from their English classes, whereas others assert that it facilitates the process of learning a target…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language, Language Usage
Xue, Gong; Lingling, Liu – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
This paper first based on the theory of cooperative learning research. It analyses the characteristics and advantages of cooperative learning under the multimedia network environment. And then take China Three Gorges University and Taiwan I-Shou University English major students for example, using questionnaires and interviews to investigate the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning, Cognitive Style, Feedback (Response)
Sabet, Masood Khalili; Babaei, Hamid Reza – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The challenge for many teachers teaching in academic English programs is, on the one hand, to actualize the objectives of their course and on the other hand, prepare their students for the important international tests such as IELTS and TOEFL. The current study seeks to reconcile this challenge by drawing on the relationship between the IELTS…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning
Otair, Ibrahim; Aziz, Noor Hashima Abd – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
Anxiety is an important factor in foreign language learning. Very few studies have been done on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Saudi students in listening classes. Therefore, this pilot study was aimed at exploring the causes of listening comprehension anxiety from EFL Saudi learners' perspectives at Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia. The…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Second Language Learning, Semi Structured Interviews, English (Second Language)
