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Tomak, Burak; Seferoglu, Gölge – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
In today's world, it is recognized that learners should be in charge of their own learning. Therefore, language learners are expected to regulate their language learning process. This study aimed at investigating the self-regulation process a group of language learners at A1 level went through during a one-year English prep program they attended…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Independent Study, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Reynaert, Barbora – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
This paper sheds light on productive vocabulary development in classes of CLIL (content and language integrated learning). Participants in the study were pupils of lower-secondary school (aged 11-15) in the Czech Republic having experienced CLIL instruction in History or Civics. The investigation was aimed at measuring vocabulary acquisition…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Course Content
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Sultana, Zakeya – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
Feeling of anxiety is exceedingly experienced by the English language learners throughout the world. Though the impact of anxiety on learning and performing in English has been widely studied in United States, Canada, Japan, Taiwan and many other countries; this present study, in contrast, tries to find out the reasons of anxiety in learning and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Anxiety
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Charunsri, Kamonwan – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
The trends of globalization and intercultural communication influence education in most countries of the world. The implementation of content and language integrated learning (CLIL) is a big challenge for Thai content teachers and professional development programs. It is not easy for both teachers and learners who are non-native speakers of…
Descriptors: Barriers, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach, English (Second Language)
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Veloo, Arsaythamby; Aziz, Noor Hashima Abd; Yaacob, Aizan – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The Malaysian Education Act in 1996 states that the national language which is the Malay language becomes the main medium of instruction in educational institutions and English is accorded the status of a second language. In Malaysian schools, teachers are given the freedom to use their own teaching and assessment methods in assessing their…
Descriptors: Scoring, Essays, Writing Evaluation, English (Second Language)
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Kimani, Rosemary Wamaitha; Nyarigoti, Naom Moraa; Gathigia, Moses Gatambuki – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The phenomenon of language shift is brought about by language contact. Language shift from mother tongue to another language among the youth is an issue that cannot be wished away due to, "inter alia", factors like urbanization, migration, multilingualism or bilingualism and the country's language policy. Studies have also shown that…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Language Skill Attrition, Bilingualism, Urbanization
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Renddan, Berawati; Yasran Abdul Azi, Adi; Aina Dani, Noor – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2020
The language shift phenomenon in the Bajau Sama Kota Belud in Sabah is definite. The researchers surveyed the phenomenon in Kampung Taun Gusi 1, Kota Belud, Sabah. Based on the age cross-sectional method, 300 participants of 20-29 years (G20s), 30-39 years (G30s), 40-49 years (G40s), and 50-59 years (G50s) respectively were selected by stratified…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Language Skill Attrition, Native Language
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Premarathne, Kaushika – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
Over the past decades, various teaching methods adopted from time to time have placed pronunciation teaching in the forefront or in the backend. This has resulted in second language facilitators to completely disregard or relentlessly correct pronunciation depending on their intuition due to the lack of research on pronunciation teaching or proper…
Descriptors: Phonology, Case Studies, Teaching Methods, Pronunciation Instruction
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Yunus, Melor Md; Sukri, Saiful Islam Ahmad – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
In spite of English being regarded as the second most important language in Malaysia, it is still treated as a foreign language inevitably. The recently introduced Dual Language Progamme (henceforth DLP) which uses English as the medium of instruction in teaching Mathematics and Science is alleged to be a reflection of the less successful English…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Mathematics Instruction
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Yue, Sun; Ying, Wang; Jingxia, Liu – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
Facing the current situation that Chinese students are poor in English productive ability, the mode of only English-medium teaching is put forward to completely improve students' English abilities and comprehensive competence by creating second language acquisition atmosphere. Since few studies have been conducted on students' attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language)
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Mei, Tam Lee; Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah; Heng, Chan Swee; Kasim, Zalina Binti Mohd – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
It is a norm for people from a multilingual and multicultural country such as Malaysia to speak at least two or more languages. Thus, the Malaysian multilingual situation resulted in speakers having to make decisions about which languages are to be used for different purposes in different domains. In order to explain the phenomenon of language…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Multilingualism, Cultural Pluralism, Questionnaires
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Mehrseresht, Kowsar; Gowhary, Habib; Azizifar, Akbar – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
This study compared the relationship between the use of Persian vs. English in teaching English grammar to Iranian students and their achievement in learning English grammar. The participants of this study include 50 female students from a junior high school in Mehran. The researcher randomly selected 2 groups, one group was taught through the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Usage