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Mingsakoon, Pajonsak; Srinon, Udomkrit – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
This paper is a partial fulfillment of the dissertation undertaken with the case study of teaching writing recounts for the EFL Thai upper secondary school students with SFL genre-based approach at Hunkhapittayakom Secondary School, Hunkha District, Chainat Province, Thailand, the second semester of the academic year 2015. This study focused on…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Teaching Methods, Case Studies, English (Second Language)
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Décuré, Nicole – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
French science students do not read much in English. Does this reflect their reading habits in their native language? A study in the form of online questionnaires was conducted at Toulouse university which compared their reading habits in French and in English. A further study examined the way one particular group of students conducted their…
Descriptors: French, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Habits
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Samani, Ebrahim; Nordin, Noreen; Mukundan, Jayakaran; Samad, Arashd – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
Problem Statement: The Internet as a tool that presents many challenges has drawn the attention of researchers in the field of education and especially foreign language teaching. However, there has been a lack of information about the true nature of these environments. In recent years, determination of the patterns of negotiation of meaning as a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Computer Mediated Communication
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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
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Kakew, Jiraporn; Damnet, Anamai – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
This classroom based research of a learning strategies model was designed to investigate its application in a mixed-ability classroom. The study built on Oxford's language learning strategies model (1990, 2001) and fulfilled it with rhetorical strategies to accommodate challenges encountered in the paradigm of English as an international language…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Ben Salem, Lobna – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
If in Edward Said's words, "everyone lives life in a given language; everyone's experiences therefore are had, absorbed, and recalled in that language" ("Out of Place", 1999: 217), a writer who chooses to write in a language other than the mother-language is inevitably a victim of displacement. In a geography-decentred world,…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Autobiographies, Personal Narratives, French
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Mokhtari, Elahe; Talebinezhad, Mohammed Reza – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
The aim of this research was to probed whether using supplementary readings (short stories containing idioms) increase conceptual fluency of L2 learners. In line with the goal of the study, first, the researcher selected a sample of 30 female lower-intermediate L2 learners from Sadr Private Language Centre in Isfahan. She selected them based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)