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Download full textAbrejo, Barira; Sartaj, Shabana; Memon, Sadia – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
Language is a complex phenomenon whether it counts in speaking or writing. Teaching and learning English language is much demanded in today's globalization era. The increasing need of English language learning has demanded English language teaching around the globe. Therefore, the demand for language learning needs a tremendous quality in language…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Materials
Gahraman, Mirzayeva Intizar – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The study aims to analyze the distributional features of adverbial modifier of manner in two languages that are typologically and genealogically different: English and Azerbaijani. Although the issue has been focused in these languages separately from various angles including semantic, syntactic and prosodic perspectives, there is a gap in the…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Second Language Learning, Grammar, Semantics
Nuruzzaman, Mohammed; Islam, A. B. M. Shafiqul; Shuchi, Israt Jahan – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The present study investigates the writing errors of ninety Saudi non-English major undergraduate students of different proficiency levels from three faculties, who studied English as a foundation course at the English Language Center in the College of Languages &Translation at King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia in the academic year 2016-17.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Nonmajors
Alnamer, Sulafah Abdul Salam – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
This study measures the extent to which Arabic-speaking EFL learners are aware of polysemy in English. It also investigates whether the English proficiency level of Arabic-speaking EFL learners plays a role in their ability to distinguish between the various meanings of English polysemous words, and whether they face problems when they encounter…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Semitic Languages
Yusifova, Aygun – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
The present paper aims to analyze the most inherent features and characteristics of household lexis in English. Special emphasis has been placed on their names of the objects used in everyday life, kitchen utensils, animal and birds. Lexical units concerning ceremonies, habits and traditions are also among the scope of the paper. Moreover, the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Semantics, Teaching Methods
Epoge, Napoleon – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The meaning of some phrasal verbs can be guessed from the meanings of the parts (to sit down = sit + down, run after = run + after) and the meaning of some others have to be learned (to put up (a visitor) = accommodate, to hold up = cause delay or try to rob someone) due to their syntactic and semantic complexities. In this regard, the syntactic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Phrase Structure
Wang, Xingrong – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
This paper mainly explores the impacts of presenting new words in semantically-related (SR) sets on vocabulary learning. 38 students from two classes of Grade 2 in Taiyuan Foreign Language School (Senior High School Section) participate in the whole process. The same vocabulary items unknown to all students are taught to them in 4 lessons. The…
Descriptors: Semantics, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Language Research
Mansoory, Niloofar; Jafarpour, Mohsen – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
This study examined teaching SP of English verbs through the data-driven learning (DDL) approach and its effect on learners' vocabulary choice appropriateness in the Persian English foreign language (EFL) context. In the present study, two male intact classes were selected. One of these two classes was randomly selected as a treatment group and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Verbs, Teaching Methods
Tizazu, Yoseph – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
This study reports the dominant linguistic errors that occur in the written productions of Arba Minch University (hereafter AMU) students. A sample of paragraphs was collected for two years from students ranging from freshmen to graduating level. The sampled compositions were then coded, described, and explained using error analysis method. Both…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Second Language Learning, Undergraduate Students, Morphology (Languages)
