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Download full textAsquith, Steven – TESL-EJ, 2022
Although an accurate measure of vocabulary size is integral to understanding the proficiency of language learners, the validity of multiple-choice (M/C) vocabulary tests to determine this has been questioned due to users guessing correct answers which inflates scores. In this paper the nature of guessing and partial knowledge used when taking the…
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests
Sharmini, Sharon; Kumar, Vijay – TESL-EJ, 2011
Feedback plays an intervention role in the writing process. It is through feedback that writers are guided to achieve negotiated writing goals. Feedback encourages a process of discovery and this plays a developmental role in the writing process. In this paper, we report on three case studies that sought to understand cognitive processes when…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Intervention, Feedback (Response), Role
Gorjian, Bahman; Moosavinia, Seyyed Rahim; Jabripour, Azadeh – TESL-EJ, 2010
This study began with the supposition that teaching English drama through dramatic performance could enhance English literature students' knowledge of drama at university level. The research was conducted over a whole academic semester with 60 intermediate students enrolled in English drama II courses. They were divided into two groups of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Experimental Groups, Control Groups
Peer reviewedUpton, Thomas A. – TESL-EJ, 1997
Little research has been conducted to determine what roles the first and second languages play in the reading strategies of L2 readers or how these roles vary at different proficiency levels. this study attempts to address these two issues. Eleven active speakers of Japanese, at two proficiency levels, were asked to think aloud--in the language of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Japanese, Language Usage
Peer reviewedHe, Tung-Hsien – TESL-EJ, 2001
Investigates the influence of goal orientations on strategy use patterns and reading comprehension of adult English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) readers. Thirty-eight Taiwanese EFL college freshmen were randomly selected and assigned into the mastery-oriented and the combined mastery- and performance-oriented groups. Results indicated that two…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Educational Objectives, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedLevine, Adina; Reves, Thea – TESL-EJ, 1997
Reports on an attempt to compare two data-collecting instruments, Think-aloud Protocols and strategies questionnaires, applied to capture reading/writing strategies. Subjects were immigrant speakers of linguistically different heritage languages, Russian and Amharic first languages, and thus represented two ethnic groups, who went through the…
Descriptors: Amharic, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, English (Second Language)
