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Jinfen Xu; Yumei Fan – Language Teaching Research, 2024
This study is aimed to identify the effects of task complexity on first language (L1) use and the functions it may serve when two groups of learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) work on collaborative tasks. Twenty-four pairs of Chinese EFL learners from two universities were assigned to a lower-proficiency and a higher-proficiency group,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Difficulty Level
Rizaldy Hanifa; Fazri Nur Yusuf; Siti Rahimah Yusra; Didi Suherdi – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2024
Educators encounter challenges in performing materials adaptation stemming from time limitations, institutional responsibilities, administrative demands, and a dearth of formal training in materials development resulting in improper adaptation and ineffective learning activities. This research investigated the process of adapting materials as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Emad A. Alghamdi; Paul Gruba; Ahmed Masrai; Eduardo Velloso – Language Learning & Technology, 2023
Although measures of lexical complexity are well established for printed texts, there is currently no equivalent work for videos. This study, therefore, aims to investigate whether existing lexical complexity measures can be extended to predict second language (L2) learners' judgment of video difficulty. Using a corpus of 320 instructional videos,…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Interactive Video, Computer Assisted Instruction, Word Frequency
Sarat Doley; Sujata Kakoti – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2024
Scheduling of practice to create a spacing effect has been observed to lead to superior retention of L2 vocabulary and grammar. Two of the various methods of scheduling L2 task practice discussed widely in recent times are interleaving and blocking. In a desirable difficulty framework, both of these methods have been recommended for task…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grammar
Golparvar, Seyyed Ehsan; Azizsahra, Mahsa – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
The impact of task complexity on integrated writing performance is under-researched. This study purports to investigate the effect of graph complexity and planning time on graph writing performance as well as graph description strategies. Ninety-six EFL learners of English were assigned into three groups to examine the effect of three planning…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Difficulty Level, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Ondrej Klabal – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2024
This paper is based within the framework of step-by-step approach to teaching legal translation. The underlying philosophy behind this approach is that when specific aspects of legal translations are tackled in isolation and trainees become aware of the pitfalls involved and the possible solutions, this helps them in further training as well as in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Translation, Syntax, Second Languages
Huu Thanh Minh Nguyen; Nguyen Van Anh Le – TESL-EJ, 2024
Comparing language tests and test preparation materials holds important implications for the latter's validity and reliability. However, not enough studies compare such materials across a wide range of indices. Therefore, this study investigated the text complexity of IELTS academic reading tests (IRT) and IELTS reading practice tests (IRPrT).…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Readability
Li, Hang; Yao, Yao – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2023
The present study examined the effect of language background and topic on productive formulaic competence. Guided by usage-based theory of language learning, this study used a distribution-based approach to the examination of the native-likeness of formulaic usage in English timed argumentative writing. Six indices informed by a large-scale native…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Samad, Mujahitha Abdul – English Language Teaching, 2022
In many parts of the world, learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) or English as a Second Language (ESL) often face language difficulties and challenges in their performance in learning. These challenges and errors have multiple forms and causes, covering various language and skills aspects. This study focuses on the types of grammatical…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Error Analysis (Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2023
This study explores the similarities and differences between English and Arabic numeral-based formulaic expressions, and difficulties that student-translators have with them. A corpus of English and Arabic numeral-based formulaic expressions containing zero, two, three, twenty, sixty, hundred, thousand…etc., and another corpus of specialized…
Descriptors: Translation, Arabic, Contrastive Linguistics, Phrase Structure
Pham, Anh Tuan; Nguyen, Linh Thi Diem; Pham, Vi Thi Tuong – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
This study investigates the difficulties in translation and factors influencing the translating process from foreign language students' perspectives at a private university. This work also aims to find out the reasons why foreign language students encounter the difficulties in the process and learn about the different ways in which students…
Descriptors: Translation, Difficulty Level, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Sudatip Prapunta – MEXTESOL Journal, 2025
This research study aims to explore students' perceptions and reflections on the effectiveness of project-based learning (PBL) in a Thai-English translation course in the EFL context. The participants of this study included forty-nine students who were enrolled in the Thai-English translation course. The participants were asked to produce a…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Chan, Alice Yin Wa – TESOL Journal, 2021
This study reviews the difficulties that learners of English as a second or foreign language encounter in the use of English articles and puts forward some suggestions that can help advanced learners overcome their problems. It has been observed that learner performance may be deceptive and accurate article selections may be led by inappropriate…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Viera, Rodrigo Tovar – MEXTESOL Journal, 2022
The reader's ability to connect new information to existing knowledge is crucial when reading a text. Nonetheless, text complexity, in many ways, is more linguistic than cognitive. It encompasses the degree of sophistication, and how challenging a reading section is. Depending on the section, such difficulty may appear on the vocabulary level, in…
Descriptors: Syntax, Documentation, English for Academic Purposes, Vocabulary
Natalia Veronica Saez – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Learning to use prepositions in English as a second language (L2) has been widely acknowledged to pose significant difficulties to learners, especially within metaphorical contexts. Difficulties relate to the complex distributional patterns of prepositions in discourse, namely, the variety of collocations requiring their use, as well as…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish