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Pitner, Hannah – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Relatively little research has considered how tasks are performed and experienced by students in different types of classrooms. Research shows that innovative classroom designs can lead to higher levels of cognitive engagement, connections between form and meaning, and more diverse forms of input (Schmidt, 1990; Svalberg, 2012) and are…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Spanish, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
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Marjan Ebadijalal; Nouroddin Yousofi – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
The current mixed-methods study aimed at incorporating a virtual reality (VR) tool (i.e. Google Expeditions) into the writing process of Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) learners, examining its impact on their writing motivation and performance. To that end, 42 EFL learners were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Maps, Geography, English (Second Language)
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Weng, Fanrong; Ye, Shelly Xueting; Xue, Weihe – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2023
Despite a large body of literature on peer feedback and writing motivation, relatively few rigorously designed, experimental studies have been conducted to explore whether or not peer feedback affects students' writing motivation and which dimensions of writing motivation may consequently change. Using an experimental design, this study explored…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Language Learners, Second Language Learning, Peer Influence
Lori Lye – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Duolingo is arguably the most popular language learning app available today, as measured by its metric of achieving 500 million downloads in 2020, yet remarkably little research has been conducted regarding its implementation or efficacy as a language-learning tool. The handful of studies that do exist have found positive outcomes, although…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Computer Oriented Programs
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Javadi, Javad; Mohammadi, Mohammad – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
This contribution was an attempt to study the impact of critical discourse-based instruction on Iranian English major language learners' in-depth reading. To this target, Fairclough's three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis [CDA], with an emphasis on the 10-question model was used. To this end, all undergraduate foreign language…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Rashidi, Nasser; Bahadori Nejad, Zahra – SAGE Open, 2018
The present study was undertaken to explore the practicality and the effect of dynamic assessment on L2 writing ability of Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. To this end, 17 EFL learners divided into two groups, participated in this article. Then, dynamic assessment procedure was done in three steps, topic-choice,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Nikolou, Stamatina; Darra, Maria – International Education Studies, 2018
The main objective of this study is to explore how podcasting can be implemented as a supportive technological tool in teaching English as a Second Language. To this aim, the field experiment research was conducted. The study was carried out in a total of 28 pupils of the first grade of high school at an educational institution on Rhodes, Greece…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Audio Equipment, Information Dissemination, Secondary Education
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Sharifi, Maryam; Soleimani, Hassan; Jafarigohar, Manoochehr – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
Current trends in the field of educational technology indicate a shift in pedagogical assumptions and theoretical frameworks that favor active involvement of self-directed learners in a constructivist environment. This study probes the influence of electronic portfolio evaluation on vocabulary learning of Iranian university students and the…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, Electronic Publishing, Vocabulary Development, Andragogy
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Gurning, Busmin; Siregar, Aguslani – English Language Teaching, 2017
The objectives of this study were to find out whether 1) students' achievement in reading comprehension taught by using INSERT strategy was higher than those taught by using SQ3R strategy, 2) Students' achievement in reading comprehension having high curiosity was higher than those having low curiosity, 3) there was an interaction between teaching…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Faryadi, Qais – Online Submission, 2017
The prime objective of this research was to investigate whether Facebook helped undergraduate students of Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) improve their English language proficiency, critical thinking, comprehension skills, and motivation. A triangulation method (quantitative, qualitative, and descriptive) was employed in the investigation.…
Descriptors: Social Media, Case Studies, Undergraduate Students, Pretests Posttests
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Ahmad, Waqar; Ali, Zuraina; Sipra, Muhammad Aslam; Taj, Imtiaz Hassan – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
Smartboards, which are now widely used in the teaching and learning process in Saudi Arabia, have turned the traditional environments of the classrooms, especially the EFL classrooms to be more interesting and encouraging. Literature reviews suggest that Saudi students usually lack motivation for studying English as a foreign language. This study…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Vasileiadou, Ioanna; Makrina, Zafiri – English Language Teaching, 2017
The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of computer games in learning English as a foreign language and the extent to which they increase motivation in young students. More particularly, this research investigated the validity of the hypothesis that computer games are a particularly motivating means for young students to…
Descriptors: Computer Games, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kartal, Galip; Simsek, Harun – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2017
This study investigates the effects of audiobooks on listening comprehension skills of EFL Students, and their attitudes towards using audiobooks in a foreign language classroom. The participants are 66 first-year students of a state university in Turkey. The research follows a pre- post-test control group research design using quantitative and…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Dmitrienko, Nadezhda; Ershova, Svetlana; Konovalenko, Tatiana; Kutsova, Elvira; Yurina, Elena – International Education Studies, 2015
The article points out that the process of mastering foreign language stimulates students' personal, professional and cultural growth, improving linguistic, communicative competences and viability levels. A proposed pedagogical technology of modeling different communicative situations has a serious synergetic potential for students' self organized…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, College Students
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Wang, Xiaohong; Shen, Lei; Lu, Xiao – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2016
Writing is one of the most challenging skills for many EFL learners to master. It is also considered to be the most difficult to teach. To motivate students to write more without burdening teachers with additional rating work, college English teachers at a university in China introduced a journal project. Peer learners were paired anonymously and…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Student Motivation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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