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Yaowaratana, Kotchawara; Rungruang, Apichai – English Language Teaching, 2018
The pronunciation of regular past tense verbs seems to be difficult for most L2 learners, especially in L2 learners whose first language phonological system is different from the English one. It is predicted that Thai EFL students could encounter difficulties perceiving English coda clusters like the '-ed' ending sounds. For this reason, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Alodwan, Talal; Almosa, Mosaab – English Language Teaching, 2018
The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a computer program based on Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation (ADDIE) Model on the achievement of Ninth Graders' listening and Reading Comprehension Skills in English. The study sample comprised 70 ninth graders during the second semester of the academic year 2016/2017. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Listening Comprehension
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Al Harbi, Abdullah Abdul Muhsen – English Language Teaching, 2017
This study aimed at evaluating EFL textbook for secondary stage in Saudi Public schools. Participants consisted of (100) male teachers and (73) female teachers teaching secondary stage students in two cities: Madinah and Dowadmi. The tool of the study designed to cover five dimensions: layout and design, the objectives of the textbook, teaching…
Descriptors: Textbook Evaluation, English (Second Language), Behavioral Objectives, Public Schools
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Chiang, Hui-Hua – English Language Teaching, 2016
This article presents a preliminary investigation of the inter-relationships between English learners' tolerance for ambiguity, their classroom work styles, and their level of English proficiency. The study population comprised 46 English as a foreign language (EFL) students attending a technical college in Taiwan. The findings indicated that a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interaction, Correlation, Ambiguity (Semantics)
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Saadi, Zahra Kheradmand; Saadat, Mahboobeh – English Language Teaching, 2015
The present study was conducted to compare the impact of direct and metalinguistic written corrective feedback on Iranian EFL learners' grammatical knowledge. The participants were a convenient sample of students in two intact writing classes. The instruction provided in both groups was similar; however, the students in one group received direct…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grammar, Knowledge Level, Metalinguistics
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Ekmekçi, Emrah – English Language Teaching, 2016
Assessing speaking skills is regarded as a complex and hard process compared with the other language skills. Considering the idiosyncratic characteristics of EFL learners, oral proficiency assessment issue becomes even more important. Keeping this situation in mind, judgements and reliability of raters need to be consistent with each other. This…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Native Speakers, Non English Speaking, Second Language Instruction
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Alshareef, Fahd Majed – English Language Teaching, 2016
The study aimed to reveal the effectiveness of the use of certain classroom language activities in teaching English language in the development of oral linguistic performance and decision-making among intermediate third-grade students in Makah, and it revealed a statistically significant correlation relationship between the averages of the study…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Quasiexperimental Design, Class Activities, Decision Making
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Jong, Young Ok; Jung, Chae Kwan – English Language Teaching, 2015
This study investigated whether Korean children understand the internal structure of compound words in Korean and English and whether there is a relationship between their performance in tasks that measure their understanding of the morphological structure of compounds in Korean and English. This study also examined the effects of gender, grade,…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Phonological Awareness, Korean, English
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Rahimi, Mohammad Ali; Rezaei, Amir – English Language Teaching, 2011
The current study examined differential effects of two pre-modification types, syntactic elaboration and syntactic simplification (at the level of syntax and irrespective of problematic lexis), on EST students' reading comprehension. The purpose was to see whether a priori syntactic elaborative adjustment, given its advantages over simplification,…
Descriptors: English for Science and Technology, Syntax, Reading Comprehension, Civil Engineering
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Ma, Ke – English Language Teaching, 2013
This study investigates the effects of using an online Automated Essay Assessing (AEA) system on EFL graduate students' writing. Eighty four EFL graduate students divided into the treatment group and the control group participated in this study. The treatment group was asked to use an AEA system to assist their essay writing. Both groups were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Tahriri, Abdorreza; Divsar, Hoda – English Language Teaching, 2011
This study sought to explore the role of language learning strategies (LLSs) in Iran as an EFL context. The major objective was to find out the strategy use of Iranian EFL learners and the possible influence of their educational level and gender on their reported strategy use. Ninety-seven EFL undergraduates studying at Payame Noor University of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Learning Strategies
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Khrisat, Abdulhafeth A.; Mahmoud, Salameh Saleem – English Language Teaching, 2013
This study investigates the effect of ten teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) oriented features of mobile phones in the English language classroom on the achievement of foundation-year students in King Abdulaziz University (KAU) in General English. The study also explores students' attitudes towards this new method of teaching. The study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, English (Second Language)
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Sadeghi, Karim; Sharifi, Faranak – English Language Teaching, 2013
Considering the significant role of vocabulary in learning a language, and teachers' great responsibility in providing opportunities to facilitate this learning, many studies have focused on the best means of achieving a good knowledge of vocabulary. This study set out to investigate the effect of four post-teaching activities, namely game,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Birjandi, Parviz; Bagherkazemi, Marzieh – English Language Teaching, 2010
In the face of too much incoming information and too many people trying to convince us in today's world, the ability to think critically gains an ever greater saliency as a prime goal of student and teacher education. The present study aimed at substantiating the relationship between EFL teachers' critical thinking ability and their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)