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Madhkhan, Mozhgan; Mousavi, Seyed Mojtaba – English Language Teaching, 2017
The present study investigates the impact of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) on Iranian EFL learners' reading comprehension performance. Seventy participants were assigned randomly to the experimental and control groups. Having instructed the two groups with the same texts but different task types and activities (i.e., tasks in 4 types) during…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Halici Page, Merve; Mede, Enisa – Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the impact of task-based instruction (TBI) and traditional instruction (TI) on the motivation and vocabulary development in secondary language education. The focus of the study was to also find out the perceptions of teachers about implementing these two instructional methods in their…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Pekdogan, Serpil – Online Submission, 2016
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of Story-Based Social Skills Training Program on the social skill development of 5-6 year-old children. In the study, the pre-test/post-test and retention test experimental design with a control group was used. 5-6 year-old 60 (30 experimental, 30 control) preschool children participated in the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Story Telling, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development
Chia, Magda Yanira – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study addresses the complex process of translation and adaptation of two Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) performance tasks (PTs), originally developed in English for American students, into the languages and cultures of five participating countries. Focusing on confirming evidence bits (CEBs), disconfirming evidence bits (DEBs), and no…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, English for Academic Purposes, Translation, Evidence
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Hopper, Larry J., Jr.; Schumacher, Courtney; Stachnik, Justin P. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2013
The Student Operational Aggie Doppler Radar Project (SOAP) involved 95 undergraduates in a research and education program to better understand the climatology of storms in southeast Texas from 2006-2010. This paper describes the structure, components, and implementation of the 1-credit-hour research course, comparing first-year participants'…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Program Implementation, Student Experience, Climate
Grafals, Zoraida – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was twofold. First, this study was conducted to compare English communicative competency achievement between two different models of instruction. Adult English language learners (AELLs) participated in either the communicative task-based (CTB) or in a more traditional (MT) language instructional approach. The goal of the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Control Groups