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Direct linkNobuhiro Kamiya – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This study examined the effects of watching gestures and lip movement on second language (English) listening comprehension. The participants were 30 high and 22 low proficient learners of English. There were six listening tasks combining two variables: modality and difficulty. The modality consisted of three types of assessments: Body (the upper…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Video Technology, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Liao, Hongjing; Li, Yanju – Language Teaching Research, 2023
Integrating intercultural competence in foreign language classrooms has been emphasized in China, yet scant explicit guidance currently exists on how to teach intercultural competence in college English courses. This study aimed at comparing and contrasting intercultural pedagogical approaches used by instructors in English courses for non-English…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Yeldham, Michael – Language Teaching Research, 2023
Instruction in second language (L2) English phoneme pronunciation almost invariably includes a focus on improving the learners' use of their articulatory organs to pronounce the relevant sounds. However, the pronunciation of many English sounds also relies on effort from the abdominal region, and under-utilization of this region can often…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pronunciation Instruction
Malicka, Aleksandra – Language Teaching Research, 2020
This study set out to test the theoretical premise of the SSARC model of pedagogic task sequencing, which postulates that tasks should be sequenced for learners from cognitively simple to complex. This experiment compared the performance of three tasks differing in cognitive complexity in a simple-complex sequence versus in the absence of any…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Language Fluency, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
Phung, Linh – Language Teaching Research, 2017
While learners' engagement has been recognized as important for second language (L2) learning in task-based language teaching (TBLT), how engagement is manifest in learners' L2 use during task performance and how tasks can be designed to facilitate better engagement have not received enough attention in the L2 research. This study investigates the…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Usage
Busch, Deborah – Language Teaching Research, 2010
This large mixed methods study investigated the effects of the introductory second language acquisition (SLA) course on the beliefs of pre-service teachers (n = 381) enrolled over a three-year period at a state university in California. Pre- to post-course paired sample t-tests that were run on 23 beliefs statements from a widely used survey…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Education Courses, Teacher Education Programs, Second Language Learning
