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The Effect of Narrow Reading on L2 Learners' Vocabulary Acquisition
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Chang, Anna C.-S.; Renandya, Willy A. – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2021
Narrow reading has not received much attention from researchers regarding its contributions on L2 learners' background knowledge, vocabulary knowledge, and writing styles. This study therefore investigated the effect of narrow reading on English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' vocabulary learning. Twelve graded readers were selected and…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Recall (Psychology)
Computer-Assisted Synonymous Phrase Learning: A Feasible Approach to Lexical Development
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Chen, Mei-Hua – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
It is not uncommon to see lists of semantically equivalent phrases in pedagogical materials. However, empirical investigations of the effect of synonymous phrase learning on vocabulary development are rarely attempted. The current study promotes computer-assisted synonymous phrase learning by introducing PREFER, a corpus-based paraphrasing system.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Vocabulary Development
Accommodation Strategies Employed by Non-Native English-Mediated Instruction (EMI) Teachers
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Tsai, Yi-Rung; Tsou, Wenli – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2015
The goal of this study was to explore English instructors' application of accommodation strategies under English-Mediated Instruction (EMI) in English as a lingua franca context of higher education in Taiwan. English instructors' verbal discourses with regard to various types of strategies during instruction were documented and examined. The…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Speakers
The Relationship between Bilingual Experience and the Development of Morphological and Morpho-Syntactic Awareness: A Cross-Linguistic Study of Classroom Discourse
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Kim, Tae Jin; Kuo, Li-Jen; Ramírez, Gloria; Wu, Shuang; Ku, Yu-Min; de Marin, Sharon; Ball, Alexis; Eslami, Zohreh – Language Awareness, 2015
This study aims to examine the relationship between bilingual experience and children's development of morphological and morpho-syntactic awareness. To capture both universal and language-specific bilingual effects, the study included four groups of participants: English-speaking children from a general education programme, Spanish-speaking and…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Contrastive Linguistics, Bilingualism, Morphology (Languages)
An Exploratory Study of E-Mail Application on FL Writing Performance
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Shang, Hui-Fang – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2007
This study focused on examining the overall effect of using email on the improvement of writing performance in aspects of syntactic complexity, grammatical accuracy and lexical density, as well as investigating the relation between the number of email exchanges and writing performance. Subjects in this study were 40 non-traditional EFL students…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Writing (Composition)
The Syntactical Problems Chinese College Students Meet in Reading English Technical Textbooks.
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Tzung-yu, Cheng – 1993
Taiwanese college students have significant difficulty in reading technical texts in English. Based on information gathered from students in freshman English classes in Taiwan, and on previous research, three significant areas of student confusion are: (1) frequent use of prepositions, particularly when an English preposition with multiple…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Freshmen, English for Academic Purposes, English for Special Purposes