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Yawiloeng, Rattana – English Language Teaching, 2020
This study examines the effects of an English vocabulary video on second language vocabulary learning by English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. The conceptual framework is underpinned by Mayer's (2005) Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning. The participants were 25 undergraduate students studying at a Thai university. To collect data,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Video Technology
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Kalantari, Farzaneh; Hashemian, Mahmood – English Language Teaching, 2016
This study investigated the effects of the storytelling approach on improving of EFL learners' vocabulary knowledge. To this end, 30 upper-beginner EFL learners (out of a population of 134) were selected by means of an OPT test and were assigned to 2 groups: 1 experimental and 1 group. The participants were selected from among young EFL learners…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Jiang, Lin – English Language Teaching, 2015
This article aims to uncover how alignment in the continuation task affects second language (L2) learning of English articles. Two classes of 47 Chinese students participated in the study which employed a pretest-treatment-posttest research design and lasted for a period of 20 weeks. One class received the continuation task treatment, during which…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Form Classes (Languages)
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Awada, Ghada M.; Gutiérrez-Colón, Mar – English Language Teaching, 2017
This study reports the relative effectiveness of the inclusion theory when the combined strategy instruction on improving the reading comprehension of narrative and expository texts for students with dyslexia is implemented. A total sample of 298 students of English as a foreign language from both public and private schools participated in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)
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Jiang, Lin; Xiao, Hailing – English Language Teaching, 2014
This article reports on an 8-week study that investigated the differential effects of two written corrective feedback (CF) options on 92 low-intermediate EFL students' explicit and implicit knowledge of English articles and the extent to which language analytic ability might influence the effect of written CF. The study used a…
Descriptors: Error Correction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Cognitive Psychology
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Piri, Faramarz; Barati, Hossein; Ketabi, Saeed – English Language Teaching, 2012
Previous studies on the effect of planning on language production have revealed that planning does have a positive effect on language performance in terms of fluency, complexity, and accuracy. The present study was an attempt to investigate the effects of pre-task, on-line, and both pre-task and on-line planning on fluency, accuracy, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Zu, Lin; Kong, Zheqiong – English Language Teaching, 2009
Language is embedded in society and culture, and for that matter, learning a foreign language involves learning its culture. This paper is concerned with the inseparability of culture and language in foreign language teaching, arguing that culture introduction is an effective way to promote students' cultural awareness and language proficiency.…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Textbook Content, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Khazaie, Saeed; Ketabi, Saeed – English Language Teaching, 2011
As mobile connectedness continues to sweep across the landscape, the value of deploying mobile technology at the service of learning and teaching seems to be both self-evident and unavoidable. To this end, this study employed multimedia to develop three types of vocabulary learning materials. Due to the importance of short-term memory in the realm…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Handheld Devices, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Breitkreuz, Hartmut – English Language Teaching, 1972
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Pictorial Stimuli
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Deyes, A. F. – English Language Teaching, 1973
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Class Activities, Debate, Educational Games
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Paine, M. J. – English Language Teaching, 1973
First part of a continued article. (DD)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Experiential Learning, Games, Language Instruction
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Levine, Helene Faith – English Language Teaching, 1971
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Auditory Stimuli, Cloze Procedure, English (Second Language)