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Ondrej Klabal – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2024
This paper is based within the framework of step-by-step approach to teaching legal translation. The underlying philosophy behind this approach is that when specific aspects of legal translations are tackled in isolation and trainees become aware of the pitfalls involved and the possible solutions, this helps them in further training as well as in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Translation, Syntax, Second Languages
Qin Luo; Wulin Ma – SAGE Open, 2024
In order to facilitate the instruction and acquisition of EFL writing, this paper compares the uses of the light verb "get" in English writing by Chinese and L1 undergraduates by drawing on insights from the theory of norms and exploitations (TNE). Corpus pattern analysis (CPA) is conducted to analyze the data taken from two comparable…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Semantics
Heesun Chang; Amin Raeisi-Vanani – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2025
The purpose of this study is to analyze the grammatical complexity features of international teaching assistants' (ITAs) mock-teaching presentations and to compare the distributions of these features to those found in the Oral English Proficiency Test (a local ITA assessment), university classroom teaching, conversation, and academic writing. The…
Descriptors: Grammar, Teaching Assistants, Oral Language, Language Proficiency
Steven G. Gagnon – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Due to the typological differences between Korean's aspect system and English's aspect system in terms of progressive construction "-ko iss," learners can no doubt have difficulty acquiring and using the "-ko iss" construction in learner Korean. This dissertation investigates two main points: (i) how is the "-ko iss"…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Korean, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Nur Rahmi S. Madanun; Siska Bochari; Mochtar Marhum; Hastini – Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture, 2025
This study investigates the distribution and challenges of verb inflection usage among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students at Tadulako University, focusing on regular verb inflection namely the use of suffixes such as -ed, -s, -ing, and -en suffixes as well as irregular verbs such as ablaut, suppletion, and zero modification in tenses and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Affef Ghai; Sharif Alghazo – Open Education Studies, 2024
This corpus-based study explores the expression of gratitude in the acknowledgement section of doctoral dissertations in both English and Arabic. The objective is to analyse how gratitude in academic discourse is structured in these languages and to explore any differences related to gender. The study examines 80 dissertations (40 in English and…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Arabic, English
Nephawe, Farisani Thomas – Journal of English Teaching, 2023
Professionalism in English phrases is an indispensable tool for the enhancement of fluency and accuracy in communication. However, English second language learners face redundancy challenges apropos an effective use of phrases. The research investigated strategic intervention for selected deviant English phrases at the University of Venda. A…
Descriptors: Professionalism, Rural Areas, Universities, English (Second Language)
Yuki Takahashi; Narathip Thumawongsa – rEFLections, 2024
In recent years, the shift in the teaching approaches employed in Thai English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom provides new opportunities and challenges to the teachers and students form Generation Z (1995-2009) and Generation Alpha (2010-2024). This study examines verb errors among Thai EFL learners from Generation Z and Generation Alpha to…
Descriptors: Age Groups, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Erin Conwell; Jesse Snedeker – Language Learning and Development, 2024
Natural languages contain systematic relationships between verb meaning and verb argument structure. Artificial language learning studies typically remove those relationships and instead pair verb meanings randomly with structures. Adult participants in such studies can detect statistical regularities associated with words in these languages and…
Descriptors: Semantics, Cues, Verbs, Adults
Dang Thi Minh Tam; Pham Thuy Quynh – Online Submission, 2024
Internationally, the trend of student-centered learning in higher education has emphasized the importance of aligning student learning outcomes with corresponding assessment methods. This study is conducted at a university in Vietnam by investigating 32 sets of syllabi and test specifications varied from English Language programs to English as a…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Ruoyu Huang – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Growing up in the digital era, young children are exposed to numerous educational applications and programs, some with well-designed curricula and others focused more on entertainment or game-like qualities. With the increasing popularity of mobile language-learning applications among young children, this dissertation raises a crucial question: do…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Animation
Zuzana Toth; Tomáš Hlava; Beatriz Gómez-Pablos – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
The study addresses the research gap of how being a speaker of a Slavic language influences the ability to convey tempo-aspectual meanings in Romance languages by examining personal and impersonal narratives delivered in written and spoken mode by learners of L3 Spanish and L3 Italian with L1 Slovak and L2 English. Narratives are analysed…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Romance Languages, Slavic Languages, Native Speakers
Tran Ngoc Quynh Phuong; Bao Trang Thi Nguyen; Thi Linh Giang Hoang; Vu Quynh Nhu Nguyen; Le Hoang Phuong Ngo – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2024
This article examines the use of prompt-based lexical collocations in opinion essays by Vietnamese English as a foreign language (EFL) students. Fifty second-year English majors at a Vietnamese university wrote 100 opinion essays on two topics as progress tests. The AntConc programme (Anthony, 2020) was employed to identify the frequencies of use…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phrase Structure
Ratteera Ruksil; Somkiet Poopatwiboon; Pilanut Phusawisot – Journal of Education and Learning, 2025
Pronunciation is a crucial component of language acquisition, vital for achieving clarity and fluency in communication. This study, utilizing cycles of action research, aimed to evaluate the impact of songs on the pronunciation skills of Thai EFL learners. Additionally, this study explored the participants' perceptions of using songs in their…
Descriptors: Singing, Music Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Qin, Lili; Ouyang, Xibei; Ren, Wei – Modern Language Journal, 2023
Concept-based language instruction (C-BLI) is a pedagogy guided by sociocultural theory, which has been shown to be effective in facilitating second language learning. Typical activities include materialization by using a schema for a complete orienting basis of an action (SCOBA) and languaging, through which learners' internalization of…
Descriptors: Verbs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction