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Min Teng; Jinfen Xu – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Although research shows that second language (L2) learners have major difficulties in developing their productive vocabulary skills, little research has been conducted on how to facilitate productive mastery of learned words. With this in mind, this study investigated the effects of task type and repetition frequency on improving receptive word…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Vocabulary Development, Mastery Learning
Mark Feng Teng; Danyang Zhang – Language Teaching Research, 2024
This study examined the effects of involvement load-based tasks on vocabulary learning in a foreign language, as well as the extent to which task effects are predicted by learners' metacognition (i.e. metacognitive knowledge and regulation). A total of 120 Chinese university students of English as a foreign language (EFL) were randomly assigned to…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Teaching Methods
Korat, Ofra; Atishkin, Shifra; Segal-Drori, Ora – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
We examined an intervention in kindergarten using an e-book for vocabulary enrichment. In programme (a), the children read the e-book with a dictionary and the teacher's support. In programme (b), the children read the e-book with the dictionary independently. In programme (c), the children read the e-book without a dictionary (control). The…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Electronic Publishing, Kindergarten, Childrens Literature
Wen Jia; Liping Zhang; Austin Pack; Yi Guan; Bin Zou – Language Learning & Technology, 2024
Although digital game-based vocabulary learning (DGBVL) has received increasing attention in the past two decades, the impacts of DGBVL on the depth of word knowledge are still not well understood, especially in regard to productive vocabulary learning and DGBVL's long-term efficacy. This study leverages a quasiexperimental research design to…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Video Games, Vocabulary Development, Receptive Language
Lisa M. Domke; Laura A. May; Melody Kung; Lauren Coleman; Michael Vo; Gary E. Bingham – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Having a dual focus on teaching content information and language is important in language-learning contexts and is a defining feature of dual language bilingual education (DLBE). However, systematically teaching both language and content is challenging for DLBE teachers. This exploratory mixed methods study of nine Spanish-English bilingual Latinx…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Teacher Education Programs, Spanish, English (Second Language)
Kim, Sunyoung; Kang, Veronica Y. – Journal of Special Education, 2021
Children with Down syndrome (DS) often exhibit delays in cognitive and linguistic development. In response to the increasing number of culturally and linguistically diverse populations with disabilities in the United States and need for evidence-based interventions with cultural adaptations, this study examined the effects of enhanced milieu…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Korean Americans, Vocabulary Development, Student Diversity
Rabiah Tul Adawiyah Mohamed Salleh; Bruno Di Biase; Satomi Kawaguchi – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
English is undoubtedly an important language for educational and socio-economic mobility in numerous countries including Malaysia. Regardless of its importance, studies to document English language acquisition among Malaysian children acquiring English in the local context remain scarce. This normative data is imperative for syllabus-designers,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Preschool Children
Kasikarn Bansong; Somkiet Poopatwiboon; Apisak Sukying – Journal of Education and Learning, 2023
It is increasingly prevalent in digital learning and teaching strategies for discerning a global perspective on creating the student learning experience. Multimodality is an emergent phenomenon that may influence how digital learning is designed, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic in which immersive learning environments, such as a virtual…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Coogle, Christan Grygas; Parsons, Allison Ward; La Croix, Leslie; Ottley, Jennifer R. – Infants and Young Children, 2020
The authors used an alternating treatment, single-case design to determine the effect of dialogic reading, modeling, and dialogic reading plus modeling on the expressive vocabulary identification of 2 preschool children identified with autism spectrum disorder. Their preschool teacher implemented each of the conditions within the daily routines of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Strategies, Expressive Language, Vocabulary Development
Lampai, Chowarat; Sukying, Apisak – Journal of Education and Learning, 2023
This research aims to improve the vocabulary knowledge of Thai EFL students by using audio-visual aids as instructional tools. Hopefully, this study serves as an initial foundation to develop students' vocabulary knowledge and benefit the pedagogical development in Thailand. Consequently, this research aimed to explore the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Linguistic Input
Xiao Zhou; Chuming Wang – Language Teaching Research, 2024
This article aims to uncover how alignment affects second language (L2) vocabulary acquisition by Chinese-speaking learners of English as they interact with various interaction loads (i.e. input text, peers and video). It also explores how tasks with varying interactional intensity in relation to the interaction loads influence the alignment…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Magnussen, Ernst Suni; Sukying, Apisak – THAITESOL Journal, 2021
Vocabulary knowledge is essential for successful language learning. However, little is known about young learners' vocabulary learning in a Thai EFL context and the teaching methods that facilitate vocabulary learning. The current study examined whether songs and total physical response (TPR) can facilitate preschoolers' vocabulary acquisition in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Preschool Children, English (Second Language)
Wiphawee Dongsanniwas; Apisak Sukying – Journal of Education and Learning, 2024
Vocabulary acquisition is a fundamental element of mastering the English language, necessitating a comprehensive lexicon that evolves through experiential learning to facilitate accurate comprehension and production of language. The current study examined the impact of Total Physical Response (TPR) tasks on the vocabulary acquisition of Thai…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Students, Second Language Instruction
Elisabeth Wilhelmina Maria Hopman – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Generalization is the ability to apply regularities to novel instances, for example, correctly guessing that the plural for the novel English word 'wug' should be 'wugs'. Early language learners make overgeneralization errors like 'mouses', applying regularities beyond their attested uses. Theories concerned with the question of how learners learn…
Descriptors: Generalization, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Error Patterns
Durongbhandhu, Nunpaporn; Suwanasilp, Danuchawat – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2023
Language Instruction, especially teaching and learning English for specific purposes (ESP) with Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) has grown in popularity for over a decade. Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) is one of the appropriate teaching approaches used to make CALL more effective. This study attempts to develop, implement, and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning