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Meysam Muhammadpour; Masoud Khalili Sabet – Discover Education, 2024
Research suggests that English for Specific Purposes (ESP) students in English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) contexts have difficulties understanding the passages in technical English textbooks of various fields of study including computer software engineering. Few experimental studies to date have investigated the effect of an online hybrid reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English for Special Purposes, Computer Software, Textbooks
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Nhu Huynh Le; Hung Tan Ha – SAGE Open, 2023
The article presents a lexical study that investigates the lexical demands of academic written texts at different levels of writing. By employing the British National Corpus/ Corpus of Contemporary American English (BNC/COCA) word list and the Academic Word List (AWL), the present study analyzed data from the British Academic Written English…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Writing (Composition), North American English, Word Lists
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Tieu, L.T.C.; Baker, John R. – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
This study investigated the effects of using IELTS model essays in conjunction with noticing as a feedback instrument on Vietnamese undergraduates' IELTS Task 2 writing performance. To investigate this, a quasi-experimental design was undertaken. The control group used the course textbook and received traditional writing feedback (i.e. direct,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Essays
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Samaranayake, Sarath Withanarachchi; Kositchaivat, Suneeta; Jantarach, Vachira – Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 2022
Acquisition of an additional language is assumed to involve several internal and external factors for the learner. Among external factors, instructional procedures and materials are vital in helping learners master L2 skills. This study investigates how the instructor's instructional variables and in-house materials influence tertiary-level Omani…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Intervention, Second Language Learning
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Nurlybaeva, Guliya K. – Teaching Public Administration, 2020
For the full implementation of strategic goals of public administration, as well as a worthy representation of the interests of the state at the international level, civil servants must have high foreign-language professional competencies. Practical issues of educational and training programs in the field of development of these competencies are…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
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Zohrabi, Mohammad – English Language Teaching, 2011
This study reports on how a heterogeneous mixed-ability large class (63 students) turned into a cohesive and functioning class. To promote learner autonomy, students were made responsible to identify their own needs and objectives. The participants of this study consisted of undergraduate chemistry students who had taken the English for General…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning