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Bendaoud Nadif – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2025
This paper aims to examine language learning strategies and learning styles among EFL Moroccan undergraduate university students. It also investigates the interrelationships between learning strategies and academic achievement. The sample consisted of (N= 294) EFL undergraduate university students, enrolled in the Department of English Language at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Undergraduate Students
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Dennis Laffey – English Teaching, 2024
This paper presents data capturing Korean university students' familiarity with English online acronyms, examines factors that may predict this familiarity, and presents an explicit instruction intervention involving vocabulary knowledge of online acronyms. The Vocabulary Size Test (VST) measured students' vocabulary size, while a self-report…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Undergraduate Students, Vocabulary Development
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Al Bukhari, Juman; Dewey, John A. – Language Learning & Technology, 2023
In second language acquisition, a popular method of introducing new vocabulary is by embedding the words in a natural text. Supplementary information (e.g., definitions, illustrations, synonyms, etc.), or glosses, can be included in the margins of the texts to highlight and improve retention of the new words. Previous studies suggest multimodal…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Arabic, Recall (Psychology)
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Yi Li; Xinpeng Wang – SAGE Open, 2023
There is evidence that emotion induced in the process of encoding impairs associative memory, yet the effect of post-encoding emotion on second language vocabulary learning remains largely unclear. An experiment was carried out to examine the effects of post-encoding emotion (positive, negative, and neutral) on learning of multidimensional…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Psychological Patterns, Emotional Response, Video Technology
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Dennis Laffey – English Teaching, 2025
The present study presents an experiment in which online acronyms, formed from common fixed phrases or formulaic expressions, and in common usage in English medium computer-based communication, were presented to Korean university-level learners placed into either a control group or treatment group which was given instruction into the expansions…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction
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Alsharif, Rawan – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2022
Vocabulary knowledge has been largely viewed as an important component in language learning and language acquisition. Understanding how EFL learners approach vocabulary learning is also considered crucial for language teachers and researchers to develop an effective learning environment that may stimulate high-quality learning outcomes. Studies on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Metacognition
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Ali Abbas Falah Alzubi – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
The sources of knowledge have diversified and increased due to the widespread use of the Internet and smartphones. However, this diversity requires learners to know how to deal with and obtain knowledge and the extent of their credibility and usefulness. Subsequently, they must learn language learning strategies, including Memory Strategies (MSs)…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Icht, Michal; Mama, Yaniv – Language Teaching Research, 2022
The Production Effect (PE) is a memory phenomenon, referring to memory advantage for produced items (read aloud) over non-produced items (read silently). Since vocalizing shows consistent memory benefits, it has been suggested as a mnemonic that can be used to assist vocabulary learning. The present study investigated the PE in L2 vocabulary…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Memory
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Rahmani, Saifurrahman – Cogent Education, 2023
It is widely perceived that vocabulary learning is essential in second and foreign language acquisition. Vocabulary learning beliefs (VLB) and vocabulary learning strategies (VLS) are factors that affect both second language acquisition (SLA) and first language acquisition (FLA). This study investigated the vocabulary learning beliefs and…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Zia Tajeddin; Ali Malmir – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
Learners' acquisition of pragmatic competence in additional languages has received mounting attention since the 1990s. However, although studies on general learning strategies have proliferated since Oxford's (1990) influential inventory was published, studies on pragmatic-specific learning strategies contributing to the acquisition of this…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies
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Yuxin Chen; Yaqiong Wang – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
This study investigates how academic disciplines impact second language (L2) lexical competencies. Prior L2 research has often overlooked the broader effects of disciplinary backgrounds on lexical development. To address this gap, this study utilized lexical decision, memory, and semantic fluency tasks to examine lexicon recognition, memory, and…
Descriptors: Semantics, Second Language Learning, Reaction Time, Accuracy
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Teng, Mark Feng; Wang, Chuang – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
The first purpose of this empirical study was to assess and validate the Academic Writing Self-Efficacy Belief Questionnaire (AWSEBQ) framed by social cognitive theory. The second purpose was to evaluate the predictive effects of different aspects of self-efficacy beliefs on academic writing performance. Data were collected from 743 learners at a…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Metacognition, Memory
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Alrashidi, Oqab – Cogent Education, 2022
This study sought to explore the frequency and type of language learning strategies employed by university students. It also investigated the impact of proficiency levels, gender and year of study on the use of language learning strategies. The study participants were 256 English major students enrolled in three universities in Saudi Arabia. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Majors (Students), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Zou, Bijiang; Lertlit, Supinda – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2022
This study aimed to explore Chinese students' application of Oxford's Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) in learning English, to investigate differences in English language learning strategies among students at different levels of English proficiency, and to report their perception of English learning through a semi-structured…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Measures (Individuals), Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Almusharraf, Norah; Bailey, Daniel R. – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
Mapping multivariate influence of learner characteristics on behavior highlights models in learning. To this end, we explored the relationships between strategies and learning characteristics and used regression analysis to understand how learner characteristics predict learning strategy choices. A cross-sectional research design with 175 students…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Self Efficacy, Learning Strategies, Case Studies
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