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Wongdaeng, Meechai; Higgins, Steve – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Purpose: Despite numerous studies reporting beneficial effects of metacognition for improving learning or developing self-regulated learners, the evidence from tertiary English as a Foreign Language (EFL) settings is still unclear as synthesis studies in this field remain rare. To address the gap, this study sought to identify, examine and…
Descriptors: Research Reports, Intervention, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Zhai, Xiuwen; Razali, Abu Bakar – SAGE Open, 2023
In the last 19 years (2003-2021), research on genre-based approaches (GBAs) to writing pedagogy has been accumulating in the fields of English as a second language (ESL) and English as a foreign language (EFL). This review mapped existing literature to identify research trends and provide a research agenda for future GBAs. This study employed the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction
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Can Xiao; Xinzhong Chen – SAGE Open, 2023
Despite several attempts made to analyze students' socialization into academic discourse in relevant reviews, we still lack a topical study providing an overview of how students are apprenticed into academic communities through oral activities at post-secondary institutions. This study aims at contributing to a comprehensive overview of both…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Socialization, Self Concept, Oral Language
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Özer, Seda; Akay, Cenk – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2023
Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) is an innovative approach to language learning that utilizes mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, to support language learning. MALL has become increasingly popular in recent years due to the widespread availability of mobile devices and the flexibility they offer for language learning. The aim…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Handheld Devices
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Vanderplank, Robert – Language Learning Journal, 2019
Watching foreign language programmes and films with captions (same-language subtitles intended for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) has been shown to assist learners in phonetic retuning, vocabulary acquisition and listening comprehension [e.g. Mitterer and McQueen, 2009. Foreign subtitles help but native-language subtitles harm foreign speech…
Descriptors: Films, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Italian
Wongtrirat, Rachawan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Studies have been conducted to determine the impact of English language on the academic achievement of international students in higher education institutions in the United States. The results of these investigations have been varied and at times contradictory. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to investigate studies from 1987-2009 that…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Grade Point Average, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language)