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Wenting Chen; Jianwu Gao – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
While the importance of the peer feedback in second or foreign language (L2 or FL) classrooms in higher education has been increasingly recognized, empirical research on discussing peer feedback literacy from the perspective of community-based academic writing is very much in its infancy. Informed by the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework, this…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Community Education, Feedback (Response), Computer Mediated Communication
Klomkaew, Thayakorn; Boontam, Punyapa – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2023
This study investigates the extent to which paper-based data-driven learning (DDL) activities can improve Thai EFL students' grammar learning of conditional sentences (the second condition), as well as the participants' attitudes toward learning through the DDL approach. This was a two-week research using a one-group pre-test and post-test design.…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Grammar, Data Use, Teaching Methods
Nutprapha K. Dennis – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2024
This study aimed to investigate the impact of AI-powered Speech Recognition Technology (AISRT) in improving English pronunciation and speaking skills among EFL learners. Additionally, it explored the opinions and responses of EFL learners towards the use of this technology for pronunciation and speaking skill enhancement. The research employed a…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Audio Equipment, Speech Communication, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Ikuya Aizawa – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
This paper compares direct measures of content knowledge for students studying Chemistry through English Medium Instruction (EMI) and Japanese Medium Instruction (JMI). It also examines a range of contextual differences between the two mediums of instruction. A total of 53 undergraduate students undertook pre-post course content tests at a…
Descriptors: Japanese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction
Pornwiriyakit, Pornchai; Dandee, Warinthon – Journal of Educational Issues, 2022
This research aims to study the problems of translating word and sentence structures from English into Thai made by students and to solve the English-to-Thai translation problems occurred in the paper test. The samples consisted of 127 students majoring in English for International Communication at Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-Ok.…
Descriptors: Grammar, Translation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Chen, Ying Yu; Chang, Yu-Sheng; Lee, Jia-Ying; Lin, Ming Huei – SAGE Open, 2021
This study has the aim of improving the English speaking ability of Taiwanese college freshmen by a video featuring connected speech instruction. Forty-eight students from a private university in northern Taiwan participated in the study, which lasted for 7 weeks. Pre- and post-tests were used to assess their speaking performance in terms of…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Speech Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Aajami, Raghad Fahmi – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
The current study analyzes three locative English prepositions, above, on, and over from a cognitive semantic point of view. Since English is a foreign language for Iraqi students, these prepositions pose a problem for Iraqi university students. The complexity of these three prepositions inspires the researcher to use the Cognitive Linguistic (CL)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Psycholinguistics, Student Attitudes
Alshammari, Reem Fuhaid – English Language Teaching, 2022
The main aim of the present study is to develop first year university students' meta-cognitive reading comprehension using inquiry-based learning strategy. Subjects of the study were 106 (53 males, 53 females) first year university students enrolled in two classrooms at colleges representing urban and sub-urban areas in Shaqra University. The…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Metacognition, Pretests Posttests
Qadha, Adil Mohammed; Al-Wasy, Baleigh Qassem; Mahdi, Hassan Saleh – Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives, 2021
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the impact of social networks on learning requests by Arab undergraduate EFL students. Design/methodology/approach: Furthermore, both types of requests (i.e. direct and indirect) have been compared under the same condition. A total of 40 Saudi EFL learners participated in this study. Their scores in the…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Arabs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Thienkalaya, Chanukrit; Chusanachoti, Ruedeerath – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2020
The aim of the study was to explore the effect of Readers Theater on improving English reading prosody with L2 learners. The process of how reading prosody is improved through Readers Theater was examined. Sixty EFL undergraduate students, non-English majors, participated in this 6-week study. Two cycles of Readers Theater were implemented. Using…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Suprasegmentals, Reading Fluency, Second Language Learning
Gallego, Muriel – Language Teaching Research, 2022
This study discusses the impact of interactionist output-oriented approaches, specifically, the effects of collaborative text reconstruction on subjunctive recognition and production in the written modality by English-dominant Spanish second-language learners. It also examines whether students' text length and text complexity increase after…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Morphology (Languages), Correlation
Sappapan, Pattama – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2022
In English Language Teaching (ELT), consultation sessions are essential and complementary elements in enabling learners to improve their English proficiency as well as to regulate their self-directed skills. The purpose of this study was threefold: (1) identify the students' perceptions of their English skills and consulting needs, (2) explore…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Alotaibi, Abdullah Nijr; Alzu'bi, Mohammad – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
The study aimed at examining the effect of Paragraph Punch on developing EFL students' writing paragraphs. The participants were eighty English language students of the English Department, Al-Balqa Applied University, who had enrolled in the Writing paragraph course. They were distributed into two assigned sections: the experimental group of (40)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Investigating the Impact of Rater Training on Rater Errors in the Process of Assessing Writing Skill
Sata, Mehmet; Karakaya, Ismail – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2022
In the process of measuring and assessing high-level cognitive skills, interference of rater errors in measurements brings about a constant concern and low objectivity. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of rater training on rater errors in the process of assessing individual performance. The study was conducted with a…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Training, Comparative Analysis, Academic Language
Nakhon Kitjaroonchai; Pimolporn Sanitchai; Chomphunut Phutikettrkit – Journal of English Teaching, 2024
This study examined the relationships between reading assistant (RA) software usage, reading comprehension ability, and post-TOEIC reading scores among Thai EFL university students. Seventy-six students from a private international university in central Thailand participated. Data were collected from students' pre- and post-TOEIC reading scores…
Descriptors: Correlation, Computer Software, Computer Assisted Instruction, Reading Fluency