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Elizabeth Huntley – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Sociolinguistic variation (SLV) entails that language is affected by social context (i.e. register, pragmatics). Interest in the acquisition of sociolinguistic variation in a second language (L2-SLV), as a key component of communicative competence, has grown exponentially over the past thirty years (Geeslin & Long, 2014). Researchers have…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, Vocabulary Development
Aaron Jakob Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Students studying in beginning level foreign language classrooms often lack the opportunity to speak spontaneously (Kogan, 2023). Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) is a pedagogical approach to language instruction that advocates for the use of tasks to develop learners' second/foreign language (L2) abilities. Games can act as tasks that prepare…
Descriptors: Russian, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Koné, Kadidja – MEXTESOL Journal, 2021
Directed motivational currents (DMCs) are a unique and intense motivational drive capable of supporting second language learning. Learners throughout the world can experience these unique motivational feelings regardless of their teaching and learning contexts. Therefore, researchers and language teachers have been exploring cases of DMCs since…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Learning Motivation
Minda, Motuma Hirpassa; Chaka, Chaka – MEXTESOL Journal, 2023
This study examined the implementation of an alternative assessment in a course, Communicative English Skills Course (CESC), at three Ethiopian universities. The study mainly focused on multi-assessor strategies, multiple assessment tools, and comprehensive, progressive, continuous, and relevant assessment used by instructors at these three…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
George Clinton Denison – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Enabling learners to successfully use their second language (L2) in meaningful ways is a critical goal of instruction. Ultimately, most learners want to meet the L2 demands of the contexts in which they will use the language. To accomplish this, learners must develop linguistic knowledge and apply it in a manner that is contextually appropriate…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Rouffet, Charline; van Beuningen, Catherine; de Graaff, Rick – Language Learning Journal, 2023
While Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is recognised as an effective approach worldwide, its implementation in foreign language (FL) classrooms remains difficult. Earlier studies have identified factors impeding CLT implementation, such as a lack of communicative lesson materials or teachers' more traditional views on language learning. In…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Epsimari, Chrysi; Mouti, Anna – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
The purpose of this study is to explore the use of equivalent conceptual metaphors and the correspondent linguistic expressions in refugee students' L1s and L2s and examine the possible positive effects conceptual metaphors can induce for vocabulary learning and retention in second language learning. Moreover, another aim of the research is to…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Native Language, Refugees
Hatipoglu, Çiler; Daskin, Nilüfer Can – South African Journal of Education, 2020
In the study reported here we focus on proverbs in English Language Teaching (ELT) coursebooks and how the pithy structure and the "wisdom"-loaded content of proverbs can contribute to the development of foreign language learners' communicative competence as defined by Bachman (1990). We discuss how the most frequently used coursebooks…
Descriptors: Proverbs, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Drakos, Joseph – Online Submission, 2020
Many of the foreign language teachers and professors I have encountered throughout my EFL teaching career say that speaking is the most difficult skill to teach in a foreign language class. Classes usually focus on teaching points (e.g. grammar or listening related lessons) that can satisfy larger classroom situations. Speaking requires adequate…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Lazarev, Sergey; Zhuravleva, Nadezhda; Fateeva, Inna – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2021
The foreign students who study at Russian universities continue learning Russian at bachelors' degree. The main difficulty which professors face while teaching Russian as a foreign language lies in the fact that foreign students are often unprepared to learn specific vocabulary, necessary for educational and professional activities. A totally…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Languages for Special Purposes, Second Language Instruction
Astuti, Puji; Barratt, Leslie – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2021
While literature suggests the significance of peer interaction for language learners, little is known about how the interaction specifically works to benefit them. Additionally, while putting students in groups has become a widespread practice in language classrooms, most teachers appear not to have a clear idea of how to structure classroom…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Instructional Effectiveness
Yilmaz, Fatih – Educational Research and Reviews, 2020
In recent years, developing communication skills is the main goal of foreign language learning, so the most effective way of developing this skill is to expose the learners to real life situations. Movies provide exposures to real language, used in authentic settings and in the cultural context. Movies are the most effective audiovisual materials…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Turkish, Teaching Methods
Goode, Ruth – English Teaching Forum, 2020
Teaching large classes of students who aren't familiar with communicative activities can be challenging. One of the biggest challenges is to ensure that all students participate actively, especially if the teacher isn't able to pay close attention to them. One useful and simple strategy to help students stay on task for longer when doing…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Classroom Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Mattson-Prieto, Raquel; Showstack, Rachel – Language Learning, 2022
This study investigated classroom interaction through the framework of "stancetaking" (Du Bois, 2007) to understand how Spanish second language (L2) learners positioned themselves when participating in communicative language learning activities. Data came from transcribed audio and video recordings of three 90-minute lessons in one…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Classroom Communication
Tachom, Khomkrit – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2021
This study aimed to examine the development of EFL students' vocabulary knowledge adopting a task-based method with 32 Thai students who enrolled in an English for Communication course at a university in northern Thailand. This study emphasized improving the Thai EFL students' English vocabulary knowledge by requiring students to retell six Thai…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Communicative Competence (Languages)