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Angela Gardner; Karen Lichtman – Foreign Language Annals, 2024
This study investigated how questioning strategies impact language learner performance. Specifically, it explored how questioning strategies influence (i) verb production and subject-verb agreement in the target language, and (ii) learner confidence in completing tasks without translation software. Sixty-eight novice language learners enrolled in…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Second Language Learning, Spanish, High School Students
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Lexi Xiaoduo Li – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2024
The research aims to enhance the handling of modal verbs (MVs) in EFL textbooks by leveraging perspectives from corpora that include both native speakers' language data and the language data of individuals who are learning the language. To assess the authenticity of language in textbooks, an analysis between the native corpus and a collection of…
Descriptors: Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Content, Design, Native Speakers
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Asres Nigus; Getaneh Berta – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2024
The aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of mind mapping on Ethiopian secondary school students' English collocation learning. The study specifically tried to check the effectiveness of mind mapping on adjective-preposition and verb-noun combination collocations. A sample of 110 grade 12 students who were learning in two sections…
Descriptors: High School Students, Cognitive Mapping, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Beth Muthoni Kangangi; Catherine Waithera Ndung'U; Peter Kinyanjui Mwangi – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2024
The study examined the types of language errors made by learners in the English narrative essays. It also assessed the feedback techniques employed by teachers of English in the handling of language errors in the English narrative essays. A descriptive research design was employed to examine errors of English narrative essays of 181 form two…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Yuki Takahashi; Narathip Thumawongsa – rEFLections, 2024
In recent years, the shift in the teaching approaches employed in Thai English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom provides new opportunities and challenges to the teachers and students form Generation Z (1995-2009) and Generation Alpha (2010-2024). This study examines verb errors among Thai EFL learners from Generation Z and Generation Alpha to…
Descriptors: Age Groups, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Peter Ferguson; Anna Siyanova-Chanturia; Paul Leeming – Language Teaching Research, 2024
A growing number of studies have probed the effectiveness of certain exercise formats in the learning of multi-word expressions (MWEs) in classroom settings. However, a number of important variables, such as MWE retention over an extended period of time and the role of repetition, have so far not been considered. Furthermore, studies have focused…
Descriptors: Verbs, Nouns, Phrase Structure, Word Lists
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Chalermsup Karanjakwut – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2024
This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a new instructional toolkit for improving English grammar skills, particularly verb tense structures, among Thai EFL students. The research objectives were (1) to evaluate the toolkit's effectiveness in enhancing students' English grammar skills in verb tense structures; (2) to examine the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction