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Shinozaki, Fumiya; Yokoyama, Satoshi – Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture, 2023
Sixty-one junior high school students in Japan participated twice in an online English group conversation lesson. At the first half of a session, each student gave an individual presentation to a Filipino instructor and the other group members. At the second half of the session, they conducted discussions, where the instructor, as the facilitator,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Speech Communication, English (Second Language)
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Leaper, David A.; Brawn, James R. – Language Testing, 2019
This paper is an investigation into the use of the group oral discussion test (GOT) to detect changes in speaking proficiency over a two-year period. In this test, three or four test-takers discuss a topic for up to 10 minutes without outside intervention. The performance of 53 Japanese university English major students on this test was videoed…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Tests, Video Technology, Language Proficiency
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Lewis, Dawson Roy, III; Datzman, Brien – TESOL International Journal, 2020
This article reports on a 16-week study that examined the effect of mobile-based authentic audiovisual materials (AAM) on the vocabulary acquisition of Japanese university English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design study was employed to compare the differences in vocabulary learning between a control…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Vocabulary Development, Multiple Choice Tests, Instructional Materials