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Hamada, Yo – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2022
Shadowing, a practice of repeating what one hears as simultaneously and accurately as possible, has been researched in the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) field for years. The research findings have shown that shadowing contributes to English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' bottom-up listening skills, which leads to…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, English (Second Language), Listening Skills, Listening Comprehension
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Kambara, Hitomi – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2022
This study utilized textual analysis to investigate 27 articles published by Japanese scholars from various disciplines regarding constructivist approaches. The results found that many of the collected articles in this study reported the need for and effectiveness of a constructivist approach in language, STEM, and social sciences education. The…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Research Reports, STEM Education, Science Education
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Iso, Tatsuo; Aizawa, Kazumi; Katagiri, Kazuhiko; Orita, Mitsuru – Research-publishing.net, 2022
This study examines whether ten weeks of direct instruction of affixes with online systems can improve learners' knowledge of affixes by using Affix Master 10 (AM10), a collection of online self-study materials developed by the current researchers. The aim of AM10 is to let students comprehensively learn 30 prefixes and 31 suffixes. The two…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Morphemes, Teaching Methods
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Kim, Yoonjeon – Teachers College Record, 2018
Background/Context: East Asian schools receive much attention for the comparatively high achievement of their students. To account for this success, scholars and commentators advance broad claims about the rote character of instruction or the complexity of classroom practice, typically generalizing to an entire nation. Yet little is known about…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement
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Al-Mahrooqi, Rahma, Ed.; Thakur, Vijay Singh; Roscoe, Adrian – IGI Global, 2015
Educators continue to strive for advanced teaching methods to bridge the gap between native and non-native English speaking students. Lessons on written forms of communication continue to be a challenge recognized by educators who wish to improve student comprehension and overall ability to write clearly and expressively. "Methodologies for…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
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Mizumoto, Atsushi; Takeuchi, Osamu – Language Teaching Research, 2009
This study examined the effectiveness of explicit instruction of vocabulary learning strategies (VLSs) over a 10-week semester with a group of 146 female EFL learners from two Japanese universities. A vocabulary test and questionnaires on VLSs and motivation were administered at the beginning of the course. The learners were divided into two…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development
Gabriel, Raafat – Online Submission, 2009
It is crucial that foreign language teachers know well what kinds of grammar teaching strategies best aid learning in the classroom in order to adjust their teaching toward a practical and successful approach. Much of the debate about how to help EFL learners achieve grammatical proficiency centers on the implicit versus explicit, or deductive…
Descriptors: Grammar, English (Second Language), Literature Reviews, Second Language Instruction
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Geography Teacher, 2007
"The Geography Teacher" provides hands-on reference and educative material for K-12 Geography teachers. The journal also pioneers innovative ideas for contemporary teaching methods, including lesson plans. This issue contains the following: (1) Ask Dr. de Blij (Dr. Harm de Blij); (2) Refugees in America (TGT); (3) Guinness and the Irish…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography, Refugees