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Hung Tan Ha; Duyen Thi Bich Nguyen; Tim Stoeckel – Language Testing, 2024
Word frequency has a long history of being considered the most important predictor of word difficulty and has served as a guideline for several aspects of second language vocabulary teaching, learning, and assessment. However, recent empirical research has challenged the supremacy of frequency as a predictor of word difficulty. Accordingly,…
Descriptors: Word Frequency, Vocabulary Skills, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Hanh, Nguyen Thu – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
The current paper explores the silent behavior of students within EFL classrooms. It investigates reasons behind students' in-class silence, or lack of verbal participation, and then puts forwards several suggested solutions for more effective in-class conversation. The population for this study consists of 85 English-major students at a…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Le-Thi, Duyen; Rodgers, Michael P. H.; Pellicer-Sánchez, Ana – TESL Canada Journal, 2017
This study investigates the relative effectiveness of different teaching approaches on the learning of formulaic sequences. Three comparisons were made in this study: the effects of explicit teaching of formulaic sequences versus teaching embedded in traditional coursebook instruction, the effects of the degree of salience of the sequences in the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phrase Structure