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Tian, Cong – English Language Teaching, 2015
A Cognitive Grammar (CG) analysis of linguistic constructions has been claimed to be beneficial to second language teaching. However, little empirical research has been done to support this claim. In this study, two intact classes of Chinese senior high school students were given a 45-minute review lesson on the usages of the English simple…
Descriptors: Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, High School Students
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Tawalbeh, Ibrahim Z. – English Language Teaching, 2013
This study was conducted to investigate the influence of Colloquial Jordanian Arabic upon the use of negation and the definite article in English. The sample of the study consisted of 100 male and 100 female Jordanian 10th graders in the academic year 2011-2012. The students were randomly selected from public schools in the region of Karak-Jordan.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Mourssi, Anwar – English Language Teaching, 2012
Building on previous studies of cross-linguistic influence (CLI) on SLA, and principled criteria for confirming its existence in L2 data, an empirical study was run on 74 Arab learners of English (ALEs). A detailed analysis was made of interlanguage stages of the simple past tense forms in 222 written texts produced by ALEs in the classroom…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Arabs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Tabatabaei, Omid; Yakhabi, Masumeh – English Language Teaching, 2011
The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between morphological awareness and vocabulary knowledge of Iranian high school students. Nation's Vocabulary Level Test (VLT) was used to test students' knowledge of words drawn from the 2000, 3000 and 5000 most frequent occurring word families. Two morphological awareness tasks (a morpheme…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Vocabulary, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Dang, Trang Thi Doan; Nguyen, Huong Thu – English Language Teaching, 2013
Two approaches to grammar instruction are often discussed in the ESL literature: direct explicit grammar instruction (DEGI) (deduction) and indirect explicit grammar instruction (IEGI) (induction). This study aims to explore the effects of indirect explicit grammar instruction on EFL learners' mastery of English tenses. Ninety-four…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Khatib, Mohammad; Alizadeh, Mehrasa – English Language Teaching, 2012
EFL Learners often have problems using the past tense accurately. In an attempt to solve their problem, this study was carried out to examine the effects of using two different types of output tasks on noticing and learning the English past tense. Sixty female school-age EFL learners were divided into groups of 18, 19, and 23 participants. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning