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Michael Barcomb; Walcir Cardoso – CALICO Journal, 2020
This one-group quasi-experimental study aimed to determine the effectiveness of using a gamified course management system with points, badges (and consequently competition) to facilitate the development of English phonology in a foreign language context in Japan. To implement this idea, we focused on the acquisition of English segments /r/ and /l/…
Descriptors: Management Systems, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Russak, Susie; Kahn-Horwitz, Janina – Journal of Research in Reading, 2015
This study examined English as a foreign language (EFL) spelling development amongst 233 fifth-grade, eighth-grade and 10th-grade Hebrew first-language speakers to examine effects of English orthographic exposure on spelling. Good and poor speller differences were examined regarding the acquisition of novel phonemes (/ae/, /?/ and /?/) and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Spelling, Grade 5, Grade 8
Wu, Yi-Chieh – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of linguistic knowledge in spelling by analyzing spelling errors made by 220 students in the fourth, fifth, and seventh grades. A 25-word researcher-designed spelling test with considerations of word frequency, word familiarity, and word type (based on morphological complexity) was administered.…
Descriptors: Spelling, Profiles, Phonology, Morphology (Languages)