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Communicative Language Teaching in CEFR-Based English Learning

Journal of English Education and Teaching
The objective of this study is to evaluate and enhance the effectiveness of Communicative Language Teaching in the context of CEFR-based English language learning.
Eliza Trimadona, Shynta Amalia, Mayang Sastra Sumardi, Aryawira Pratama, Vioni Saputri   +4 more
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Issues on the initial impact of CEFR in Thailand and the region

Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2019
This paper outlines the revised version of the Common European Framework of Reference Languages: Learning, Teaching and Assessment (CEFR, 2018), followed by the Frameworks of Reference for English Language Education in Thailand (FRELE-TH). The approaches
Joseph Foley
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EFL Learners’ Receptive Vocabulary Size and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Estimates Across Levels

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR) is widely used as a reference for language teaching and learning. However, providing vocabulary size (VS) estimates is beyond the CEFR's original aim. Previous research has also shown that learners’ receptive VS is related to overall proficiency and to the four language skills ...
Ferran Gesa
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Vocabulary Characteristics Across Nine Music Genres: A Corpus-Based Study for Vocabulary Learning

Studies in English Language and Education
The use of music for vocabulary learning has been extensively researched, yet there remains a gap in studies focusing on vocabulary across different music genres. This study aims to examine the vocabulary characteristics of nine music genres.
Nonthawat Nonthasen, Sinaphat Samakketwit, Patsarapa Srisompak, Piyapong Laosrirattanachai   +3 more
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Seeing the Speaker's Face Enhances Second Language Shadowing: Neural and Behavioral Evidence

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study investigated how facial cues influence second language (L2) shadowing among 42 Japanese learners of English. Participants completed four conditions that varied by task type (listening vs. shadowing) and visual input (face vs. mosaic).
Hyeonjeong Jeong, Shuhei Kadota, Mayumi Kajiura, Hiroshi Nakanishi, Koji Kazai, Mariko Kawasaki, Yoko Nakano, Naoya Hase   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pengembangan Instrumen Evaluasi Tarkib

Rayah Al-Islam
This study is motivated by the dominance of conventional tarkib (Arabic grammar) tests that emphasise rule memorisation and iʿrāb analysis, so they do not yet reflect learners’ ability to use sentence structures communicatively.
Abdul Malik Fajarudin, Fatimah Azzahra Putri, Raswan, Ubaid Ridho   +3 more
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Vocabulary Opens the Door; Creativity Guides the Search: Complementary Contributions to Second Language Semantic Fluency Across Domains

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Semantic fluency, the ability to retrieve words within a category, relies on lexical knowledge, semantic memory and executive control mechanisms. A richer, interconnected semantic memory and optimal executive control, as seen in creative individuals, enhance fluency through broad associative searches and quicker access to remote concepts ...
Almudena Fernández‐Fontecha
wiley   +1 more source

Zusammenfassen in der Fremdsprache: Arten von Zusammenfassungen, Methoden des Resümierens, modifizierte Referenzskala für die Fertigkeit „Texte verarbeiten“

Studia Linguistica
Summarising is not only an important academic skill. Research confirms, however, that the level of summarising in a foreign language is unsatisfactory. The reason for this is that people do not know the summarising strategy and the types of summaries.
Jan Iluk
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Testing and Assessing English Word-Formation

Romanian Journal of English Studies, 2014
The paper discusses the testing/assessment of word-formation skills in thresholdlevel (B1) learners. To determine the suitability and use of productive gap-fill exercises at this level, an example of a word-formation exercise is addressed from the ...
Stopar Andrej
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Vocabulary and Processing Speed Explain Reading and Writing Disparities Between Linguistic Groups in Higher Education

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Selective admissions at universities in the United Kingdom aim to ensure a baseline language competence, yet, despite persistent achievement disparities across linguistic backgrounds, systematic comparisons of linguistic skills underpinning academic success remain rare.
Justyna Mackiewicz, Danijela Trenkic
wiley   +1 more source