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English vocabulary instruction through storybook reading for Chinese EFL kindergarteners: Comparing rich, embedded, and incidental approaches

, 2016
Vocabulary is important for both reading and achievement outcomes. To date, there has been a lack of research examining the effects of vocabulary instruction within a storybook reading context for young Chinese children who learn English-as-a-foreign ...
Ng, Mei Lee, King, Ronnel B., Yeung, Susanna S.   +2 more
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The Effect of Listening Strategy Intervention on the Development of Young Learners’ L2 Listening Skills

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The impact of strategy intervention on second language (L2) listening development has been explored in various contexts; however, research on both implicit and explicit listening strategy interventions for young learners remains limited.
Pelin Irgin, Munevver Ilgun‐Dibek
wiley   +1 more source

The subtle power of nonverbal communication in EFL classrooms: An observational study on teachers' gestures and students' comprehension

Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics
Nonverbal communication, particularly teacher gestures, is important in improving comprehension, engagement, and participation in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms.
Mohammad Al-khresheh
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Implementing Collaborative Writing in Chinese EFL Classrooms: Voices From Tertiary Teachers. [PDF]

Front Psychol, 2021
Zheng Y, Yu S, Lee I.
europepmc   +1 more source

How teacher questioning behaviours assist and affect language teaching and learning in EFL classrooms in Taiwan [PDF]

This study examined classroom questioning with a socio-cultural theoretical framework to gain a better understanding of how teacher questioning operates as a pedagogical and learning tool in English classroom settings in Taiwan.
Chang, Fang-yu
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Language Mindset and Discipline Mindset Both Matter: Exploring the Effect of Growth Mindset on Motivation and Willingness to Communicate in EMI Higher Education

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In English medium instruction (EMI), students face cognitive and emotional demands in second language (L2) communication, which may hamper their motivation and willingness to communicate (WTC). Adopting a mixed‐methods design, this study explores how growth mindsets affected student motivation (e.g., ideal L2 self and ideal disciplinary self ...
Pengzhan Yang, Yuqing Wang, Wenqian Huang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

POETRY IN EFL CLASSROOM

TELL-US JOURNAL, 2017
Literature is considered as a promoting tool for language learning purposes.  Literature can be used to foster students motivation to read and write in order to achieve their academic proficiency. Poetry as a part of literature has affirmed that literature has a great deal in developed students’ literacy competence.
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Promoting Foreign Language Enjoyment Through Displaying Affiliation in Collaborative Digital Multimodal Composing in Hong Kong ESL Classrooms: Insights From Translanguaging and Transpositioning Perspectives

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Studies on classroom interactions suggest that displaying affiliation through linguistic and multimodal resources could promote positive emotions like enjoyment, thereby enhancing engagement and enthusiasm in second/foreign language learning.
Karen C. K. Choi, Kevin W. H. Tai
wiley   +1 more source

THE USE OF MOTHER TONGUE IN EFL CLASSROOMS WITH YOUNG ENGLISH LEARNERS IN KORÇA, ALBANIA [PDF]

Diversitate si Identitate Culturala in Europa, 2015
The aim of this article is to show to what extent English teachers speak the MT (Albanian) in the EFL classrooms when they teach Young English Learners in a public school in Korça, Albania. To achieve this, the researcher analyzed the data collected from
Dorela KAÇAUNI KONOMI
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Promoting social justice through dramatizing children’s literature: Lessons from EFL classrooms in Türkiye [PDF]

Social justice language education (SJLE) explores the ways in which language classrooms can be transformed to disrupt the existing oppressive policies and practices in schools and the society at large (Ortaçtepe Hart & Martel, 2020; Ortaçtepe Hart ...
Yılmaz, Adnan, Ortactepe Hart, Deniz, Sönmez, Necati, Hart, Deniz Ortaçtepe   +3 more
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