TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Previous research demonstrated that communication anxiety reduces L2 learners' willingness to communicate and communication frequency, but left unexplored its impact on performance. The current mixed‐methods study investigated factors impacting L2 communication skills.
Debra M. Hardison
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The Impact of ESL Funding Restrictions on Student Academic Achievement [PDF]
ESL instruction is an important issue in Canada due to the large number of immigrants and has potentially impacts on both student academic progress and educational expenditures.
Cesar Furtado, Martin Dooley
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Applications of Universal Grammar (UG) in the EFL/ESL Classroom [PDF]
, 2005 The article proposes Stern's (1983) framework for classifying issues related to instruction in order to ascertain the relevance of Universal Grammar (UG) in the EFL/ESL classroom.
Kirkwold, Lorne O.
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Collocation Errors in the Written Essays of English Second/Foreign Language Learners: A Scoping Review [PDF]
Journal of Education and Learning TechnologyThis review aimed to synthesise research findings on collocation errors from written essays from learners of English as a Second/Foreign Language. Collocations are crucial for achieving natural and fluent language use. However, they are often challenging
Ndishunwani Vincent Demana +2 more
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Supporting Pathways into College and Careers: The Case of Adult Education ESL in Community Colleges
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Research has increasingly focused on the importance of college preparation and career and technical education (CTE) for multilingual learners (MLs), many of them classified as “English Learners,” in K‐12 schools. Less attention, however, has been paid to the collegiate and professional aspirations of another significant population of MLs in ...
Kylie A. Kenner +2 more
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An Integration of a Process Approach and Formative Assessment into the Development of Teaching and Learning of ESL Writing in a Malaysian University: A Sociocultural Perspective [PDF]
, 2014 A review of relevant literature indicates that assessment of students’ academic writing needs to include formative as well as summative feedback, especially when process approaches to the teaching of writing are adopted.
Hasim, Zuwati
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The Use of Written Corrective Feedback. A Survey of Written Response from Teachers to ESL Students in English A-Course Upper Secondary School [PDF]
, 2012 Teachers and the main body of researchers seem to be of the opinion that in order to learn as efficiently as possible we need to know when we fail and preferably how we can correct our errors; that we need to be given feedback to progress in our learning.
Lindqvist, Åsa
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International Journal of Educational Research OpenTechnical vocabulary acquisition holds paramount significance within academic and professional contexts. This research delves into the transformative potential of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL) in facilitating university students' mastery of ...
Niloufar Koleini +3 more
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Do I Talk Too Much in Class? A Quantitative Analysis of ESL Classroom Interaction
Okara: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra, 2019 Teacher-learner interaction in the classroom is dictated by how well the teacher manages classroom talk-time which has a direct influence on learner achievement in an ESL Classroom.
Kaukab Abid Azhar +2 more
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Using Virtual Exchange for Teaching BELF Pragmatics: Developing an Online Negotiation Activity
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Teaching Business English (BE) is experiencing a paradigm shift to reflect the communicative needs of the global workplace. With the majority of interactions in English now taking place among multilingual speakers, there are increasing calls to integrate perspectives of English as a business lingua franca (BELF) into English language and ...
Miya Komori‐Glatz +1 more
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