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Applying Computer-Mediated Active Learning Intervention to Improve L2 Listening Comprehension [PDF]

Applied Research on English Language, 2019
: This study aims to apply active learning in a foreign language context to improve L2 learners’ listening comprehension. Participants in this attempt were 56 EFL learners between 13 and 15 years old.
Parisa Abdolrezapour
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L2 writing: Using pictures as a guided writing environment [PDF]

, 1994
This article addresses the learning of second language (L2) writing skills to show how pictures can be used as an effective guided writing tool to facilitate students\u27 writing process and to improve their writing proficiency.
Lee, Lina
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Enhancing General and Academic L2 Writing Complexity Through Dialogue Journal Writing: The Role of Learners' Motivational Beliefs

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Writing is crucial in tertiary education, yet enhancing the complexity of academic writing presents significant challenges for second language (L2) learners. This study explores the potential of dialogue journal writing (DJW), an interactive and low‐stress classroom activity, to enhance writing complexity among novice L2 writers.
Barry Lee Reynolds, Xiaoke Bai, Brian V. Rusk   +2 more
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The effect of dynamic assessment models on L2 listening and speaking anxiety [PDF]

Journal of Language Horizons
Reducing anxiety in foreign language learning has long been a concern for many teachers. This study focused on exploring the effects of three dynamic assessment models on L2 speaking and listening anxiety.
Abbas Zarei, Elham Shishegarha
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Exploring the Relationship between Pronunciation Training and Listening Ability [PDF]

, 2019
This study was an attempt to examine the effect of pronunciation training on students’ listening ability. TOEIC listening scores of students who took a pronunciation training class for one-semester or two-semesters were compared with students who did not
Desrosiers, Lori Ann
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Language and anxiety: an ethnographic study of international postgraduate students [PDF]

This paper presents some findings from an ethnographic study of international postgraduate students at a university in the South of England, which involved interviews and participant observation over a twelve-month academic year.
Ackers J., Allen A., Ball S., Ballard B., Barker J., Bauman Z., Berry J., Blue G., Brewer J., Brumfit C., Cammish N., Carroll J., Carroll J., Chan D., Coelho G., Daymon C., Fetterman D., Furneaux C., Furnham A., Giddens A., Gudykunst W., Hall E., Hammersley M., Herskovits M., Hofstede G., Kim Y., Kramsch C., Lewins H., Lord P., Louie K., MacLeod D., Macrae M., Mason J., McLean P., Okorocha E., Pelletier C., Persaud R., Potter W.J., Ryan J., Ryan J., Schatzman L., Scollon R., Sharples S., Smith A., Smith L., Spradley J., Storti C., Tarone E., Taylor M., Taylor M., Todd E., Torbiorn I., Ward C., Ward C., Ward C., Warren C.   +55 more
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The Language Laboratory and Teaching English at the College Level in Japan [PDF]

, 1979
A recommendation made by the Central Council on Education inJapan states that in foreign language education the main concentrationshould be placed on the development of practical abilities.
Ikenra, Sadahiko, Itakur, Takeko, Izumi, Masuko   +2 more
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Does PAL work? An exploration of affect amongst First-year HE in FE students [PDF]

, 2019
The study evaluates a peer-assisted learning (PAL) scheme as an effective strategy in alleviating levels of negative emotions and, in the process, contributes to explorations of affect in first-year students in an HE in FE environment, with a particular ...
Bosmans, D, Thompson, RK, Young, E
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When First Nations Don't Count: H.V. Evatt and the Erasure of Palestinian Rights

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
As Minister for External Affairs in the Chifley Government, Herbert Vere Evatt played a pivotal role at the United Nations in securing the partition of Palestine and recognition of the State of Israel. These endeavours were represented by Evatt and in subsequent commentary as exemplifying Evatt's commitment to justice.
Jeff Rickertt
wiley   +1 more source

EFL students’ perception of the use of text-to-speech synthesis in pronunciation learning [PDF]

, 2012
English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners usually find speaking particularly challenging. One way to improve speaking skills in a foreign language is to speak with native speakers of the target language as often as possible. However this is not always
Chang, AHY, Kwan, ACM
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