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Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH)Vocabulary Learning Strategies (VLSs) are widely implemented in the learning of English as a second language (ESL). Hence, VLSs are helpful in aiding learners to develop their vocabulary effectively, not only in the classroom but also out-of-classroom, according to the learners' needs.
Azlina Abdul Aziz +1 more
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Teaching strategy use for oral communication tasks to ESL learners [PDF]
, 2004 This thesis investigates the effects of strategy training on ESL learners' strategy use and performance on oral communication tasks. Research into the teaching and learning of speaking in the ESL context is relatively neglected and strategy training is ...
Lam , Wendy Yuen-Kwan
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Interlanguage refusals : a cross-sectional study of Thai EFL learners' refusals in English [PDF]
, 2006 Using the speech act of refusals and formulaic language as focuses of analysis, this thesis aims to explore whether or not grammatical proficiency and development is distinct from pragmatic proficiency.
Kasemsin, Chirasiri
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The link between foreign language classroom anxiety, second language tolerance of ambiguity and self-rated English proficiency among Chinese learners [PDF]
, 2013 Previous research has suggested that high levels of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLCA) have a negative effect on foreign language learning (Horwitz, 2001; Lu & Liu, 2011) while moderate levels of Second Language Tolerance of Ambiguity (SLTA) are ...
Shan Ip, T., Dewaele, Jean-Marc
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English Language Teaching, 2021 The past few decades have seen a great amount of second language acquisition research on language learning strategies. Most of the research on strategy instruction had more practical goals than mere theoretical understanding. These practical goals are different ways of equipping learners with self-learning strategies.
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Do the language errors of ESL teachers affect their learners?
Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning, 2010 At the University of South Africa (Unisa), a large, open and distance education university in South Africa, the majority of the practising teachers who enrolled as students (henceforth referred to as teacher students) for the practical component of the ...
Nel, Norma, Swanepoel, Elana
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Some of the problems in first year students’ academic writing in some SADC Universities
Inkanyiso, 2009 There are many problems that confront English as a Second Language (ESL) learners in academic writing in some Southern African Development Community (SADC) universities.
M.V. Mpepo
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Bilingual Education and English Proficiency [PDF]
, 2013 In 2001, California instituted a statewide test measuring English proficiency for English learners, students who are not proficient in English. In 2003 and 2004, nearly 500,000 English learners in grades 1–5 took this test each year.
Jepsen, Christopher
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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ERROR CORRECTION DURING ORAL INTERACTION: EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES WITH ENGLISH L2 LEARNERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SAUDI ARABIA [PDF]
, 2012 The current classroom experiments examined the effects of two types of oral corrective feedback (CF), recast and metalinguistic information, during oral production tasks on the learning of English modals (will, can and must).
Faqeih, Haifaa
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Effects of Board Game on Speaking Ability of Low-proficiency ESL Learners
International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, 2016 ESL learners often experience anxiety and feel uncomfortable when speaking in the target language. This paper examines the anxiety level of polytechnic students when speaking English and the effects of board game on their speaking performance. The participants were selected from two intact classes which were randomly assigned into experimental and ...
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