Translation Tasks for Learning Collocations: Effects of Machine Translation plus Post-editing and Sight TranslationEnglish Teaching and Learning - Tập 45 - Trang 27-44 - 2020
Chia-chien Chang, Masaru Yamada
This study tested the effectiveness of employing translation tasks to enhance students’ use of collocations in spoken English. Two intact classes from a university in Taiwan participated in this study. Both classes first were taught a reading text with a focus on comprehension. Afterwards, while the control group had a free discussion on topics related to the reading, the experimental group comple...... hiện toàn bộ
Quality of Written Instructions in Teacher-Made Tests of English as a Foreign LanguageEnglish Teaching and Learning - Tập 46 - Trang 39-57 - 2021
Tatjana Glušac, Mira Milić
Test instructions inform learners how they should behave and proceed in a testing situation, what is expected from them, and how their answers will be assessed. Despite their impact on test performance, the available literature on foreign language test construction is lacking in regard to instructions. By reviewing the relevant contemporary literature, the authors compiled a list of six criteria (...... hiện toàn bộ
Metacognitive Strategy Instruction and Mobile-Based Exercises for Adolescent EFL Listeners in TaiwanEnglish Teaching and Learning - Tập 47 - Trang 241-262 - 2022
Yu-hsuan Hung, Chih-cheng Lin
Effectiveness studies regarding mobile integration in teaching and learning L2 listening have shown positive results in listening comprehension and in listening strategy development. The present study furthered this line of research by investigating whether metacognitive strategy instruction and mobile-based exercises could improve adolescent EFL learners’ listening abilities and metacognitive awa...... hiện toàn bộ
Music as a Mnemonic Device for Foreign Vocabulary LearningEnglish Teaching and Learning - Tập 44 - Trang 377-395 - 2020
I-Shan Jenny Chen
This study aims to explore the relationship between music and language learning—both processed in parts of the brain within proximity of each other. It is of value to determine whether it is beneficial to incorporate music when young EFL (English as a foreign language) learners acquire new vocabulary. Utilizing three age-appropriate songs from familiar cartoon movies, the groups of students underw...... hiện toàn bộ
Investment in Language Learning: an Investigation of Iranian EFL Learners’ PerspectivesEnglish Teaching and Learning - Tập 45 - Trang 263-281 - 2021
Nahid Soltanian, Zargham Ghapanchi
The qualitative study presented in this paper uses the construct of investment, developed by Norton from the mid-1990s, to interpret data obtained from English language learners in Iran. Through the qualitative analyses, it examines the underlying factors that affect Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ investment in learning English. Semi-structured interviews, which allowed for ...... hiện toàn bộ