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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Second Language Vocabulary Growth
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Webb, Stuart Alexander; Chang, Anna Ching-Shyang – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2012
The vocabulary knowledge of 166 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in Taiwan was measured annually over a five year period using a bilingual version of the Vocabulary Levels Test (VLT) (Nation, 1983, 1990; Schmitt, Schmitt, and Clapham, 2001). The five years of data collection involved English language instruction in high school and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Support for Foreign Language Listeners: Its Effectiveness and Limitations
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Chang, Anna Ching-Shyang; Read, John – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2007
The assessment of listening comprehension in a second language has received relatively little attention until recently. This study investigated the effectiveness of providing different types of listening support for learners in a foreign language environment with a low level of English proficiency. The research was conducted with 140 students…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Listening Comprehension Tests, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)