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Kim, Na-Young – English Teaching, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine the impacts of AI-integrated MALL on Korean students' TOEIC preparation, by comparing with AI-integrated CALL. A total of 496 freshmen students participated in this study. They were arbitrarily assigned to AI CALL (n = 190), AI MALL (n = 164), and the control (n = 132) groups. During a 2021 academic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Test Preparation
Liao, Hung-Chang; Li, Yi-Chang; Wang, Ya-huei – SAGE Open, 2019
The study proposed an optimal cooperative learning grouping technique to facilitate medical university students' English learning process, considering their complementary competencies. A quasi-experimental design was adopted to evaluate the feasibility of using the grouping technique. TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) pretest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Medical Students
Clancy, Glen – TESOL International Journal, 2018
The use of first languages (L1) in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom in Japanese universities is often a source of robust debate. In recent years, there has been an increase in counterarguments against the L2 monolingual EFL classroom and a strengthening of support for L1 usage. This study examines the views of students receiving…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes
Lee, Jang Ho; Lee, Hansol – Language Awareness, 2023
As digital technology is becoming an increasingly critical component of education, learners' socioeconomic status (SES) and technology use are becoming more important in their learning. In the context of English learning, the present study modeled how learners' SES and their perception of technology use for language learning are linked to their…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Shih, Hui-chia Judy; Huang, Sheng-hui Cindy – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
This study examines EFL students' metacognitive strategy use in a university flipped classroom and the underlying factors of metacognitive strategy use. The participants in our study were students enrolled in an elective English course at a university in Taiwan, where they had to watch online course videos outside of class and participate in…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Strategies, College Students, English (Second Language)
Joyce, Paul – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2018
This article investigates the relative effectiveness of online and paper-based formative assessment in the learning of English as a second language. For this study, 74 Japanese university second language (L2) students took online quizzes, while 71 were given paper-based quizzes to complete. The quiz content was drawn from learning material found…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Homework, Language Proficiency
Chang, Bok-Myung – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2018
This article is based on a Cross-Cultural Distance Learning (CCDL) model between university students in Korea and Japan during the 1st semester of 2016 and this lesson model consists of synchronous and asynchronous CMC activities focusing on the interactions between non-native speakers of English. This article shows that EFL learners in Korea can…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, College Students, Educational Technology
Self-Regulation and Self-Efficacy for the Improvement of Listening Proficiency outside the Classroom
Yabukoshi, Tomoko – Language Learning Journal, 2021
This paper reports on a qualitative inquiry into Japanese students' self-regulated learning processes to improve their listening proficiency outside the classroom in an English as a foreign language context. Four Japanese university students with different levels of self-efficacy and listening outcomes were closely examined from a social cognitive…
Descriptors: Self Management, Self Efficacy, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Listening Skills
Judy Shih, Hui-chia; Huang, Sheng-hui Cindy – Interactive Learning Environments, 2022
This study adopts a qualitative method in comparing EFL students' development of metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive strategy use in a university flipped classroom, as opposed to a regular classroom context. A total of 8 students (4 from each class) were each interviewed twice, once at the beginning and again at the end of the semester, in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Metacognition, Flipped Classroom
Ebrahimi, Alireza Barouni – International Journal of English Studies, 2021
Derivational knowledge is associated with writing and speaking skills. These skills are essential for EFL students who express themselves in oral presentations or written assignments. Therefore, diagnostic measurement of productive derivational knowledge is of vital importance, especially in regard to the most frequent 1,000 word families that…
Descriptors: Word Frequency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Aizawa, Ikuya; Rose, Heath; Thompson, Gene; Curle, Samantha – Language Teaching Research, 2023
This article examines the relationship between Japanese undergraduate students' English language proficiency and English language-related challenges faced when studying an international business course through English. It also examines English language proficiency thresholds students need to reach in each academic skill (i.e. reading, listening,…
Descriptors: Japanese, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Keegan, Kelly – English Teaching Forum, 2019
As a teacher of an intensive class for college-level students that focuses on learning the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) vocabulary, Kelly Keegan wanted to create and play vocabulary-review games that encourage flexibility and spontaneity in authentic contexts. This article describes how she created games that give…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Creativity, Language Usage
Dony Marzuki – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2023
This study investigated the effects of two types of classroom instructions on EFL learners' oral proficiency by implementing teachers' judgment. Two intact classes of EFL university students studied a compulsory subject of their department under two different types of classroom instruction. The first group of students was trained with explicit…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Taladngoen, Unaree; Pratumtone, Kannika; Thong-ngamkham, Tonghathai; Palawatwichai, Naruporn; Rakprang, Kwankamon; Thapkrathok, Maypreeya – THAITESOL Journal, 2023
Needs analysis is a critical step to undertake when executing the design and development of a course. This quantitative research aimed to investigate the engineering students' reasons for taking the TOEIC Listening and Reading Test and their needs for English language preparation for taking the test. The participants were 83 voluntary and…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Tests
Ching-Ni Hsieh – ETS Research Report Series, 2023
Research in validity suggests that stakeholders' interpretation and use of test results should be an aspect of validity. Claims about the meaningfulness of test score interpretations and consequences of test use should be backed by evidence that stakeholders understand the definition of the construct assessed and the score report information. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Language Tests