EFL university students

In this study, the efficacy of educational technology tools in enhancing speaking skills was explored through a quasi-experimental design involving 84 IT freshmen. Employing tools such as FORVO (FV), YouGlish (YG), and Oxford Advanced Learners' Dictionary (OALD) 8th edition, the research compared the speaking abilities of students using these technologies (experimental group) against those taught through traditional methods (control group).

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Discovering an imagined identity and investment in teaching competency development of English as a Foreign Language studentteachers has gradually become one of the most significant issues in English language teaching field. The study aims to unravel imagined identity and the extent of investment in developing teaching competency of English as a Foreign Language student-teachers at a university in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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By the aim to enhance the listening skills of EFL freshmen, an experiment was conducted using cartoons with thirty-five first-year students in an experimental group, compared to a control group, through pre-tests and post-tests. The intervention took place over five weeks during the first semester of the 2022-2023 school year, utilizing ten cartoons as research tools.

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This study aims to report on an investigation into Dong Nai University EFL students' beliefs and practices of autonomous learning. The study was carried out for 6 weeks in the first semester of school year 2023-2024 at Dong Nai University, Vietnam. The research employed a quantitative method by using a questionnaire to gather data from 80 English-majored students.

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This study aimed to determine the effects of self-questioning on pre-intermediate EFL students’ reading comprehension and explore their perceptions of learning to read with self-questioning. A quasi-experimental design was carried out among two groups of sixty-eight Vietnamese pre-intermediate students over a nine-week reading course using self-questioning and teacher-posed questions.

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The roles of the teacher and students in online language classes have been a well-researched area, yielding various insights into the potentials of online technologies and the need for a consideration of redefining classroom roles. Drawing on a case study, for particularities, this paper presents the results of an exploratory investigation into the development of classroom roles in an EFL Listening class integrating online technologies at a university.

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EFL university teachers' emotions are likely to be influenced by students’ behaviours in the classroom. Thus, practicing emotion regulation is considered to support teachers to achieve their professional objectives and effective teaching. In this case study, the negative emotions associated with classroom teaching experienced by an EFL university lecturer due to students’ behaviors were video recorded.

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The findings of this research indicate that students use a wide variety of strategies in their reading of English texts after receiving the intervention. Accordingly, reading strategy instruction should be taken into greater consideration by both EFL teachers and students so as to purposely activate and strengthen these strategic reading tools for students’ life-long learning.

16p vistarlord 15-06-2023 2 1   Download

This study aims to explore the role of dictation as a technique in developing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ listening and: to investigate whether the use of dictation as a technique is useful in developing students listening or not. In addition to find out how students would respond to dictation as a teaching technique and to attract teachers’ attention towards the effectiveness of dictation as a technique in improving listening ability.

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The current study adopted sociocultural discourse analysis framework to analyze scaffolding in verbal interaction in EFL university classes. The students were learning English from a prescribed textbook. Recorded talks of these students and their teachers in their natural classroom settings were sequenced to explore the role of scaffolding.

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Teacher talk plays a very important role in English language teaching and learning. This study aimed to investigate the attitudes of first year EFL students towards teacher talk in English speaking classes at a university. It also examined how teacher talk was actually carried out in these classes.

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The second aim of the study was to find out the correlation between students’ MI scores and their vocabulary learning strategy use. Before analyzing the correlation, it was found that Intrapersonal intelligence was the most dominant type among participants, while Mathematical Intelligence was the least used one. Pearson correlation was performed to see the potential relation between two variables.

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The present study sets out with three main aims. First, it aims to understand how Vietnamese EFL teachers perceive LA and express it in their teaching practice. Second, it explores students’ understanding of LA and the ways they learn English autonomously. Lastly, it investigates the relationship between the EFL teachers’ and the EFL students’ perceptions and practices of LA.

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In order to understand the processes that are involved in language acquisition in synchronous online discussions and to ascertain their potential benefits, research must be grounded on socio-cultural theory (SCT) and second language acquisition (SLA) theories.

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The present study was conducted with 20 English-asa-foreign-language (EFL) teachers at Dong Thap University, Vietnam through interviews. The findings showed that the teachers had positive understandingsof the related aspects and levels of learner autonomy. In practice, they made significant attempts to cultivate students’ autonomy.

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This paper presents an analysis of the data collected in an investigation into students‟ perception and opinions on teaching intercultural competence to EFL students in classes of American culture at Hue University of Foreign Languages.

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This is a diagnostic test to evaluable students, comprehension of the course content. The course is a semester-long EFL class which runs three hours per week. It consists of 20~25 university students from common culture background.

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