English Language Learners

Many students in Malaysia fail to acquire English as a second/foreign language (ESL/EFL) despite having received instruction in the language for 12 years, from elementary to high school. Research indicates that demotivation is a major cause of language learning failure in many E…

The number of refugees from Africa seeking asylum in Israel has recently skyrocketed, raising issues as to how to integrate them into Israeli society. Education is one of the mediums being used to encourage the cultural integration and inclusion of the refugees into Israeli soci…

This study inspects whether stressless heavy syllables in English words affect main (primary) stress perception of Adult Saudi learners of English. With the use of 48 two-, three-, and four-syllable nonce words that correspond to the phonotactics of English and have only one hea…

The main goal of this study was to interview Arabic women students at Spring International Language Center to record their perceptions, rationale, goals, stories, and opinions about learning English in a U.S. language school. This research was conducted to understand the purpose…

Research Question. In what ways will providing a specific set of phonemic awareness activities such as sound blending, segmenting, and rhyming help my kindergarten students understand an early component to reading? Research Activities. This study explores the effectiveness of ph…