This research study was undertaken to address questions and concerns about the language teaching textbook as regards to its role in input, feedback, and production of learner output. Specifically, it investigates whether literature-based reading texts generate different interact…
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Research in cognitive psychology has shown a particularly strong association between phonological working memory-usually indexed by some version of a nonword repetition task-and both first language (L1) and second language (L2) vocabulary acquisition in children (e.g., Gathercol…
Writing apprehension has always been considered a serious obstacle for L1 and L2 teachers and students alike and, in most cases, it could impede students' language learning. Accordingly, a considerable number of students develop a great concern about and negative attitudes towar…
This study addressed the role of talker variability in the perception of nonnative contrastive phonemes by adult second language (L2) learners who had no prior knowledge with the target language. Specifically, the study explored how training with varying talkers could affect nat…
The purpose of the present dissertation is to derive the criteria/dimensions underlying learners' second language (L2) oral ability scores across three tasks: an oral interview, a narration, and a read-aloud. A stimulus tape of 18 speech samples was presented to three native spe…
The purpose of this study is to explore some effects of language and cultural distance (including transfer) on the acquisition and production of lexical items in second/foreign language. This study investigates lexical/semantic output of learners of English as a second language …
This qualitative study explored, through a process of elicitation of awareness for teachability, the metacognitive strategies that fifth-grade elementary monolingual English-speaking students in a dual English and Hebrew language program are using in reading comprehension in the…
It has been noted in English as a Second Language (ESL) classrooms that word identification is essential in reading comprehension. However, Arabic ESL learners exhibit a particular difficulty in word recognition (Hayes-Harb, 2006). This difficulty could be attributed to the idio…
This action research deals with the NETA Hebrew language program and language learning disabled students' ability to answer inference and recall questions. The study was conducted in Orthodox and Conservative Jewish day schools in the New York Metropolitan area. Sixty seven stud…
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of multimedia as a delivery tool for enhancing vocabulary in second-language classrooms. The mixed method design focused on specific techniques to help students acquire Spanish vocabulary and communication skills. The theoretic…
The field of SLA has witnessed recently an increased effort in operationalizing and measuring attention and awareness through the use of concurrent verbal reports (think-aloud protocols); however, the argument that the provision of these reports poses an additional task or alter…
The study sought to provide evidence regarding the pedagogic value of communicative tasks in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) setting. Previous research suggests that communicative tasks can provide conditions and promote processes which facilitate second language (L2) lea…
This study examined a contemporary issue in second language (L2) learning: the use of a student's first language (L1) as part of the L2 instructional design. Specifically, this research studied if the inclusion of students' L1 in an ESL (English as a second language) class led t…
There have been a limited number of studies regarding Jewish adolescents and their motivations for pursuing further Jewish education and training once they have completed b'nai mitzvah. Furthermore, related studies have focused primarily on American and Israeli populations where…
This study attempts to investigate the views of three groups of Saudi ESL and EFL learners (total = 100) toward some pedagogical issues related to native and nonnative English-speaking teachers. Specifically, it seeks to focus on participants' perceptions and beliefs regarding t…
This qualitative case study sought to gain deeper understanding of the role the writing process approach played in developing the writing ability of five fifth grade Saudi Arabian students when writing in English as a second language. The study extended for five months in a Midw…
Recent studies in spatial description have shown that all cultures do not perceive and talk about space in the same way. This study examines the speech event of giving directions and is based on 118 samples of audiotaped second-language second language (L2) English direction giv…
Research that focuses on the relationship between individual differences and learning exists (i.e., Dornyei, 2005; Ehrman & Oxford, 1995; Gardner, 1985). Yet, only one study (Verhoeven & Vermeer, 2002) has explored the relationship between personality, when operationalized at th…
This study investigates the use of word formation processes in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) by adult L2 learners of mainly English-speaking background. Forty-four L2 learners, and 40 native speakers of Arabic took part in this study, and performed three tasks (a production task …