The importance of vocabulary is undeniable. EFL learners need sufficient lexicon in order to bea competitive speaker. Lots of strategies have been proposed. The concept of involvement loadwas first introduced by Hulstijn and Laufer (2001). They believed that deeper explanation oflexical information will result in better retention of them. The present study aimed at finding the...

<p>The aim of this research is to examine the effect grammar mastery on listening skills. Does someone’s affect his skills? If it does, what extent? To answer these questions, data, in a form test answers were collected from students taking IELTS Preparatory Class. The Listening section consists several types questions including gap completion, matching and multiple choice questions. focu...

Abstract Corpus tools are known to be effective in helping L2 learners improve their writing, especially regarding use of words. Most corpus-based writing research has focused on university students while little attention been paid secondary school students. This study investigated whether senior China, upon receiving training under the framework data-driven learning (DDL), could vocabulary use...

Researchers and scholars have been attracted by the idea of using integrated writing task along with independent writing task to best assess the EFL learners’ writing competence. This study was conducted to compare the writing performance of EFL students in integrated and independent writing tasks. It also aimed to find out if writing performance varies with task types. A number of thirty Irani...

Use of Clickers in classroom teaching and learning has become growingly popular in USA. This study aims to identify whether use of Clickers in college English class can improve learners’ English proficiency and enhance students’ awareness of metacognition compared with traditional multimedia aided pedagogy in Malaysian contexts. By comparing the data obtained from three questionnaires and an IE...