‘It is empowering…’ Teachers’ voices on action research using Flanders' Interactional Analysis Categories (FIAC) for peer observation to improve teaching and learning of English la... by Dzakiria, Hisham, Mohamed, Abdul Halim, Hisham, Badrul, Malek, Zahril Anwar, Said, Shahrul Niza

“…This paper discusses the findings of a study that involves three ESL (English as a Second Language) teachers at Changlon Secondary School in Kedah Malaysia. …”
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First language influence on second language performance: A study of common English grammatical errors among rural secondary school students by Abu Bakar, Kesumawati, Abdul Hamid, Nor Zakiah, Mat Awal, Norsimah, Jalaluddin, Nor Hashimah

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Effect of Interventions to Facilitate Communication Between Families or Single Young People with Minority Language Background and Public Services: A Systematic Review by Sabine Wollscheid, Heather Menzies Munthe‐Kaas, Karianne Thune Hammerstrøm, Eamonn Noonan

“…One study compared the effect of two different training programs of English as a second language (ESL) on Spanish‐speaking parents' English skills and parents' involvement in children's school work. …”
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Utilization Of Strategic Thinking Skills in Sustaining And Maintaining Strategies In Language Learning Process by Najah, Osman

“…English as a second language has been learnt by all students in Malaysia throughout their years in schools and higher institutions. …”
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The Effects of Task Complexity on the Complexity of the Second Language Written Production by Umi Kalsom, Masrom, Nik Aloesnita, Nik Mohd Alwi, Nor Shidrah, Mat Daud

“…By means of an experimental design, 88 undergraduate English as a Second Language (ESL) students in a public Malaysian university were asked to perform different tasks manipulated along resource-directing (+/- causal reasoning demand) and resource-dispersing (+/- task structure) dimensions. …”
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The grammatical competence of university students: Importance versus performance using Rasch analysis by Fatimah, Ali, Noor Raha, Mohd Radzuan, Nor Suhardiliana, Sahar, Zuraina, Ali

“…In the context of learning English as a second language (ESL) in Malaysia, the environment outside the classroom unfortunately is not conducive for learners to acquire grammatical competence. …”
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Developing effective listening skills for oral group discussions by Wan Jumani, Fauzi, Ezihaslinda, Ngah, Noor Raha, Mohd Radzuan, Amy Zulaikha, Mohd Ali, Noor Azlinda, Zainal Abidin, Hazlina, Abdullah

“…In many higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world, group discussion is one of the popular English oral assessments for English as a Second Language (ESL) learners. It is usually conducted in a group of three or four students. …”
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Perceptions about English as second language teachers’ technology based English language teaching in Pakistan: Attitudes, uses of technology and challenges by Abbasi, Wajahat Taj, Ainol Haryati, Ibrahim, Fatimah, Ali

“…This study aims to find out the perceptions of English as a second language (henceforth, ESL) teachers’ attitudes towards the use of technology for teaching of English to the undergraduate students in Pakistan. …”
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A Bibliometric Analysis and Future Research Directions on Language and Literacy by Hazlina, Abdullah, Syadiyah, Abdul Shukor, Humaira, Raslie, Ezihaslinda, Ngah, Noryani Neni, Ahmad Jamain

“…The primary conclusion reveals that language and literacy can be considered a substantial field of research, and the most important themes identified are connected to five thematic clusters: (1) General development in language and literacy (2) Language and literacy in Early Childhood Education (ECE) (3) Language and literacy in English as a Second Language (ESL), (4) Issues in language and literacy and (5) Language and literacy for bilinguals. …”
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A survey of foot problems in community-dwelling older Greek Australians by Menz Hylton B, Frescos Nicoletta, Kaoulla Patricia

“…However, the characteristics of foot problems in older Australians for whom English is a second language have not been evaluated.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>One hundred and four community-dwelling people aged 64 to 90 years with disabling foot pain (according to the case definition of the Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index, or MFPDI) were recruited from four Greek elderly citizens clubs in Melbourne, Australia. …”
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String Kernel-Based Techniques for Native Language Identification by Vamshi Kumar Gurram, J. Sanil, V. S. Anoop, S. Asharaf

“…Experimental analyses are carried out using 8235 English as a second language articles from 10 different linguistic backgrounds from a typical NLP benchmark dataset. …”
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Language mapping in multilingual patients: Electrocorticography and cortical stimulation during naming by Mackenzie C Cervenka, Dana eBoatman-Reich, Julianna Ward, Piotr J Franaszczuk, Nathan eCrone

“…We studied four adult patients for whom English was a second language, in whom subdural electrodes (a total of 358) were implanted to guide epilepsy surgery. …”
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As naturalistic as it gets: Subtitles in the English classroom in Norway by Mila eVulchanova, Lisa Maria Grønn Aurstad, Ingrid Elisabeth Nufsfjord Kvitnes, Hendrik eEshuis

“…This study aimed to investigate both short-term and long-term effects of exposure to original English subtitles in the context of learning English as a second language in Norwegian upper secondary/high schools (Baltova, 1999). …”
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The Attitudes of Students from ESL and EFL Countries to English by Muhamad Hasbi

“…This research is to study the attitudes of English students from English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) country in English and Foreign Languages University (EFL University), Hyderabad to English. …”
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A Study On the Use of Collocations in Business Class Learners by Nazia Suleman, Sadia Deep, Hussain Othman, Ali Ahmed, Muhammad Zahid Abbas, Muhammad Zahid Nawaz, Uzma Nazar, Hina Shaheen

“…Previous studies have reported lack of collocational competence and difficulties among English as a second language (ESL) learners. However, collocation is crucial in second language acquisition. …”
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Electronic Portfolio: Reflective Project in a Community of Language Learners by Rita Zuba Prokopetz

“… In this article, I present my stance as an English as a second language (ESL) practitioner resulting from empirical observations of the development of eportfolio reflective projects by five groups of approximately 10-20 intermediate-level language learners in an online learning community during five iterations of the same course (February 2018-June 2020). …”
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Executive Functions Do Not Mediate Prospective Relations between Indices of Physical Activity and Academic Performance: The Active Smarter Kids (ASK) Study by Katrine N. Aadland, Yngvar Ommundsen, Eivind Aadland, Kolbjørn S. Brønnick, Kolbjørn S. Brønnick, Arne Lervåg, Arne Lervåg, Geir K. Resaland, Vegard F. Moe

“…Outcomes were performance on national tests of numeracy, reading, and English (as a second language). Generally, indices of physical activity did not predict executive function and academic performance. …”
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Can Use of Digital Technologies by People with Dementia Improve Self-Management and Social Participation? A Systematic Review of Effect Studies by David Neal, Floor van den Berg, Caroline Planting, Teake Ettema, Karin Dijkstra, Evelyn Finnema, Rose-Marie Dröes

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Linking student performance in Massachusetts elementary schools with the "greenness" of school surroundings using remote sensing. by Chih-Da Wu, Eileen McNeely, J G Cedeño-Laurent, Wen-Chi Pan, Gary Adamkiewicz, Francesca Dominici, Shih-Chun Candice Lung, Huey-Jen Su, John D Spengler

“…Researchers included test results from 2006 through 2012 in 905 public schools and adjusted for differences between schools in the final analysis according to race, gender, English as a second language (proxy for ethnicity and language facility), parent income, student-teacher ratio, and school attendance. …”
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Neoliberal Discourses and the Local Policy Implementation of an English Literacy and Civics Education Program by Dina López

“…It is within this socio-historical, political, and discursive space that adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classes are envisioned, developed, and implemented in various communities across the U.S. …”
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