Incidental and intentional learning of vocabulary among young ESL learners by Meganathan, Pavani Malaa, Yap, Ngee Thai, Paramasivam, Shamala, Jalaluddin, Ilyana

“…Developing a rich vocabulary repertoire in English is an essential achievement for young learners acquiring English as a second language (ESL) as having a strong word knowledge base supports the development of the four language skills in the second language. …”
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English language teachers' perceived difficulty of english skills faced by ESL learners by Rajab, Azizah, Mohamad Nor, Faizah, Mazlan, Mohamad Hafizuddin

“…Many ESL (English as a Second Language) learners are aware of the importance of having good English language proficiency. …”

Primary ESL teachers in using ICT to teach English during covid-19: challenges and strategies by Tambiras, Panimalar

“…Hence, the current study aims to investigate the challenges encountered by English as A Second Language (ESL) teachers in implementing online lessons. …”
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Accent identification of Malaysian and Nigerian English based on acoustic features by Atanda, Abdulwahab F., Mohd Yusof, Shahrul Azmi, Husni, Husniza

“…Purpose - This paper studies acoustics features of energy, pitch and formants of Malaysian and Nigerian English vowels with the aim of effective accents identification using multi liner regression (MLR) and linear discriminant analysis (LDA) classifiers for performance improvement of ASR when exposed to accented speech.Accent being a foremost source of ASR performance degradation has received a great attention from ASR researchers.Majority of ASR applications were developed with native English speakers speech samples without considering fact that most of its potential users speaks English as a second language with a marked accent, hence its poor performance when exposed to accented speech. …”
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Assessing grit and well-being of Malaysian ESL teachers: Aplication of the Perma Model by Shanmugam, Punithan, Hidayat, Riyan

“…Thus, this study (1) examined the influence of PERMA on the well-being and grit of Malaysian teachers of English as a second language (ESL); and (2) analyzed the mediating impact of positive emotion in the relationship between grit and well-being. …”
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Exploring the role of social and cultural factors in English language learning by Krishnasamy, Hariharan N.

“…In 1991, Malaysia launched the Vision 2020 agenda to create a time frame for achieving the status of a developed nation.English is considered an integral part of the Malaysian development process.In this regard, English language teaching and learning as a second language is a major national concern.However, the challenges of learning English as a second language are manifold, especially for secondary students from the lower socio-economic strata who live in rural communities.To date, an understanding of these challenges is generally confined to an individualist perspective.The argument in this research project is that a cognitive approach to second language learning whilst necessary is insufficient to significantly improve ESL outcomes for disadvantaged social groups in Malaysia.Thus, this research project presents evidence to support an innovative sociolinguistic paradigm for understanding the process of English language acquisition among Malaysian rural schoolchildren.This paradigm foregrounds the role of students’ environment for understanding, and responding successfully to, problems of underachievement in English by students from disadvantaged social groups in the classroom. …”
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The Role of Construction Similarity and Verb Tense on the Construction of Integrated Syntactic Representations in Bilinguals by Soroush Hakimi, Mehdi Purmohammad, Mohaddese Hakimi

“…Bilingual speakers aged 18 to 40 years (mean= 23 years old) fluent in Persian (as a mother tongue) and English (as a second language) attended in this study. We used the cross-language syntactic priming paradigm. …”
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Assessment of medical resident's attention to the health literacy level of newly admitted patients by Cecile Karsenty, Michael Landau, Robert Ferguson

“…We also intended to evaluate whether residents for whom English is a second language (ESL residents) communicate less effectively. …”
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USING THE FLIPPED CLASSROOM MODEL TO ENHANCE ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILLS THROUGH DIGITAL STORYTELLING by Laeli Nuriyah

“…FCM's use of digital storytelling to educate and learn English as a second language ultimately improves students' speaking abilities. …”
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Evaluating the college of Education Program in Iraq-Baghdad and Italy-Florence in terms of ESL and TESOL Standards by Bushra Alnoori

“…This study is an attempt to evaluate the College of Education Programs in Baghdad (Iraq) and the Department of Sciences of Education and Psychology in Florence (Italy) in terms of ESL (English as a Second Language) and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) standards. …”
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La motivación diversa como recurso didáctico en el aula de inglés (L2) by María Gemma Sánchez González

“…Diverse motivation as a didactic resource in the teaching of English as a second language (L2) Abstract In the instruction of a second language, motivation does actually play a fundamental role as an educational resource as to facilitate teaching for teachers and learning processes for students. …”
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An Acoustic Way to Support Japanese Children’s Effective English Learning in School Classrooms by Naoko Evans, Miki Kaneko, Ivan Seleznov, Taiki Shigematsu, Ken Kiyono

“…To date, the failure of educating English as a second language at Japanese schools has been demonstrated by poor English conversation ability of those who completed a compulsory six-year English language course at Japanese junior-high and high schools (age 12–18). …”
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Language learning, motivation, and well-being in later life by Mara van der Ploeg, Merel Keijzer, Wander Lowie

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Teaching English as a foreign language in accordance with Social-constructivist pedagogy / Enseñar inglés como lengua extranjera en consonancia con la pedagogía socio-constructiv... by Luis S. Villacañas de Castro

“…After this obstacle is identified and some potential solutions are discarded, the article resorts to some of the didactic advances developed in the field of English as a second language (ESL) teaching during the last two decades, since the latter has remained more attentive to the conflictive nature of social interactions than any other area in English Learning (EL). …”
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Promoting EFL Learner Autonomy in a Teacher-Centered Culture through Video-Sharing and Collaborating in Online Forums by Roger Edwards, María Daniela Holguín-Barrera, Ana Cristina Ortiz, Mariela Pérez

“…El desarrollo de la autonomía del estudiante de inglés como lengua extranjera en una cultura enfocada en el profesor, por medio de videos y foros compartidos en línea Promover a autonomia do estudante de inglês como língua estrangeira em uma cultura centrada no professor compartilhando vídeos e colaborando em fóruns on-line This action research was undertaken at a university language center in Ambato, Ecuador, as a result of concerns over the high level of teacher dependence among learners of English as a Second Language (EFL). The project aimed at assessing the development of autonomous learning behavior and the motivational impact of student collaboration on encouraging a change in student behavior toward autonomy. …”
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Digital storytelling in teacher education: A meaningful way of integrating ICT in ESL teaching by Fredrik Mørk Røkenes

“…Nøkkelord: profesjonsfaglig digital kompetanse, digitale fortellinger, lærer-studenter, lærerutdannere, lærerutdanning, engelsk fagdidaktikk Abstract The purpose of this study is to examine how the use of digital storytelling (DST) in teacher education can help develop digital competence in secondary school English as a second language (ESL) student teachers, and promote the innovative use of information and communications technology (ICT) in ESL teaching. …”
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Second language learning from a multilingual perspective by Berzak, Yevgeni

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A study on english teachers’ perceptions towards the use of augmented reality (AR) in secondary school ESL classroom / Mohd Sufi Amin Salmee. by Salmee, Mohd Sufi Amin

“…In meeting the needs of the new generation of learners, the idea of implementing the use of new technology such as Augmented Reality (AR) in English as a Second Language (ESL) classrooms can be a step towards refining the teaching and learning atmosphere. …”
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Assessing cultural awareness in reading texts at a university in Libya by Albakoush, Khalefa Alsadek

“…Thesis (Ph.D (Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)))…”
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Patterns of lecturing style and interactiveness in science and engineering lectures by Askarizadeh, Amin

“…Thesis (Ph.D (Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)))…”
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