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491. Rivers, D.J. (2010). An exploration of on-task language policy and student satisfaction, ELT Journal, 64(3): 261-271, doi:10.1093/elt/ccp058
Location:
Japan
Type of subjects/data: students
No. of subjects/data: 94
Instruments: Task/ activity, Questionnaire
Method of analysis: responses to the questionnaire were analysed: frequencies, percentage
Other aspects:
Research design:
Survey research
Level of detail: Low

Keywords:
language policy, attitudes, language learning environment


492. Nurmukhamedov, U. & Kim, S.H. (2010). ‘Would you perhaps consider …’: hedged comments in ESL writing, ELT Journal, 64(3): 272-282, doi:10.1093/elt/ccp063
Location:
United States
Type of subjects/data: students
No. of subjects/data: 10
Instruments: Essay, Stimulated recall
Method of analysis: - teachers' comments from drafts of essays were analysed
- the comments were categorised into four types
- frequencies and percentages of comments and revision types were calculated
Other aspects: triangulation of data collection
Research design:
Exploratory research
Level of detail: High

Keywords:
written feedback, commentary types, writing, hedging comments


493. Lee, W. & Ng, S. (2010). Reducing student reticence through teacher interaction strategy, ELT Journal, 64(3): 302-313, doi:10.1093/elt/ccp080
Location:
Hong Kong
Type of subjects/data: students, teachers
No. of subjects/data: 20, 2
Instruments: Observation, Video recordings
Method of analysis: - vdo records of the classroom interaction were analysed for factors causing reticence in the classrooms
Other aspects: types of teacher interaction strategy
Research design:
Level of detail: Low

Keywords:
reticence, willingness to communicate, teacher interaction strategy


494. Bhattacharya, A. & Chauhan, K. (2010). Augmenting learner autonomy through blogging, ELT Journal, 64(4): 376-384, doi:10.1093/elt/ccq002
Location:
India
Type of subjects/data: students
No. of subjects/data: 35
Instruments: Task/ activity, Questionnaire, Journal/diary, Interview
Method of analysis: - learners' journals were analysed focusing on the four sub-categories of autonomy
- interviews were transcribed and analysed
Other aspects:
Research design:
Level of detail: Low

Keywords:
blogging, autonomy


495. Baleghizadeh, S. (2010). The effect of pair work on a word-building task, ELT Journal, 64(4): 405-413, doi:10.1093/elt/ccp097
Location:
Iran
Type of subjects/data: students
No. of subjects/data: 40
Instruments: Task/ activity
Method of analysis: scores of the experimental and control groups were compared using t-test
Other aspects:
Research design:
Quasi-experimental research
Level of detail: Low

Keywords:
pair work, word-building task, collaborative learning, form-focused task


496. Ghanizadeh, A. & Moafian, F. (2010). The role of EFL teachers’ emotional intelligence in their success, ELT Journal, 64(4): 424-435, doi:10.1093/elt/ccp084
Location:
Iran
Type of subjects/data: teachers, students
No. of subjects/data: 89, 826
Instruments: Test, Questionnaire
Method of analysis: - descriptive statistics
- Pearson's correlation
- regression analysis
Other aspects: measuring EI
Research design:
Level of detail: Low

Keywords:
emotional intelligence, EI, EQ


497. Mercer, S. & Ryan, S. (2010). A mindset for EFL: learners’ beliefs about the role of natural talent, ELT Journal, 64(4): 436-444, doi:10.1093/elt/ccp083
Location:
More than one country
Type of subjects/data: students
No. of subjects/data: 9
Instruments: Interview
Method of analysis: - interview data were coded using Atlas.ti
- the data were analysed using a grounded theory approach
Other aspects:
Research design:
Exploratory research
Level of detail: Low

Keywords:
implicit theories, mindsets


498. Stillwell, C., Curabba, B., Alexander, K., Kidd, A., Kim, E., Stone, P. & Wyle, C. (2010). Students transcribing tasks: noticing fluency, accuracy, and complexity, ELT Journal, 64(4): 445-455, doi:10.1093/elt/ccp081
Location:
Japan
Type of subjects/data: students
No. of subjects/data: 20
Instruments: Task/ activity, Questionnaire
Method of analysis: - fluency, accuracy, and complexity of student language were assessed
- responses to the questionnaire on the usefulness of the tasks were analysed
Other aspects: - a poster presentation task
- a self-transcription task
Research design:
Level of detail: Medium

Keywords:
self-transcription, task transcription, awareness


499. Liu, D. (2010), Going Beyond Patterns: Involving Cognitive Analysis in the Learning of Collocations. TESOL Quarterly, 44(1), 4–30. doi: 10.5054/tq.2010.214046
Location:
United States
Type of subjects/data: dictionaries, textbooks
No. of subjects/data: 2, 2
Instruments: Corpus
Method of analysis: - complie all the verb collocates of the selected nouns for examination i.e. ability, work, trip
- examine meanings and use of their collocations
Other aspects: COCA (as reference corpus)
Research design:
Corpus-based research
Level of detail: Medium

Keywords:
collocations, critical examination, cor-pus-based analysis


500. Barkaoui, K. (2010), Do ESL Essay Raters' Evaluation Criteria Change With Experience? A Mixed-Methods, Cross-Sectional Study. TESOL Quarterly, 44(1), 31–57. doi: 10.5054/tq.2010.214047
Location:
Canada
Type of subjects/data: teachers, essays
No. of subjects/data: 60, 180
Instruments: Questionnaire, Essay, Rating scale
Method of analysis: - score explanations from the raters were coded using Nvivo in terms of focus and type of comments
- the percentage of coded data were computed
- the coded data across rater groups was compared using Mann-Whitney test
- the relationships between the score explanations were examined using Spearman rho correlations
- the relationships between analytic and holistic scores were examined using multilevel modeling (MLM)
Other aspects: - HLM software: build and test various MLM models
- coding scheme for Written Score Explanation Data
Research design:
Mixed-method
Level of detail: High

Keywords:
mixed-methods, cross-sectional study, ESL, essay, evaluation, rating processes, rating scales


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