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The Role of Students' Approaches in Foreign Language Learning
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Habók, Anita; Magyar, Andrea – Cogent Education, 2020
The purpose of the study is to analyse how second language learning is supported by language learning strategies (LLS) and various learning approaches, namely, self-efficacy, instrumental motivation, effort and perseverance, and preferences for cooperative or competitive learning. The sample of the research was composed of students in Hungary in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies
Past Its Expiry Date? The SILL in Modern Mixed-Methods Strategy Research
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Amerstorfer, Carmen M. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
Has the "Strategy Inventory for Language Learning" (SILL) passed its expiry date? The SILL (Oxford, 1990) was designed as a self-evaluation tool to measure the frequency of language learning strategies used by foreign and second language (L2) learners. With simple mathematics, learners can analyze their strategy preferences overall and…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies
The Effect of iPad Assisted Language Learning on Developing EFL Students' Autonomous Language Learning
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Albadry, Haifa – Research-publishing.net, 2015
This paper will present the experience of using iPads with a group of 21 students in a Saudi university over a period of one semester. The purpose of this ongoing study is to explore how students learn to collaborate and interact in English by participating in a teacher-designed English as a Foreign Language (EFL) course. The course aimed at…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)