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Soniya Antony; R. Ramnath; Adil Ellikkal – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2024
This research study provided a basic understanding of pedagogical translanguaging and its importance in a multilingual classroom environment from the perspective of foreign language class students. The qualitative study, employing interpretive phenomenological analysis, investigated students' viewpoints on pedagogical translanguaging in a…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Context Effect, Classroom Environment, Student Attitudes
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Tekir, Serpil – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2021
The study examined the speaking anxiety of Turkish English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners to find out the reasons for their anxiety and to suggest ways to cope with it. For that purpose, qualitative data were collected from 20 Turkish students attending an English Preparatory Program at a state university in central Turkey. Data gathered…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Anxiety
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Sakale, Sana; Ayoub, Zrari – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2022
This study attempts to unveil the Concomitance of vocabulary learning strategies with learning styles in fostering reflection among university students during reading comprehension texts. For this purpose, data is collected employing a primary data source in the form of a structured close-ended questionnaire, which is addressed, respectively, to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students
Gao, Yanyan – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study examined the preferred individualized classroom environment and language learning strategies of the college-level ESL learners who registered in an English as a Second Language (ESL) program in a public four-year university in the southeast of the United States. Based on Fraser (1985)'s Individualized Classroom Environment's theoretical…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, State Universities
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Hellermann, John – Classroom Discourse, 2018
The terms "interactional competence" and "learning" are discussed in the context of recent research in the areas of cognitive science and ethnomethodological conversation analysis studies of language learning. Two data excerpts from a longitudinal case study of a beginning learner of English are presented to illustrate (1) the…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Longitudinal Studies, Case Studies, English (Second Language)
Samoilova, Valeriia; Thanh, Vo Duy; Wilang, Jeffrey Dawala – Online Submission, 2017
This article reports the descriptive results of foreign language anxiety experiences of engineering students in a top-ranked research university in Thailand. Although numerous studies have been conducted in the past years about English language anxiety, few studies have reported anxiety situations specific to Thai engineering graduate students in…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Anxiety, Graduate Students, English (Second Language)
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Al-Amir, Bayan Al-Hashemi – English Language Teaching, 2017
In the literature of second language teaching and learning, culture and language have always been assumed to be interdependent. Their interdependence comes from the fact that language is not a code free from culture, but an embodiment of it. However, there is still a need, from the part of teachers, to realize the importance of integrating culture…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Women Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Classroom Environment
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Beseghi, Micol – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
This article analyses the role of subtitles both as a functional activity and a didactic tool in translation teaching and foreign language learning. It presents the results of a didactic project carried out with a class of university students enrolled in the first year of Laurea Magistrale in Lingue e Letterature Straniere (University of Parma).…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Classroom Environment, Second Language Instruction
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Zare-ee, Abbas; Shirvanizadeh, Maryam – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
The study of factors influencing undergraduate learners' participation and/or reticence in second/foreign language classrooms, a relatively recent line of research, can contribute to the betterment of language teaching and learning practices. In this work, we attempt to investigate the causes of a population of undergraduate English as a foreign…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level, English (Second Language)
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Macías, Diego Fernando; Sánchez, Jesús Ariel – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2015
This qualitative descriptive study aimed to ascertain the extent to which classroom management constituted a problem among pre-service foreign language teachers in a teacher education program at a public university in Colombia. The study also sought to identify classroom management challenges, the approaches to confronting them, and the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Second Language Instruction
Shirkhani, Servat; Ardeshir, Danesh – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2013
Humanistic principles emphasize the importance of the individual and specific human needs. Humanism in education has been in concern during the last few decades. However, there are controversies as whether to use its principles in foreign language classrooms or not. The present paper provides an overview of the major assumptions underlying…
Descriptors: Humanism, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Programs, Educational Principles
Bista, Krishna – Online Submission, 2011
This paper reviews the major features of learning-centered community colleges that offer educational programs and experiences for learners, based on individual need. By citing some exemplary learning colleges, the author examines the concepts and ideas of learning-centered colleges in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. An…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Ramirez, Mac M. – English Teaching Forum, 2012
Of all the resources and techniques available to the classroom teacher of English as a second or foreign language, none are more neglected than audiovisual aids. Properly planned, constructed, and employed, such aids can help not only to improve the overall language program but also to enhance the classroom atmosphere and to ensure greater student…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Audiovisual Aids, English Instruction, Classroom Techniques
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Gomez, Diane W.; Gujarati, Joan; Heckendorn, Rick – American Secondary Education, 2012
This article highlights the Orbital Experience (OE), a unique experience that explores the affective domains of second language acquisition, including communication in the target language, making interdisciplinary connections, and fostering a community of learners. Through Orbitals, students serve as experts by researching a topic of interest,…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Spanish, High School Students, Second Language Learning
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Hill, Kathryn – Babel, 2010
This article presents selected findings from an ethnographic study of classroom-based assessment practices in languages classrooms (Indonesian) in the final year of primary (Year 6) and the first year of secondary (Year 7), respectively. In particular, the paper focuses on differences between the respective year levels in how learning was assessed…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Program Effectiveness, Second Language Programs, Student Evaluation
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