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Direct linkSybille Heinzmann; Robert Hilbe; Kristina Ehrsam; Lukas Bleichenbacher – Language Learning, 2024
Our contribution draws on quantitative data from a longitudinal mixed-methods study to uncover different patterns of social contacts of study abroad (SA) students and the relationship of these social contacts with (a) language use, (b) target language development, and (c) contextual variables. Data were obtained by means of online questionnaires…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Attitudes, Interpersonal Relationship, Language Usage
Download full textJensen, Signe Hannibal – CALICO Journal, 2017
This article presents a study of Danish young English language learners' (YELLs') contact with and use of Extramural English (EE) (N = 107, aged 8 [n = 49] and 10 [n = 58]). They have received little formal English instruction: two lessons per week for one year. Data on EE-habits were collected with a one-week language diary (self-report with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Garcia Laborda, Jesus; Litzler, Mary Frances; Gonzalez Such, Jose; Bakieva, Margarita; Otero de Juan, Nuria – Online Submission, 2012
Background: University Entrance Examinations provide information the student's opportunities to succeed in their academic university career. However, the current foreign language paper of the Spanish University Entrance Examination does no permit to obtain enough evidence to make academic inferences. Purpose of Study: The purpose of this study was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Entrance Examinations, Tests, Feedback (Response)
Kim, Youn-Hee – Language Testing, 2009
This study used a mixed methods research approach to examine how native English-speaking (NS) and non-native English-speaking (NNS) teachers assess students' oral English performance. The evaluation behaviors of two groups of teachers (12 Canadian NS teachers and 12 Korean NNS teachers) were compared with regard to internal consistency, severity,…
Descriptors: Methods Research, Evaluation Criteria, Oral English, English (Second Language)
Ro, Yeonsun Ellie; Cheatham, Gregory A. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2009
Through case study methodology, this study examined how a second-generation bilingual child developed his two languages and associated literacies, the role of the parents' and child's goals as well as the family's daily effort to attain those goals, and the influences of environmental, social, and cultural factors. Based on sociocultural…
Descriptors: Participant Observation, Oral Language, Attendance, Cultural Influences
Liu, Meihua – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2006
This paper reports a study on anxiety in Chinese undergraduate non-English majors at three different proficiency levels. By way of survey, observations, reflective journals and interviews, the study revealed that (1) a considerable number of students at each level felt anxious when speaking English in class, (2) the more proficient students tended…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Speech Communication, Oral English, English (Second Language)
