NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Yawei Li – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This research is about the underlying process language learners rely on to be able to engage effectively in unscripted conversations without premeditation, or "improvisation." To engage in improvisation in another language, one needs to recognize those elements of the evolving cultural context that are significant at the moment. By…
Descriptors: Languages, Asian Culture, Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Maatouk, Zeina; Payant, Caroline – BC TEAL Journal, 2020
English as an additional language (EAL) teachers include peer feedback activities during the writing process to foster autonomy amongst EAL writers and support target language development. Research has demonstrated the importance of providing peer feedback training to learners in order to improve the efficacy of peer revision (Rahimi, 2013). Peer…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Peer Evaluation, Cooperative Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
John, Divya – Teaching English with Technology, 2018
The aim of the present study was to find out whether students' active involvement in classroom activities can promote language learning. This paper, using practitioner research, examines the active involvement of first-year engineering students in a film activity. The research took place in three phases: (1) the students were divided into five…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Participation, Class Activities, Assignments
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Velasco, Daniel – IAFOR Journal of Language Learning, 2017
Intercultural Communication has become a relevant focal point within a variety of fields--science, psychology, politics, journalism, economics, and education, to name a few. Yet, current university students may not even be aware of Intercultural Communication's role in these fields, as well as their studies and future careers. A survey was first…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, English (Second Language), Integrated Activities, Class Activities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Obando Guerrero, Gabriel Vicente; Sánchez Solarte, Ana Clara – HOW, 2018
This article reports the results of a descriptive research project whose goal was to identify the degree of satisfaction of students enrolled in two teacher education programs at a public Colombian university. As satisfaction and quality are prevalent terms in curriculum evaluation, and are encouraged by accreditation and government regulations,…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Second Language Learning, Curriculum Evaluation, College Second Language Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Fallas Escobar, Christian – Classroom Discourse, 2019
This study presents the analysis of a translanguaging by design activity I conducted with students finishing an EFL program at a Costa Rican university, for which I showed them pictures of graffiti in Spanish and encouraged them to discuss these, using their entire linguistic repertoire. I recorded their discussions, selected instances of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Code Switching (Language)