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Mark Critchley; Irmgard Wanner; Sabina Schaffner – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2025
This paper presents the findings of a survey on research activities and research cultures across the CercleS network. The survey was conducted under the auspices of the CercleS Focus Group on Leadership and Management and aimed to explore the scope of research in Language Centres; the links between institutional factors such as staff contracts and…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Research
Yulia Sari Harahap; Ramadhani Ramadhani; Dahlia Sirait; Nurhafni Siregar – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2025
Learning materials are tools necessary for carrying out educational activities. Preliminary studies showed that there is still a lack of development in learning materials. This study evaluated the development of an integrated project-based learning model based on CRT to enhance literacy skills, which has been tested for validity and effectiveness.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Culturally Relevant Education, Literacy
Lamia Büsra Yesil; Ipek Saralar-Aras – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2024
This paper reports the findings of a case study that examined the importance of flexible learning spaces and student-centred pedagogies for facilitating effective teaching and learning in schools. By exploring the arrangement of learning spaces at the school level, the study compared a case school in Germany with the Future Classroom Lab Model.…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Classroom Environment, Space Utilization, Active Learning
Engagement in Language Learning: A Systematic Review of 20 Years of Research Methods and Definitions
Phil Hiver; Ali H. Al-Hoorie; Joseph P. Vitta; Janice Wu – Language Teaching Research, 2024
At the turn of the new millennium, in an article published in "Language Teaching Research" in 2000, Dörnyei and Kormos proposed that 'active learner engagement is a key concern' for all instructed language learning. Since then, language engagement research has increased exponentially. In this article, we present a systematic review of 20…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Research Methodology, Active Learning
Jingrong Liu; Shujun Li; Wanfang Zhang – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2024
Background: Limited research on the effectiveness of additional online and face-to-face practise opportunities for promoting active learning among Chinese EFL learners in higher education. Current understanding of self-regulated and collaborative learning theories in educational contexts. Objectives: To establish the efficacy of interactive online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Electronic Learning
Rosanne Zeppieri – NECTFL Review, 2024
Research confirms that critical thinking plays a fundamental role in decision making and problem solving, skills that are essential to function as successful adults in a complex world. Consequently, it has been a focus of educational research for decades. Faculty meetings and teacher training sessions repeatedly run sessions on ways that teachers…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Problem Solving
Suphasa Phupunna; Nareerat Hongsamsibkao – Journal of Education and Learning, 2024
This study investigates the effects of combining blooket games with active learning to improve Chinese vocabulary memorization in first-year Chinese Language Teaching students at Rajabhat Mahasarakham University. This approach aimed to make learning more engaging for Thai students. The intervention involved 26 participants and vocabulary…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Materials
Arnantawut Tiang-uan – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2024
Engaging students in active learning environments like task-based presentations can be challenging, as several factors influence their motivation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing motivation in task-based learning in the English for Presentation course. Thirty undergraduate students who enrolled in the English…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Active Learning
Lola Geraldes Xavier – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
This text critically examines traditional methodologies for teaching grammar in the context of Portuguese as a Foreign Language (PFL). It proposes an alternative, eclectic approach, which can be used in any foreign language. Drawing on evidence from research and pedagogical practices, it highlights areas for improvement in current approaches, such…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Ka Yan Lam – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2024
This study introduces a pedagogical framework incorporating multiliteracies, a new literacy concept proposed by the New London Group (1996, A pedagogy of multiliteracies: Designing social futures. "Harvard Educational Review," 66(1), 60-92. https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.66.1.17370n67v22j160u), and glocalised marketing, the adaptation of…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Universities, Marketing, English for Special Purposes
Glen Stewart; Hayo Reinders – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2024
The aim of this study was to re-analyze data derived from the lead author's recent implementation of the approach, active learning in an English-language course in Japan through the lens of language teacher resilience. To do this, the study drew on the complexity-informed model of teacher resilience proposed by Kostoulas and Lämmerer (2018) and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Nayibe Azzad – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The field of Heritage Language has experienced a great deal of advancement in the past few decades. Much research effort has been dedicated to analyzing and understanding different aspects of heritage language speakers, but less work has been done in the topic of pedagogical approaches. The few recent studies on pedagogical approaches have focused…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Heritage Education
Altay Ozkul – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Critical thinking (CT) is a 21st-century skill critical in education and learning. Second language teaching has focused on language form, and there needs to be a shift from form-focused instruction to a function-focused paradigm, where students simultaneously practice language learning and deal with real-world issues in authentic contexts…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Reflection, Student Attitudes, Climate
Rajab Esfandiari; Mohammad Hossein Arefian; Ricky Lam – International Journal of Language Testing, 2025
Although researchers have used practical procedures for developing professional teacher education, such as reflective practice and action research, the role of learning-oriented assessment (LOA) in building an active learner-centered pre-service teacher education has received scarce scholarly attention. Hence, the purpose of this study is to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Peer Evaluation
Simona Simon; Claudia E. Stoian – SAGE Open, 2025
In order to communicate effectively in the workplace, the professional translators, interpreters, communication, and public relations specialists make linguistic choices that help them achieve their goals. One way to teach them how to reach the appropriate linguistic decisions is through the discipline of Pragmatics. The originality of the present…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Pragmatics, Universities, Foreign Countries