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Yuanyuan Xu; Louisa Buckingham – Open Learning, 2024
This study examines the adaptation of an ESOL course for older Chinese migrant learners to Emergency Response Teaching mode as a result of the government-imposed restrictions to contain the spread of COVID-19. Through interviews and the analysis of learner diaries, we consider the experience of the school manager and teachers, and the strategies…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Adjustment
Julia Falla-Wood – Journal of Global Education and Research, 2018
The purpose of this study is to ponder some theoretical considerations concerning a predominant phenomenon of mental translation (MT) observed by second language teachers and learners in learning and using a second/foreign language. The sample available to the researcher consists of seven female adult learners speaking different languages. The…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Translation, Females, Adults
Horverak, May Olaug; Langeland, Gerd Martina; Diary, Kedir – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2020
This is an action research study investigating how one can work systematically in adult learning centres to support adult immigrant learners to increase their intrinsic motivation and develop strategies to take responsibility for their own development and learning. We have applied what we call a five-step motivation method, where the adult…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Adult Students, Immigrants, Student Motivation
Azpilicueta-Martínez, Raúl – International Journal of English Studies, 2020
The benefits of task-based interaction in Second Language Learning (SLL) have been made increasingly evident in the literature. However, unlike adult studies, only recently has interaction research on EFL children grown in popularity. Most children-based research has focused primarily on Negotiation of Meaning, while other age-related aspects,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Age Differences
Liao, Jian; Lu, Xiaofei – Language Learning & Technology, 2018
The importance of authentic communicative practices in foreign language (FL) learning has long been recognized. However, most FL learners lack adequate access to authentic communicative environments in the target language. In this article, we propose the use of telepresence robots as a potential solution to bridge this gap. Telepresence robots can…
Descriptors: Robotics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Bakhshalinezhad, Ladan; Nikou, Farahnaz Reymani; Bonyadi, Alireza – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
This study explored the reading strategies used by advanced and intermediate Persian EFL learners in both English and Persian reading comprehension texts. Based on the aims of the study reading comprehension texts were administered to the learners and their reading strategies in both English and Persian reading comprehension texts were examined…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Protocol Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Indo European Languages
Rassaei, Ehsan – Language Teaching Research, 2015
While previous research has indicated that learners with field-dependence (FD) and field-independence (FI) cognitive styles benefit differentially from different instructional modes, previous corrective feedback studies have ignored the issue of matching error correction strategies to learners' cognitive style. To shed some light on this issue,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Second Language Learning, Error Correction, Feedback (Response)