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Jing Wang – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This article explores how leading textbook authors select and instruct vocabulary in beginner and intermediate Chinese textbooks used in the United States. Leading textbook authors were approached; subsequently; four authors completed interviews with pre-designed questions. Grounded theory methodology was used to analyse the interviews, and their…
Descriptors: Textbook Preparation, Authors, Grammar, Word Frequency
Sergeeva, M. G.; Spitsyna, N. A.; Zuykov, A. V.; Popov, K. I.; Sannikova, N. I.; Tsakhaeva, A. A. – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2020
The need for e-learning in modern Russia is caused by the rapid development of informatization, digitalization, information and communication technologies, the creation of a global environment for mutual integration of cultures and disciplines, as well as the formation of open continuous education, which is the basis of a post-industrial…
Descriptors: Textbook Preparation, Electronic Learning, Economics Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Algers, Anne – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2020
The use of open textbooks in universities is according to some organisations changing the higher education landscape and is promising for the mainstream adoption of OER. The aim of this paper is to analyse authors' views of agency and empowerment when they plan, create and reflect on their open textbooks, their teaching and students' learning.…
Descriptors: Universities, Textbooks, Open Educational Resources, Teacher Attitudes
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Syam, Andi Tenrisanna; Furwana, Dewi – Dinamika Ilmu, 2022
English for Islamic Studies is taught as the general subject in the State Islamic Institute of Palopo. Therefore, the researchers aimed to develop valid English materials for learners of the Islamic education study program. The researchers applied the 4-D model by Thiagarajan et al. It consists of four stages namely, defining, designing,…
Descriptors: Material Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Moore, Benjamin – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2020
As South East Asia enters a new decade of English language education, attempts are being made to maximize the utility of university EAP courses to fully meet students' language learning needs and prepare them for further academic study. In order for this to be achieved, language educators have begun to focus on incorporating '21st century skills'…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Ait Bouzid Hassan; Erguig Reddad; Yeou Mohamed – Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 2019
This paper is built on the assumption that there are no perfect language teaching textbooks; therefore, it hopes to draw the attention of Moroccan BLT practitioners to the viability of using textbook evaluation to improve the quality of these teaching-learning materials. It aims to investigate ways in which grammar lessons are presented in three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbook Evaluation, Grammar, Second Language Learning
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Fang, Fan; Yuan, Limin; Xu, Hongchen; Wang, Xueyi – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2022
The development of English as a global language has urged the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other LanguagesĀ (TESOL) to implement some reforms in relation to textbook design and curriculum development as well as the approaches to and goals of English language teaching (ELT). From the multilingual perspective, Global Englishes (GE) and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Case Studies
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Cintamulya, Imas; Mawartiningsih, Lilik – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2018
The plant taxonomy textbooks that are generally used in colleges need to be complemented with a DNA-based molecular review. In general, plant taxonomy textbooks devote more space to morphology than to molecular-level characteristics. The research reported here used the results of DNA-based research to develop a molecular plant taxonomy textbook.…
Descriptors: Genetics, Biology, Science Instruction, Molecular Structure
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Chong, Sin Wang – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2019
Recent literature on the use of exemplars in the context of higher education has shown that exemplar-based instruction is implemented in various disciplines; nevertheless, how exemplar-based instruction can be implemented in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) writing classrooms in higher education institutions remains under-explored. In this…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Sidelnik, Ellina; Melnik, Olga; Burenko, Lyudmila – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
This paper discusses the essentials of engineering discourse in the structure of the ESP training at Southern Federal University (SFU) (Taganrog, Russia). The purpose of this paper is to justify critical rethinking of existing programs of technical students training in foreign languages at SFU taking into account the increasing role of engineering…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Dali, Ning – English Language Teaching, 2017
The increase of international exchange in education triggers strong demand for learning English language skills in various academic disciplines among Chinese students, which brings up a wide implementation of EAP (English for academic purposes) learning in universities in China. However, the teaching and learning result do not seem to be as…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
McKee, Candie DeLane – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study used a needs assessment, process analysis, process design, and textbook design to develop a new process and new textbook, based on Cargile-Cook's layered literacies, Quesenbery's five qualities of usability, and Carliner's information design theories, for use in technical writing service learning courses. The needs assessment was based…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Teaching Methods, Needs Assessment, Service Learning
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NORDSCI, 2018
This volume includes two sections of the 2018 NORDSCI international conference proceedings: (1) Education and Educational Research; and (2) Language and Linguistics. Education and Educational Research includes 22 papers relating to scientific topics in the full spectrum of education, including history, sociology and economy of education,…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Career Readiness