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Meral Muyesser – TESOL Journal, 2025
Pragmatics, the social language skills human beings use through everyday social interaction, is a critical and complicated segment of learning a new language. Thus, it is essential to teach pragmatics in English as a Second Language (ESL) classrooms and ESL teachers have pragmatic knowledge. This qualitative case study was designed to investigate…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Metalinguistics, Teacher Education Programs, English (Second Language)
Tasha Darbes – Language and Education, 2024
The category of "English as a Second Language" or "ESL" student is no longer a label of someone in the process of learning English. Rather, linguistic categorization is a complex social processes of ascribed identity formation that positions students as deficits and others, circumscribing them out of belonging to both academic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Student Evaluation
Frances Benavidez – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2024
For decades, the O'odham language has been in decline. But like many tribal nations, the Tohono O'odham are working to reclaim their language. Located on the campus of Tohono O'odham Community College (TOCC), the center was founded in 2020 and is for all O'odham, including those from other O'odham speaking nations. Creating opportunities where the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Tribally Controlled Education, Native Language, Native Language Instruction
Silver, Patrice – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study examined the differences and similarities among the writing of three types of developmental English and advanced ESL United States community college students, comparing the writing of resident English learners (RL2), whose home language was not English but who attended United States public schools for five years or more, to that of…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Essays
Kashif Raza; Mohammad Manasreh; Mick King; Zohreh Eslami – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2024
Research in educational program administration provides insights into the operationalization of programs or organizational services; however, an area of research that is long due exploration and development is how English language programs (ELPs) differ in terms of planning, organization and services and the job English language program…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Program Administration, English (Second Language), Educational Administration
Parmegiani, Andrea – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2022
This paper reports on a writing programme I started at Bronx Community College to improve academic success among recently immigrated Spanish-speaking students by linking ESL courses to Spanish academic literacy courses within the framework of a learning community. My reflection begins by articulating the pedagogical rationale for looking beyond…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Writing Instruction, Longitudinal Studies, English (Second Language)
Jennifer Talley – Commission for International Adult Education, 2023
While pedagogical translanguaging has been shown to have substantive positive impact on student learning outcomes internationally, adult education has not yet widely embraced the concept. This paper introduces the idea of translanguaging, the concept of encouraging students to rely on their existing linguistic knowledge when learning a new…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Adult Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Sull, Errol Craig – Distance Learning, 2023
In this "Distance Learning" Special Issue, Errol Craig Sull introduces the "Try This" series of articles to assist In The Classroom. Sull notes, where once the idea of offering ESL (English as a second language) assistance and courses was a minor afterthought in postsecondary education, it has become crucial, for it recognizes…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), College Students
Foung, Dennis; Chen, Julia; Cheung, Kin – International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2023
College transfer students are those who follow a different trajectory in their higher education journeys than traditional students, completing a sub-degree before pursuing a bachelor's degree at a university. While the possibility of transferring makes higher education accessible to these students, previous studies have found that they face…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Student Needs, Barriers, Academic Achievement
Hayward, Craig – RP Group, 2023
The RP Group's Multiple Measures Assessment Project (MMAP) produced this technical report as part of a series on how California's community colleges can ensure more English learners (ELs) successfully complete "gateway" English coursework -- courses that satisfy the English writing requirements for completion of an associate's degree as…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Placement
Jorge Grajales-Díaz – Inquiry: The Journal of the Virginia Community Colleges, 2025
This study employed qualitative methods to explore how the "UVA in Valencia Summer Program 2019/2021" approached instructional practices (e.g., in-class and out-of-class immersive learning activities, homestays, pre-program services, including use of L2 and culture learning strategies) to identify those features of the program design…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Study Abroad, Teaching Methods, Program Design
Teresa Varriale Gonzalez – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In the last decade, the number of English Learners (ELs) in higher education has significantly grown due to the increase of immigrants and refugees coming to the United States. For these students, attending community colleges is usually the first foray into higher education. This is particularly the case in New England, which is experiencing rapid…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Culturally Relevant Education, Teaching Methods, Community College Students
Laila Noor; Kamrul Islam – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2024
This study investigates the effectiveness of integrating smartphone technologies, including QR codes, audio textbook capabilities, and mobile apps, to enhance personalized learning and language acquisition skills among intermediate-level ESOL learners. The research involved ten participants from diverse linguistic backgrounds, employing…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Eunbi Kwon – English Teaching, 2023
This paper investigates L2 motivation and demotivation of college English majors in a Korean junior college. The participants' L2 (de)motivation was explored by the ought-to L2 self, an element of the L2 motivational self system. Data were collected from two rounds of interviews with 59 and 31 students in all four years and analyzed qualitatively.…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Learning Motivation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Ochoa Morillo, Mirian – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Experiencing education as an English learner (EL) is challenging and can result in lower persistence and graduation rates for ELs in community colleges. The overall three-year graduation rate in the United States for two-year institutions is low, but graduation rates are even lower for EL learners. One way to support EL students is through an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Evaluation, Community College Students, English (Second Language)