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Direct linkEamer, Allyson; Fernando, Shanti; King, Alyson E. – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2017
This qualitative study explores the reflexive relationships among mental illness, acculturation, and progress toward English proficiency in five adult immigrants being treated at a Canadian psychiatric hospital. The research explores the additional challenges faced by mentally ill individuals when learning a new language and the extent to which…
Descriptors: Migration, English Language Learners, Mental Health, Immigrants
Download full textWang, Fei – Journal of International Students, 2016
This phenomenological study provided an in-depth description of the internal meaning of the lived experiences of Canadian-born and foreign-born Chinese students in Canada and uncovered the differences in their social experiences. The study used semi-structured interviews to allow the participants to express their views on their lives in Northern…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Phenomenology, Social Experience
Li, Jia; Cummins, Jim; Deng, Qizhen – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2017
This study examined university undergraduate English language learners' (ELLs) perspectives on an intervention, Word Matters, that aimed to enhance functional academic vocabulary learning critical to their cognitive academic language proficiency development (Cummins, 1989), a challenge faced by many ELLs in English-medium universities. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, English Language Learners, Student Attitudes
Kamara, Abu – Journal of International Students, 2017
Findings from this qualitative research study suggest that some international students view social and academic interactions not simply as mediums for absorbing requisite sociocultural and academic norms, and discipline knowledge, but also as stages for expressing their varied identities. As a result, whenever students' ability to present their…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Self Concept, Comparative Analysis, Qualitative Research
Schmidt, Clea; McDaid, Rory – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2015
Drawing on qualitative interview and focus group data collected from Internationally Educated Teachers (IETs) in the context of two different research studies conducted in Ireland and Manitoba, Canada, this article critically examines how national/regional linguistic requirements and expectations of a hidden curriculum are experienced as barriers…
Descriptors: Barriers, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Teacher Education
Ripley, Daniel – TESL Canada Journal, 2012
Although earlier research has examined the potential of portfolios as assessment tools, research on the use of portfolios in the context of second-language education in Canada has been limited. The goal of this study was to explore the benefits and challenges of implementing a portfolio-based language assessment (PBLA) model in Language…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Portfolios (Background Materials), Pilot Projects, English (Second Language)
