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Li, Jia – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2018
This article reports on a case study that investigates the learning preferences and strategies of Chinese students learning English as a second language (ESL) in Canadian school settings. It focuses on the interaction between second language (L2) learning methods that the students have adopted from their previous learning experience in China and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Zhao, Ke; Zhang, Jie; Du, Xiangyun – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
This study adopted a longitudinal retrospective case study approach to investigate Chinese business students' transitional learning experience in a problem-based learning (PBL) course with innovative assessment practices. The study focused on students' beliefs and strategy use in a constructively aligned PBL course for business communication.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, College Students
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Zeng, Yajun; Goh, Christine C. M. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
The role of self-regulation in general learning has been investigated for some time now. Its significance and contribution to second language (L2) listening, however, has yet to be discussed extensively with empirical support. This article reports a case study involving four college EFL students in China over a six-month period of self-regulated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Xu, Linjing; Xiong, Qingxia; Qin, Yufang – World Journal of Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of contexts in the memory of meaning in foreign vocabularies. The study was based on the cognitive processing hierarchy theory of Craik and Lockhart (1972), the memory trace theory of McClelland and Rumelhart (1986) and the memory trace theory of cognitive psychology. The subjects were non-English…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Memorization, Cognitive Psychology, Role
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Vong, Keang-Ieng – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2012
Play, as an educational concept, has entered many kindergartens in China; yet it has not become a core idea, or been prioritised in the teaching and learning process. An ongoing trans-provincial study started in 2008, using observation, interviews and document analyses. Based on findings from nine kindergartens in three provinces, this article…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Play, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten
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Zhao, Ke; Zheng, Yongyan – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2014
This study aimed to investigate the nature of epistemological beliefs, conceptions of collaboration, and strategy use in Project-based Learning among Chinese business English students and to explore the relations among epistemological beliefs, collaboration, strategy use, and academic performance. 25 year-three students in a Sino-British joint…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Epistemology, Cooperation, Learning Strategies
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Lamberton, Geoff; Ashton-Hay, Sally – Journal of Research in International Education, 2015
The diverse range of academic, social and cultural challenges experienced by Asian students when studying at Western universities is well documented. This research involved a pre-departure curriculum designed to ease the intercultural transition and adjustment for Chinese international students to a new learning environment in Australia. Moving…
Descriptors: International Trade, Foreign Students, Foreign Countries, Asians
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Mathias, Jinhua; Bruce, Megan; Newton, Douglas P. – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2013
The dissonance between Eastern and Western learning approaches is regarded as an obstacle for Chinese students in adjusting to Western education environments, and one of the reasons is the lack of an understanding of Chinese learning approaches, that is, Chinese learners are uncritically perceived as rote learners. This paper investigates Chinese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Two Year College Students, Asians
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Liu, Xianghu – English Language Teaching, 2014
This study investigates the attitudes towards, and practices of, computer-assisted autonomous learning in learning English of 160 students from three different higher education institutions in China. To do this, a questionnaire was completed by 160 participants, and follow-up in-depth interviews were undertaken with six participants and six of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Learning
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Li, Su; Li, Pengjing – English Language Teaching, 2012
Written corrective feedback (WCF) has been a long time practice in L2 writing instruction. However, in many cases, the effects are not satisfactory. There have been controversies about it both theoretically and empirically. This paper reports a multi-case study exploring individual differences that impact learners' responses to WCF. Four students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Case Studies, Error Correction
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Wang, Chao; Yan, Jiaolan; Liu, Bao – English Language Teaching, 2014
Based on Bailey's washback model, in respect of participants, process and products, the present empirical study was conducted to find the actual washback effects of the internet-based College English Test Band 4 (IB CET-4). The methods adopted are questionnaires, class observation, interview and the analysis of both the CET-4 teaching and testing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, College Students
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Zhang, Fengjuan; Liu, Yongbing – Language Teaching Research, 2014
This study examines the beliefs of Chinese junior high school English teachers about foreign language teaching and influencing contextual factors in a time when curriculum innovation is confronting deep-rooted cultural traditions and complex teaching realities. Drawing upon data collected by means of questionnaires and interviews, this study…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Yang, Junfeng; Kinshuk; Yu, Huiju; Chen, Sue-Jen; Huang, Ronghuai – Educational Technology & Society, 2014
As the communication between different cultures is becoming more and more frequent, the competence of cross-cultural awareness and collaboration is emerging as a key ability in the 21st century. Face to face communication is the most efficient way to cultivate the competence of cross-cultural awareness and collaboration. However, there are very…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Educational Strategies
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Fu, Xiao – English Language Teaching, 2013
This study is to examine whether the implementation of CL in an intensive reading class has a positive effect on improving the passive situation of students, whether it helps activate their enthusiasm for and ease their anxiety of participation in language class activities, and whether it is helpful to their improvement of English proficiency. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Cooperative Learning, Learning Strategies
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Gan, Adrian – Journal of Research in International Education, 2009
The research project upon which this article is based aimed to give a voice to the experiences of unaccompanied Chinese mainland students undertaking the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) in an Australian high school. Eleven students aged 18-20 participated. All students completed a written questionnaire (in either English or…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learning Strategies, Advanced Placement Programs, Asians
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