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Wang, Xue; Zhang, Wei – SAGE Open, 2022
Given the significance of cultivating students' autonomous learning ability, there is a need to develop an instructional model that can improve students' awareness and behavior of autonomous learning, as well as to explore the effectiveness and optimization of this model effectively. Taking college English course as a case study, this paper…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Personal Autonomy, Case Studies
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Zhou, Sihan; Thompson, Gene – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Listening to academic content in English medium instruction (EMI) classrooms at university can be a demanding task for students who transition from first language (L1) instructed secondary schools. This longitudinal mixed methods study analyzes data from 316 students collected at the beginning, midterm, and the end of their first semester after…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Longitudinal Studies, English for Academic Purposes
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Ouyang, Fan; Chen, Zixuan; Cheng, Mengting; Tang, Zifan; Su, Chien-Yuan – International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2021
Collaborative problem-solving (CPS) engages students in solving ill-structured problems, creating group knowledge, and developing self-regulation and collaboration skills. Different scaffoldings, such as minimal-guided, task-oriented, and idea-oriented, can be used to facilitate students' CPS activities, but their effects have not been…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Metacognition
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Deng, Li; Wu, Shaoyang; Chen, Yumeng; Wang, Yan; Peng, Zhengmei – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2023
Integrating twenty-first century competencies into the curriculum has become an important issue for education reform worldwide. This study examines and compares twenty-first century competencies demonstrated in mother tongue curriculum standards in China, the United States and Finland. It identifies key similarities and significant differences…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, 21st Century Skills, Native Language Instruction, National Standards
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Thota, Neena; Negreiros, Joao G. M. – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2015
The dramatic rise in use of digital media has changed the way learning is taking place and has led to new ways to teach with digital technologies. In this article, we describe the experiences of teaching a course that introduces educational technologies to teachers in Macau. The course design is based on connectivism, a learning theory for the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Learning Theories, Instructional Design
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Teng, Feng – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2015
This study is an attempt to explore the correlation between direct and indirect vocabulary learning strategies along with the depth and breadth of vocabulary knowledge. To this end, a sample of 145 low proficiency students who learn English as a Foreign Language (EFL) completed a questionnaire concerning vocabulary learning strategy use.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Learning Strategies
Kommers, Piet, Ed.; Issa, Tomayess, Ed.; Issa, Theodora, Ed.; McKay, Elspeth, Ed.; Isias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
These proceedings contain the papers and posters of the International Conferences on Internet Technologies & Society (ITS 2016), Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2016) and Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE 2016), which have been organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries, Internet, Educational Technology
Wang, Wei-wei – Online Submission, 2010
Weak effectiveness of bilingual education is an especially obvious phenomenon in non-key universities of China where students have poorer English ground and bilingual curriculums are unconstructive designed partly because of the scarcity of teaching resources. This paper discusses failures of these unconstructive curriculum systems from the view…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Interpersonal Communication, International Trade, Bilingual Education
Byrnes, Ronald S. – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2005
This essay focuses on how people respond to cultural difference, and, specifically, two tendencies. One tendency is to romanticize the cultural differences encountered. Another tendency is to rush to a negative judgment about the specific people involved, and about their culture more generally. In this essay, the author illustrates these…
Descriptors: Travel, Asian Culture, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries