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Douglas, Edward – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Self-directed learning has contributed significantly to adult learners' personal and professional growth. Approximately 70% of adult learning is through a self-directed learning context (Heimstra, 2008). This quantitative correlational study involved an attempt to determine the nature of the relationship between situational, dispositional, and…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Foreign Countries
Paredes, Elsie Elena – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe how Colombian adult English language learners (ELL) select and use language learning strategies (LLS). This study used Oxford's (1990a) taxonomy for LLS as its theoretical framework. Semi-structured interviews and a focus group interview, were conducted, transcribed, and analyzed for 12…
Descriptors: Semantics, Focus Groups, Learning Strategies, English (Second Language)