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Fatemeh Janesarvatan; Maryam Asoodar – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Medical students need to become fluent in the native language of the country they will be working in before entering their work environment at the hospital. For this purpose, third-year students in the international track medicine (ITM) at Maastricht University attended the interactive online medical-Dutch language course. In this study, the aim…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Language Proficiency, Communication Skills
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Jessica Schiltmans – Policy Futures in Education, 2024
In the past 15 years, the number of international students in tertiary education doubled to reach 5.6 million students in 2018 and is expected to grow to 6.9 million in 2030 (Choudaha and Van Rest, 2018). In the Netherlands, the percentage of international degree seeking students is relatively high and growing fast from 4% in 2010 to more than 10%…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Educational Policy, Higher Education, Language of Instruction
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Daller, Michael; Müller, Amanda; Wang-Taylor, Yixin – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
The present article gives an overview of several studies on the predictive validity of the C-test. In the first part of the article, we discuss the construct validity of this test format. Only if the underlying construct of this test is understood, can a justification for high predictive validity be made. In the second part, we discuss several…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Academic Achievement, Foreign Students, Graduate Students
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Mukminin, Amirul – Journal of International Students, 2019
The intent of this enquiry, within the theoretical frame of the acculturation stress model, was to describe the results from research on the lived experiences of Indonesian international graduate students at two Dutch public research universities in the northern part of the Netherlands. The students came from diverse backgrounds and experiences in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Foreign Students, Student Experience
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Helm, Francesca, Ed.; Beaven, Ana, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2020
Virtual exchange is gaining popularity in formal and non-formal education, partly as a means to internationalise the curriculum, and also to offer more sustainable and inclusive international and intercultural experiences to young people around the world. This volume brings together 19 case studies (17 in higher education and two in youth work) of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Educational Exchange, Higher Education, Youth Programs
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Kotake, Masako – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2017
The growing importance of internationalization and the global dominance of English in higher education mean pressures on expanding English-taught degree programs (ETDPs) in non-English-speaking countries. Strategic considerations are necessary to successfully integrate ETDPs into existing programs and to optimize the effects of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, International Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Su, Mengwei; Harrison, Laura M. – Journal of International Students, 2016
Using academic capitalism as a theoretical foundation, this phenomenological study examined the new study abroad experiences of Chinese college students in six popular English-speaking study destination countries--the U.S., the U.K., Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, and Singapore. Qualitative data collected from 20 interviews indicate some…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Experience, Asians, Foreign Students
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Rienties, Bart; Luchoomun, Dharma; Tempelaar, Dirk – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2014
In Europe there is a growing concern among educators and policy makers that students are not well-prepared to start a Master programme. This study draws on longitudinal research conducted at four universities in the Netherlands and a follow-up exploratory purposively chosen from one of the study sites. In Study 1, differences in academic…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Foreign Countries, Social Integration, Foreign Students
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Ding, Ning; Lin, Wei – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2013
More than 45,000 international students are now studying for bachelor programs in The Netherlands. The number of Asian students increased dramatically in the past decade. The current research aims at examining the differences between Western European and Asian students' perceptual learning styles, and exploring the relationships between students'…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, Asians, International Trade
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Strobl, Carola; Jacobs, Geert – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2011
In this article, we set out to assess QuADEM (Quality Assessment of Digital Educational Material), one of the latest methods for evaluating online language learning courseware. What is special about QuADEM is that the evaluation is based on observing the actual usage of the online courseware and that, from a checklist of 12 different components,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Video Technology, Feedback (Response)
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Bradley, Linda, Ed.; Thouësny, Sylvie, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2012
For the first time, the annual conference of the European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL) took place in Sweden. The conference took place at the Faculty of Education on historic ground on the old fortification walls of Carolus Dux from the 17th century right in the centre of the city. This year's host comprised the…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods
Moore, Sarah Jane, Ed.; Morfit, Christine, Ed. – 1993
Selected writings by Richard Lambert on languages and international studies include the following: "Foreign Language Planning in the United States"; "Southeast Asian Language Instruction"; "Implications of the New Dutch National Action Plan for American Foreign Language Policy"; "Distance Education and Foreign…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Distance Education, Educational Finance