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Henry, Alastair – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2011
In this Swedish case study of four upper secondary students engaged in simultaneous second language (L2; English) and third language (L3; Spanish, French and Russian) learning, a possible selves perspective was used to investigate the impact of English on L3 motivation. Using a maximum variation sampling strategy, participants were selected from a…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Multilingualism, Interviews, Foreign Countries
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Williams, Pia; Sheridan, Sonja – Educational Research, 2010
Background: Teacher-organised group work, in which pupils work together in groups or pairs, is one of many learning situations pupils may encounter at school. Research (Williams, P. and Sheridan, S., Collaboration as one aspect of quality: a perspective of collaboration and pedagogical quality in educational settings. "Scandinavian Journal of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Competition, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Vannestal, Maria Estling; Lindquist, Hans – ReCALL, 2007
Corpora have been used for pedagogical purposes for more than two decades but empirical studies are relatively rare, particularly in the context of grammar teaching. The present study focuses on students' attitudes towards grammar and how these attitudes are affected by the introduction of concordancing. The principal aims of the project were to…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Student Attitudes, Textbooks, Grammar
Bergsten, Urban – 1979
A Swedish study was conducted to examine how the experiences of work and leisure affect expectancy and valence in relation to interest in participating in adult education. A cross sectional sample of 945 persons with short previous formal education was interviewed. The results indicated the existence of an integrated relationship between work and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Research, Expectation, Interviews
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Berglund, Anders; Eckerdal, Anna – Computer Science Education, 2006
This paper explores what students taking an international project-based course in computer systems strive to learn. Through empirical, phenomenographic work we have identified three different motives that the students strive for: academic achievement; project and team working capacity; and social competence. What a student strives to learn largely…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Student Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, Phenomenology