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Yi-Mei Chen; Lai-yin Yang; Sandy Yu-Rung Yang; Chih-yung Tsai – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
Attaining a high level of proficiency in speaking a second language (L2) is a formidable challenge, particularly in many English as a foreign language (EFL) settings, such as Taiwan. In such environments, students often encounter limited opportunities for English-speaking practice within formal classroom settings due to the prevalence of…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Zola Chi-Chin Lai – International Journal of Adult Education and Technology, 2025
This study examined the impact of a blended teaching approach versus traditional instruction on listening comprehension and strategy use among EFL students in a Taiwanese university. Using a quasi-experimental design, 103 low-intermediate students were divided into experimental (n=52) and control (n=51) groups over 18 weeks. The experimental group…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Pei-Ling Yang – TESL-EJ, 2025
This study explores how learner-generated podcasts can support English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning among college students in Taiwan. Using a mixed-methods approach, data were collected from 31 participants through surveys on podcasting attitudes, learning logs, and reflective essays. The findings reveal that EFL learners generally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Audio Equipment, Handheld Devices, Information Dissemination
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Yi-Mei Chen – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2025
The current study investigates how second language (L2) learners' metacognition integrates practice strategies in self-regulated learning to develop speaking abilities. A Metacognitive Practice Speaking Strategy (MPSS) model was developed to explore specific configurations of metacognitive knowledge, metacognitive strategies, and practice…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Metacognition, Second Language Instruction
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Kentei Takayaa – Journal of International and Comparative Education, 2024
This study investigates Taiwanese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' use of strategies in developing job interview skills in English. The participants were 40 EFL learners majoring in English at a private university in Taiwan. The study was part of a four-week job interview training program, during which they prepared for a mock…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Shu-Hsiu Huang; Kuei-Lan Tsai – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2024
This study explores the specific language learning strategies (LLS) employed by student-athletes in Higher Education institutions in Taiwan. Given these student-athletes' challenges in balancing academic and athletic commitments, understanding their adoption of LLS provides valuable pedagogical insights. This quantitative research gathered 150…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies, Student Athletes
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Ting-Chia Hsu; Ching Chang; Tien-Hsiu Jen – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Young learners' vocabulary learning needs interaction with language input when they are engaged in an activity. Given that AI-supported image recognition technologies offer hands-on learning in authentic contexts, and that self-regulated learning (SRL) enables learners to monitor and evaluate their learning when interacting with multi-sensory…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Multisensory Learning, Vocabulary Development, Learning Strategies
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Ya-Mei Chen – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2024
This study explores the way translation crowdsourcing may contribute to metacognitive translator training through a teaching experiment where Global Voices Lingua was integrated into an undergraduate English-Chinese translation course. In doing so, the study investigates how translation students' awareness of conditional knowledge and its…
Descriptors: Translation, Metacognition, Second Languages, Language Processing
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Fang-Ying Yang – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2023
This study proposed and implemented a blended self-directed learning program for English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) college students beyond the classroom. Adopting a case study-mixed methods design, the study aimed to investigate (1) learners' engagement in the program, (2) the effects of the program, and (3) learners' perceptions of the…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Independent Study, Metacognition, Diaries
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Lin, Yi-Ti – SAGE Open, 2020
This study aimed to investigate the interrelationship of psychological capital (PsyCap) and mindful learning for English learning engagement and the possible path from PsyCap to English learning engagement with mindful learning as the mediator for university students in Taiwan. Data from 245 Taiwanese university students were used to analyze their…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learner Engagement, College Students, Foreign Countries
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Lan, Pei-Shan; Liu, Ming-Chou; Baranwal, Divya – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
This research is designed to find out whether joining an online community combined with contract learning can enhance the learning motivation of students, promote their self-regulated learning, and improve their academic achievements. In this regard, quasi-experiment research was conducted at primary level students in which the experimental group…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Elementary School Students
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Judy Shih, Hui-chia – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
This paper attempts to investigate and compare two forms of learning logs using Google Sheets -- individual and collaborative learning logs -- and their effect on EFL university students' development of learner autonomy over the course of a semester. Subjects were 62 EFL learners from an intact English elective course at a private university in…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Learning Analytics, Data Use, Personal Autonomy
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Chin, Mei-Hui – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2019
This study explored whether second-language (L2) less proficient adult learners can become skilled readers by investigating the effect on students' attitudes to strategy use when explicit instruction of metacognitive reading strategies is combined with an extensive reading approach. Studies have shown that proficient learners employ a wider range…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Reading Skills, Student Attitudes
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Shih, Hui-chia Judy; Huang, Sheng-hui Cindy – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
This study examines EFL students' metacognitive strategy use in a university flipped classroom and the underlying factors of metacognitive strategy use. The participants in our study were students enrolled in an elective English course at a university in Taiwan, where they had to watch online course videos outside of class and participate in…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Strategies, College Students, English (Second Language)
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Yang, Wenhsien – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2021
Due to increasing globalisation, workforce mobility and international assignments, higher education providers are attempting to equip their graduates with professional knowledge and proficient language skills to enhance their competitiveness in the global job market. In addition, intercultural competence is regarded as essential to enable…
Descriptors: International Education, Content and Language Integrated Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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