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Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Su, Yunwen – TESL-EJ, 2021
This exploratory study examines the role of foreign and second language contexts in the acquisition of conventional expressions. A group of 21 ESL learners was compared to 25 EFL learners randomly selected from a larger pool. Both groups completed an aural multiple-choice discourse completion task (MC-DCT), which was developed from a previously…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Wheeless, Virginia Eman; Witt, Paul L.; Maresh, Michelle; Bryand, Meagan C.; Schrodt, Paul – Communication Education, 2011
This study tested two theoretical models of instructor credibility as a potential mediator between instructors' classroom communication behaviors (nonverbal immediacy, enthusiasm, and homophily) and students' intentions to persist in college. Participants included 570 undergraduate students from three institutions in the South-Central United…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Faculty, Teacher Characteristics, Credibility
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers