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Direct linkPuah, Yann-Yann; Ting, Su-Hie – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
The study examines the influence of gender, age and socio-economic status on attitudes of Foochow and Hokkien towards their ethnic language and Mandarin. The matched guise test results of 120 Foochow and 120 Hokkien participants in Kuching, Malaysia, showed positive attitudes towards Mandarin on all the 15 traits. The Hokkien participants were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese, Individual Characteristics, Age Differences
Jarvis, Huw; Szymczyk, Marta – ELT Journal, 2010
This paper reports on a study which examined students' attitudes to learning grammar in autonomous contexts and their preferences for the learning materials with which to do so. In all, 38 students were surveyed and 13 of these then spent some time working in a language resource centre (LRC) with web- and paper-based materials. Students then…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Grammar, Instructional Materials
Download full textAhluwalia, Gurleen; Gupta, Deepti; Aggarwal, Deepak – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2011
In this article we present an investigation that focused on the students' perception of using Blogs as a means to supplement in-class language learning activities. Blogs are easy to manage and enable students to publish their work in a chronological manner. They help students to engage in online exchanges and promote learner autonomy. This study…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Second Language Learning, Learning Activities, Student Attitudes
Hinkelman, Don; Gruba, Paul – Language Learning & Technology, 2012
As blended language learning environments evolve within tertiary foreign language institutions, issues of power with regards to the privileging of electronic technologies come to the fore. Blended learning, or the principled mix of online and classroom-based activities, challenges the practices of traditional CALL and face-to-face teaching within…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Facility Planning, Action Research, Computer Software
Peer reviewedHaggstrom, Margaret – Foreign Language Annals, 1994
Provides an overview of the most widely used methods of classroom oral testing, as well as evaluations of their practicality and conformity to the goals of communicative teaching and testing. Also described are ways the video camera and task-based activities have successfully been used to make oral testing a more realistic communicative…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Dialogs (Language), Interviews, Language Laboratories
Peer reviewedOde, Cecilia – System, 1986
Discusses the outcomes of an investigation into the motives and appreciation of autonomous language learners among students and staff of the Department of Individual Foreign Language Studies at the University of Amsterdam. The results showed so much variety that any conclusions or correlations were hard to make. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Autoinstructional Aids, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
