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Faoyan Agus Furyanto; Laila Rochmawati – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2025
The practice of intercultural teaching seems to be commonly applied but not in aviation English class. This might be difficult in conceptualizing intercultural competence instructional model (ICCIM) due to the mandatory adaptation to aviation English materials. This autobiographical study aimed to describe how the researcher conducted…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Leong Y. Jonathan; Ma Nang Laik – European Journal of Education (EJED), 2024
The importance of skills has been expounded repeatedly as a crucial factor to thrive in the workplace, as opposed to mere knowledge of content. It is important to be able to adapt to new situations; this is especially true in today's world, where volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) are prevalent. To better prepare…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Learning Theories, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Hardin, Katherine – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2023
Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL) is a form of adult language education that teaches communicative skills in the context of preparing learners for a particular vocation. Despite their pedagogical and logistical benefits for adult language learners, such programs are uncommon today. This literature review traces the emergence and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, English (Second Language), Adult Education, Second Language Instruction
Häkkinen, Miira; Mikkilä-Erdmann, Mirjamaija – European Educational Research Journal, 2023
This study investigates the work of second language teachers in two institutional settings responsible for integration training. By exploring teachers' accounts in Finland and Germany, we seek to deepen the understanding of the daily practice of second language education. Bridging conceptual and practical approaches, the aim is to contribute to…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies, Teaching Methods
Pratiwi, Damar Isti; Amumpuni, Rengganis Siwi; Fikria, Ainun; Budiastuti, Riana Eka – International Journal of Language Education, 2023
This study attempts to investigate students' learning outcomes in TOEFL preparation class through Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) for Railway Mechanical Technology. The program was designed as a TOEFL preparation class that utilized Google Form, Quizizz, and Kahoot! As game-based learning (MALL platform). It was a case study on the 3rd…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Telecommunications
Marja Ahola; Anita Hartikainen; Erkki Sutinen – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2025
This design case describes three iterative development phases of online integration training design from 2015 to 2021. Online integration training is a public educational service for adult immigrants who are registered as unemployed in Finland. The learners are from diverse backgrounds, typically residing in sparsely populated areas or unable to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Labor Force Development, Digital Literacy
Alqahtani, Muneer Hezam – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
This study reviews the methods and findings of earlier translanguaging research with special emphasis on their implications in view of the national development plans stated in Saudi vision 2030. Notably, Saudi Arabia is striving to adjust to the multilingual immigrant workforce on its soil, while the Kingdom envisages a larger role for its people…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Nwude, Angela U.; Zajicek, Anna – Adult Literacy Education, 2021
This study aimed to examine the impact of workplace literacy programs on the structure of social networks accessible to low-income Somali refugee workers. We conceptualized structure as network size and tie strength. Data were drawn using interviews with eighteen participants enrolled in a workplace literacy program. The classes offered included…
Descriptors: Workplace Literacy, Program Effectiveness, Social Networks, Social Capital
Britton, Emma R.; Austin, Theresa Y. – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2023
This ethnography examines how teachers interpret and enact language-in-education policies in an adult ESL classroom in the United States, where students simultaneously received job training as Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs). We draw on postmodern and interpretive lenses from the ethnography of communication, considering how workforce-oriented…
Descriptors: Ethnography, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Oliveri, María Elena; McCulla, Laura – ETS Research Report Series, 2019
For native and nonnative English speakers, employment increasingly requires proficiency in communication, given its critical role in employees' ability to successfully carry out work-related activities. Although communicating competently is important for employability, survey findings have suggested that employers believe that colleges are not…
Descriptors: Work Environment, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Haque, Eve – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2017
In this paper, I will explore how links between migration, official language proficiency and labour market needs are being forged within the context of an increasing neoliberal agenda for immigration. Specifically, I will examine how the stated need for immigrant labour has made the official language proficiency of newcomers a site of increasing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism, Governance, Migrants
Marijuan, Silvia; Sanz, Cristina – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
In spite of advances in the understanding of the effects of the immersion experience on language and cultural development in the last three decades, many questions in study abroad (SA) research remain unanswered. The present article offers a close examination of the field as it is today with an eye toward future trends and gaps in the literature.…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Cultural Awareness, Educational Trends
Fox, Heather L. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
Workforce development interventions have historically been heavily driven by federal funding, much of which was designated towards short-term training programs (less than six months) and rarely involved interaction or collaboration among colleges. The resulting efforts by the colleges to improve, update, or expand their workforce development…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Financial Support, Two Year College Students
Rontu, Heidi; Tuomi, Ulla-Kristiina – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
The role of research in university institutions whose primary task is to provide teaching remains ambiguous and controversial. In principle, all university teaching is based on pertinent research. However, for some university units, such as language centres, the basic tasks, and consequently their funding, are very often defined in a manner which…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Universities
Rowe, Jan; Herrera, Maria; Hughes, Bernie; Cawley, Michael – Language Learning Journal, 2012
There has been much debate about the development of a suitably qualified workforce to deliver the objectives of the Key Stage 2 language learning entitlement in England. The model of a skilled primary languages subject leader, working in collaboration with enthusiastic generalist class teachers is emerging as a consistent preference. Relatively…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Foreign Countries, Specialists
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