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Direct linkHafiz Nauman Ahmed; Saqib Mahmood – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2024
Teacher cognition shapes teachers' pedagogical decision-making and influences their teaching practices, including grammar instruction, even when their cognition and practices might be inconsistent. This study explores English language teachers' cognition regarding grammar instruction and analyses (in)consistencies in teacher cognition and…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Reich, Pavel – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
The aim of the present paper is to focus on the language of Human Resources (HR) as one of the subfields of English for business purposes in respect of positive evaluation and stancetaking and to identify to what extent evaluative language common in real-life situations is reflected in currently available textbooks of English for HR (EHR).…
Descriptors: Human Resources, English for Special Purposes, Business English, Second Language Learning
Freedman, Justin E.; Dotger, Benjamin H.; Samburskiy, Denis – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
In countries such as the United States and Canada, an increasing number of non-native English speaking graduate students work in the capacity of university teaching assistants. Over the past several decades, a number of communication challenges between non-native English speaking International Teaching Assistants (ITAs) and native English-speaking…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Sieglová, Dagmar – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2019
This contribution explores motivational factors from the perspective of students in order to design an effective approach to teaching. Its purpose is twofold. First, it pinpoints findings from a student needs analysis regarding their learning in relation to today's teaching reality. Second, the findings serve as the basis for proposing a…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Student Motivation, Foreign Countries, College Students
Nunan, Anna – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2017
Difficulties establishing support for English speakers taking second language electives in postsecondary education in Ireland led to research on how language classes could be more accessible, multicultural, plurilingual and relevant for students in a university language centre. It is important to try and discover why students choose a foreign…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, College Students, Multicultural Education
Baker, Beverly A.; Tsushima, Rika; Wang, Shujiao – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
There are increasing numbers of non-native English speaking applicants to Canadian universities (AUCC 2008a, 2010), which are committed to promoting linguistic and cultural diversity (AUCC 2008b). One result of this trend is that university admissions officers, as gatekeepers, are faced with a growing and potentially confusing array of language…
Descriptors: Admissions Officers, College Admission, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Kies, Marylin – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2012
Communication and transparency are fundamental ideals underlying the "Council of Europe's Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" (CEFR; Council of Europe 2001). The CEFR has facilitated communication immensely, as teachers, students, publishers, policy makers and examination boards all now make reference to the CEFR…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
