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Bozdag, Faruk – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2020
Due to the intensification of global migration movements, the importance of studies in the field of acculturation has been increasing. In order to develop a healthy adaptation process between the migrant community and the host society, it is especially necessary to conduct studies on the acculturation processes of young migrants. Exploring the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Orientation, Refugees, Migration Patterns
Vo, Thanh Duy; Samoilova, Valerria; Wilang, Jeffrey Dawala – Online Submission, 2017
Inconsistencies of results of foreign language anxiety's effect on advanced learners' language performances have persisted over the years. And little has been known on the relationship between foreign language anxiety and engineering graduate students' language performances. To fill the gap, this study employed a self-report anxiety scale called…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Engineering Education, Language Proficiency, Graduate Students
Estrada, Peggy; Wang, Haiwen – Grantee Submission, 2013
For English learners (ELs), reclassifying to fluent English proficient (RFEP) signifies reaching a milestone indicating the ability to function in mainstream classes without support. Little is known about the discrepancy between the number of ELs who meet reclassification criteria and the number who are reclassified as fluent English proficient,…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Second Language Learning, Classification, Language Proficiency
Chiang, David L. – 1978
Predictors of relative clause production in adult second language acquisition were examined through a replication and extension of a study by Schachter (1974). The present study is different in that it was based on oral instead of written production and it was designed to examine avoidance with the consideration that avoidance presupposed choice.…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Proficiency, Language Research, Masters Theses
Feyten, Carine M. – 1989
A study investigated the relationship between native language (NL) listening skills and foreign language (FL) learning. Research questions addressed: (1) whether a relationship exists between NL listening ability and overall FL proficiency, between NL listening ability and FL listening comprehension skills, and between NL listening ability and FL…
Descriptors: French, Higher Education, Language Processing, Language Proficiency
Brecht, Richard D.; And Others – 1991
A preliminary report on a long-term empirical investigation of advanced language acquisition in a study-abroad environment is presented. The project is based on an American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) longitudinal study of the gains in Russian language competence demonstrated by American students in semester-long language programs in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Immersion Programs, Language Acquisition
Watzke, John – 1998
The paper considers the effects of study abroad on student second language acquisition (SLA) and suggests areas for further study. It begins with an overview of current research on study abroad, its relationship to foreign language programs, and the innovations that this growing research base holds for program development. Attention then turns to…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Educational Research, Higher Education, Language Proficiency
Oller, John W., Jr. – 1991
A discussion of language testing looks at the relationship between the processes of language learning and language testing, particularly from the point of view of pragmatics theory. It outlines some of the theory of Charles Sanders Pierce and its role in the evolution of linguistic theory, as well as the work of other theorists concerning the…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Language Aptitude, Language Processing, Language Proficiency
Weimer, Don – 1996
Prompted by repeated failure on a required English language proficiency test by a large proportion of undergraduates, educators at Cardinal Stritch College (Wisconsin) conducted a study to determine predictors of failure or success on the test, and whether revision of course placement standards should be considered to improve test performance.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, English, Failure, Grades (Scholastic)
Egemba, Maria Olivia; Crawford, James R. – 2003
This study examined factors associated with Hispanic students' high dropout rates, considering not only demographic factors but also the role of family background, early school experiences, and social influences in the high Hispanic student dropout rate. Data came from students in the High School and Beyond (HS&B) longitudinal study of the…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Dropout Rate, Dropouts, Early Parenthood
Torres, Judith Stern; Fischer, Shelley M. – 1989
A study investigated the relationship between the 1982 native language proficiency of 4,700 newly-enrolled Spanish-speaking, limited-English-proficient (LEP) kindergarten through seventh grade students and their success rates in acquiring English proficiency in the following 4 years. Findings of the study, and the implications derived from the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
Marcon, Rebecca A.; And Others – 1994
This study examined receptive and expressive language as a precursor of maladaptive behavior in African-American, inner-city children. It compared the adaptive and maladaptive behavior scores of 202 children--most from single-parent and low-income families--from District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) at age 12 to their scores on similar…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Blacks, Child Behavior, Early Childhood Education
Wangsotorn, Achara; And Others – 1986
A study of the relationship of learner characteristics to success in beginning English examined the language aptitude, learning motivation and attitudes, spatial relations, study habits, and years of English instruction of 97 seventh-grade students in a Thai government school. The analysis focused on these variables as they related to the…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, English (Second Language)