NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kruk, Mariusz – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
The first part of the paper offers the characteristics of the affective variables of willingness to communicate, motivation, language anxiety and boredom as located within the framework of the complex dynamic systems. The second part aims to discuss the results of a study intended to examine the effect of "Second Life" on two English…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Student Motivation, Attention Control
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mystkowska-Wiertelak, Anna – Language Learning Journal, 2022
The concept of learner engagement, widely researched in educational psychology, has recently gained attention of language acquisition researchers (cf. Mercer, S. and Z. Dörnyei. 2020. "Engaging Students in Contemporary Classrooms." Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; Mercer, S. 2019. Language learner engagement: setting the scene. In…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Psychology
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Sobkowiak, Pawel – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
This paper presents qualitative research examining to what extent sojourns abroad engage their participants in intercultural interactions and whether or not such experience translates into students' intercultural growth. The results of the study demonstrated that studying abroad did not provide students with ample opportunities to immerse into the…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Student Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Nowak-Fabrykowski, Krystyna Teresa; Trzcinska, Eleonora – International Education Studies, 2009
The purpose of this article is to analyze teaching of modern history in Poland and the teachers' role in the process of democratization. Forty-eight high school history teachers responded to a questionnaire investigating the curricula, textbooks, supplemental teaching materials and methods of teaching. The results demonstrate that since 1989 these…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Teacher Role