Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 3 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 5 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 6 |
Descriptor
Source
| International Journal of… | 1 |
| L2 Journal | 1 |
| Language Learning in Higher… | 1 |
| Language Teaching Research | 1 |
| Language and Education | 1 |
| Teaching Education | 1 |
| The TA at UCLA Newsletter | 1 |
Author
| Arshavskaya, Ekaterina | 1 |
| Braine, George | 1 |
| Cahnmann-Taylor, Melisa | 1 |
| Fernandez, Julieta | 1 |
| Hwang, Yohan | 1 |
| Lee, Jooyoung | 1 |
| Loeher, Larry, Ed | 1 |
| Sarah Fehrman | 1 |
| Westbrook, Pete | 1 |
| Yuldashev, Aziz | 1 |
Publication Type
| Tests/Questionnaires | 8 |
| Journal Articles | 6 |
| Reports - Research | 5 |
| Collected Works - Serials | 1 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 5 |
| Postsecondary Education | 3 |
Audience
| Administrators | 1 |
| Practitioners | 1 |
| Students | 1 |
| Teachers | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| International English… | 1 |
| Test of English as a Foreign… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkSarah Fehrman – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2022
This design case follows the transformation of a language and culture course for first-year international students from face-to-face to online. It focuses on creating and managing disorienting dilemmas in an online environment as students are given the opportunity to pursue transformative learning. Design decisions about creating community, course…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Online Courses, Barriers, Second Language Learning
Lee, Jooyoung – Language Teaching Research, 2021
Many international students in American universities are required to take writing courses in English as a second language (ESL) before participating in a mainstream first-year composition (FYC) course. Given that the goal of ESL writing course is to prepare students for FYC course, the connection between ESL and FYC courses is significant. This…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Westbrook, Pete – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
As a result of increasing internationalisation, the University of Copenhagen established the Centre for Internationalisation and Parallel Language Use (CIP) in 2008 as a research, competence development and resource centre. Part of CIP's remit is to provide language training (mainly in Danish and English) for students and staff at the University.…
Descriptors: International Education, Universities, Resource Centers, Second Language Learning
Cahnmann-Taylor, Melisa; Hwang, Yohan – Language and Education, 2019
This paper examines the possibility of viewing TESOL teachers' identities through the metaphor of 'poet-teachers', viewing second language teachers as creative and collaborative meaning-makers. We analyzed interviews, poems and classroom discourse among 16 Chinese, Vietnamese and English L1 speakers who participated in poetry writing course as a…
Descriptors: Poetry, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Arshavskaya, Ekaterina – Teaching Education, 2018
To meet the demands of contemporary society, students need to develop the ability to interact effectively with people from different cultures. To advance this goal, a project involving ethnographic interviews was introduced to an intercultural communication course. Participating students' attitudes toward other cultures were measured on a Likert…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Likert Scales, Student Attitudes, Intercultural Communication
Fernandez, Julieta; Yuldashev, Aziz – L2 Journal, 2015
The corpus-informed pedagogical intervention described in this article was developed for an advanced English as a Second Language (ESL) course designed for prospective International Teaching Assistants (ITAs) and implemented over the course of two class periods. Its primary goal was to offer students opportunities to gain language awareness of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Teaching Methods, Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning
Download full textBraine, George – 1994
This paper presents an ex post facto analysis of the performance of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) college students in ESL and mainstream freshman composition courses. Students were evaluated on 4 essays written during the 10-week quarter and a final in-class essay. This final essay examination focused on a common theme, was evaluated by at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Course Descriptions, English (Second Language)
Loeher, Larry, Ed; And Others – The TA at UCLA Newsletter, 1987
Four issues of a University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) newsletter by and for teaching assistants (TAs) are presented, with focus on course syllabi, sexism, teacher evaluation, and foreign TAs. Consideration is given to: a positive classroom atmosphere; myths of college instruction; use of classroom tests; lecture methods; the "abused…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Instruction, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions
