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Edwards, Emily; Ellis, Neville John – Educational Action Research, 2020
Action research has enjoyed phenomenal growth in the field of education as a catalyst for teacher professional learning with a view to school improvement, but it is commonly remodelled across various local settings. Adopting a Schatzkian perspective, this study investigates the experiences of a range of teachers engaging in an action research…
Descriptors: Action Research, Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Wang, Yangting – TESL-EJ, 2019
Even though there are books that guide students in preparing for TOEFL exams, the literature on TOEFL test preparation courses at the university level is sparse (Huang, 2018). The current study aimed to fill the research gap by investigating the impact of TOEFL ITP assessment on teachers' TOEFL course content and teaching methods. Five different…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
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Mostafa, Tamanna; Kim, YouJin – Language Awareness, 2021
The study investigates to what extent English as a second language (ESL) learners develop explicit and automatised explicit knowledge of two target-forms (third person singular 's' and future conditional if-clause) after input and output based instruction and whether learning effects differ depending on the target forms. The study follows a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Linguistic Input, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Kermad, Alyssa – TESL-EJ, 2021
Prosody communicates pragmatic meaning far beyond that which is evident at the surface level of an utterance and can pose challenges to learners' pragmatic comprehension. The current study investigated how second language (L2) English learners made decisions about speaker intent when communicated through prosody. Seventeen English L2 learners took…
Descriptors: Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Edwards, Emily; Burns, Anne – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
Language teachers constantly create, adapt and evaluate classroom materials to develop new curricula and meet their learners' needs. It has long been argued (e.g. by Stenhouse, L. [1975]. "An Introduction to Curriculum Research and Development." London: Heinemann) that teachers themselves, as opposed to managers or course book writers,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Material Development, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers
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Weger, Heather – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
Pedagogical proponents of both communicative language teaching and the postmethod philosophy argue for the importance of considering learners' needs in classroom planning. This requires understanding learners' attitudes toward a variety of classroom realities. The present study reports on the attitudes of 131 adult, international learners of…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Intensive Language Courses, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Zikopoulos, Marianthi, Ed.; Julian, Alfred C., Ed. – 1986
Results of the 1985-1986 census of foreign students in the United States are presented. In addition to an overview of foreign study in the United States and other countries, data are provided on: the number of students from regions and countries that sent the largest groups of foreign students to the United States; personal and academic…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Enrollment Trends, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
Boyan, Douglas R., Ed.; And Others – 1983
Results of the 1981-1982 census of foreign students in the United States are presented. In addition to an overview of foreign study in the United States and other countries, data are provided on students' nationality, academic characteristics, personal characteristics, distribution by state, two- and four-year institutions, public and private…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Enrollment Trends, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
Boyan, Douglas R., Ed.; And Others – 1984
Results of the 1982-1983 census of foreign students in the United States are presented. In addition to an overview of foreign study in the United States and other countries, data are provided on students' nationality, academic characteristics, personal characteristics, distribution by state, distribution in two- and four-year institutions, and in…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Enrollment Trends, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
Adams, Mary Ellen, Ed.; And Others – 1984
Results of the 1983-1984 census of foreign students in the United States are presented. In addition to an overview of foreign study in the United States and other countries, data are provided on students' nationality, academic characteristics, personal characteristics, distribution by state, distribution in two- and four-year institutions, and in…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Enrollment Trends, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
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Carrell, Patricia L. – ETS Research Report Series, 2007
Utilizing a pre- and posttest research design, with an instructional intervention of good practices in notetaking, the notes taken by examinees during a computer-based listening comprehension test prior to and following the instructional intervention were examined for particular notetaking strategies. Questionnaires probed perceptions of the…
Descriptors: Notetaking, Pretests Posttests, Correlation, English (Second Language)
Ellis, James – Thought Currents in English Literature, 1993
A study investigated the relationship between language contacts made outside of the classroom by Japanese foreign students and how those contacts affect their participation within the classroom and their overall academic performance. Subjects were 32 university students from Japan enrolled in an intensive language program. All of the students had…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Traits
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. Coll. Scholarship Service. – 1987
Information on foreign student policies at 1,955 accredited U.S. colleges and universities is presented. Separate sections for undergraduate and graduate students provide detailed information in a tabular format, including degree levels offered, enrollment for both foreign and U.S. students, admissions tests and English as a foreign language…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Applicants, College Choice, College Entrance Examinations