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Download full textKe Hu; Asmaa AlSaqqaf – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2025
Over the past decade, there has been an increasing emphasis on English for Specific Purposes (ESP) within China's higher education language programs. However, the shift towards ESP presents a multifaceted challenge, particularly for business English teaching at higher education, where speaking proficiency is crucial yet often falls below…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Business English, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning
Direct linkDarhower, Mark; Smith-Sherwood, Dawn – Hispania, 2021
Research on the language-literature divide in undergraduate second language programs documents the challenge of engaging literature learners in classroom discourse which is conducive to their developing interpersonal speaking skills as measured on the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Scale. In this study, Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs) were…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Spanish
Bikowski, Dawn; Lim, Hye-Yeon – Applied Language Learning, 2022
Team teaching is re-emerging as a relevant research topic in language education due to the complexity and realities of globalization (Williams, Evans, & Metcalf, 2010). This qualitative study examined the characteristics of high-performing teams and their leadership in foreign language programs. Fifty-four college-level teachers, department…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Bao, Rui; Du, Xiangyun – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2015
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) has been drawing increased attention from language teachers and researchers in the past decade. This paper focuses on the effects of TBLT on beginner learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) in Denmark. Participatory observation and semi-structured interviews were carried out with 18 participants from two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chinese, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Dalziel, Fiona; Davies, Gillian; Han, Amy – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2016
The European Language Portfolio (ELP) was designed as a tool that "supports reflective learning and fosters the development of learner autonomy" (Little 2009, "The European Language Portfolio: Where pedagogy and assessment meet". Strasbourg: Council of Europe.…
Descriptors: Modern Languages, Undergraduate Students, Portfolios (Background Materials), Second Language Learning
Graham, Janet G.; Picklo, Anna R. – 1994
A course in English for academic purposes designed for graduate students needing specialized continuing development of their language skills is described. The course focuses on improving intelligibility, fluency, and accuracy of speech skills required in various disciplines in academic and professional contexts, and provides individualized…
Descriptors: Class Activities, College Second Language Programs, Course Content, Course Descriptions
