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Atar, Cihat; Kir-Cullen, Elif; Denkci-Akkas, Ferdane – Online Submission, 2020
At Turkish universities, schools of foreign languages provide compulsory and voluntary language education for college students before they start their programs. This study aims to evaluate the program implemented for the English preparatory classes at Istanbul Medeniyet University, School of Foreign Languages during 2016-2017 academic year. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Kheradmand Saadi, Zahra – Online Submission, 2016
For Vygotsky, language is a cultural-psychological concept emerged from social interactions and is applied for higher cognitive functions such as thinking, meaning making, and knowledge construction. In this study, a sociocultural perspective was applied to analyze the language produced by 40 sophomore Iranian EFL learners during dialogic…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Discourse Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Classification
Aagaard, Lola; Conner, Timothy W., II; Skidmore, Ronald L. – Online Submission, 2010
It has been reported (Lei, Barlett, Gorney, & Herschbach, 2010; Sikorski et al., 2002) that only a minority of college students actually read the course textbook or other assigned readings in preparation for examinations. Suggested strategies to remedy this situation include quizzes (Ruscio, 2001; Ryan, 2006), study worksheets (Aagaard &…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Textbooks, Assignments, Electronic Publishing
Oscarson, Anne Dragemark – Online Submission, 2009
The main aim of the study is to explore the role of self-assessment in EFL learning in developing lifelong language learning skills and in furthering the development of more comprehensive and thereby fairer assessment practices. The study explores how students perceived their own general and specific writing abilities in relation to syllabus goals…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Lifelong Learning, Metacognition, Program Effectiveness