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Younglong Kim – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The English proficiency gap is one of the most significant problems for young students in South Korea as it widens inequality by limiting opportunities for their future. One unique learning center, located in the under resourced area in South Korea, has been available at cost-free to enhance language development. This qualitative case study aims…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Skills
Jing Zhang – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Writing centers, an established, U.S.-rooted writing pedagogy, have spread across the globe, serving various populations in different countries. With Chinese universities' exciting endeavors to implement writing centers in their local contexts, little is known as to whether and how the writing center approach serves Chinese EFL students' specific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing (Composition), Laboratories, Student Needs
Lee, Alice Shu-Ju – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation explores the identity enactments (Bucholtz & Hall, 2005) of 14 multilingual university writing center tutors and multilingual student writers who use English and Putonghua to negotiate their interactions. The study is situated within sociocultural theory (Vygotsky, 1978) and uses ethnographic methods such as observation,…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Multilingualism, Self Concept, Interviews
Samuels, Jeffrey D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) is an established field of academic inquiry with distinct applications for second language teaching and learning. Many CALL professionals direct language labs or language resource centers (LRCs) in which CALL software applications and generic software applications support language learning programs and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Software Selection
Carruthers, Heidy P. Cuervo – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The traditional language laboratory consists of computer-based exercises in which students practice the language individually, working on language form drills and listening comprehension activities. In addition to the traditional approach to the laboratory requirement, students in the study participated in a weekly conversation hour focusing on…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Spanish