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Download full textNaif, Ahmed H.; Saad, Noor Saazai Mat – English Language Teaching, 2017
Adult Arab learners of Finnish as second language (FSL) often encounter communication difficulty when dealing with official documents. They also cannot help their children in their school homework. FSL proficiency is an essential requirement to get an employment and to obtain the Finnish citizenship. The aim of this paper is to explore the use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Finno Ugric Languages, Arabs
Direct linkDmitrenko, Violetta – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2017
The main goal consisted in identifying and bringing together strategies of multilinguals as a particular learner group. Therefore, research was placed in the intersection of the three fields: language learning strategies (LLS), third language acquisition (TLA), and the didactics of plurilingualism. First, the paper synthesises the major findings…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies, Questionnaires
Ayachi, Zeineb – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2015
The new market place has dictated on adults the use of English as it is the first international language used in business. However, learning a foreign language becomes more and more complicated as the learner gets older, is in a mature command of L1 and L2, and does not have enough time to learn due to professional responsibilities. Contrary to…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Learning Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Suwanarak, Kasma – English Language Teaching, 2015
This research aims to understand language learning strategies of Thai adult learners and factors affecting their strategy use. The participants are forty officers of General Service Division of the Council of State of Thailand, attending an English training course for developing their work potential. The data were collected through the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Learning Strategies, Second Language Instruction
Huang, Jiuhuan; Newbern, Claudia – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2012
This article reports on a study that examines the effects of metacognitive reading strategy instruction on reading performance of adult ESL learners with limited English and literacy skills. The strategy instruction was implemented over a period of four months with a group of 18 learners who were enrolled in a high beginning literacy course in an…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Literacy, Reading Strategies, English (Second Language)
Tercanlioglu, Leyla – Issues in Educational Research, 2004
The concept of learning strategies has become quite familiar to most professionals in teaching English as a foreign language. The aim of this study is to discover gender differences in language learning strategies used by foreign language learners in a Turkish University. 184 university students who participated in this study were enrolled in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning
