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Erol, Teymur; Simsek, Ramazan – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2022
The purpose of the current study is to determine Turkish as a foreign language learners' tendency to use communication strategies. Quantitative and qualitative research models were used together in the study. The survey method was used in the qualitative part and the phenomenological method was used in the quantitative part of the study. The study…
Descriptors: Turkish, Second Language Learning, Interpersonal Communication, Language Usage
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Su, Ya-Chen – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2021
The English language is widely disseminated globally, where it is the major medium of cross-communication in international/intercultural contexts. The purpose of this study is to assess: (1) non-English major college students' self-perceived overall English proficiency, speaking confidence, and communication anxiety/apprehension (CA) in EFL…
Descriptors: College Students, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Agbo, Friday Joseph; Olawumi, Olayemi; Oyelere, Solomon Sunday; Kolog, Emmanuel Awuni; Olaleye, Sunday Adewale; Agjei, Richard O.; Ukpabi, Dandison C.; Yunusa, Abdullahi Abubakar; Gbadegeshin, Saheed A.; Awoniyi, Luqman; Erinle, Kehinde O.; Mogaji, Emmanuel; Silas, Aziaka Duabar; Nwachukwu, Chijioke E.; Olawuni, Adedayo – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2020
Social media has become an important platform where users share, comment, discuss, communicate, interact, and play games. Aside from using social media for personal, social, and business purposes, the use of social media has gained attention, particularly for collaborative learning in the educational sector. This paper examines the role of social…
Descriptors: Social Media, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
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Cooperrider, Kensy – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2016
Demonstratives and pointing gestures are universal, early emerging, and ubiquitous, and it has long been claimed that there is a special relationship between them. But what exactly is the nature of this relationship? The present study investigates this question using a referential communication task. Speakers referred to targets that were near or…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Strategies, Correlation
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Nitza, Davidivitch; Roman, Yavich – International Journal of Higher Education, 2016
In recent years, there has been a significant rise in the use of technological means in general and in academic teaching in particular. Many programs have been developed that include computer-assisted teaching, as well as online courses at educational institutions. The current study focuses on WhatsApp messaging and its use in academia. Studies…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Communication Strategies
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Ren, Hulin; Bai, Yulian – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
It is generally accepted that learning belief has great effect on learning, however, few studies examine the extent to which learning belief affects related achievement. This paper mainly discusses the study of relationship between learning belief and English achievement of Chinese English major students in College. Through the data analysis of…
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Students, English, Majors (Students)
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Mohamedhoesein, Nasser – Open Review of Educational Research, 2017
This study examines the use of technology for interaction by second-year college students in The Netherlands and its relationship with their integration and sense of belonging. The concepts of student integration and sense of belonging, as used in previous studies in The Netherlands, link student's persistence to their social interactions. Our…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, College Students
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Dao, Mai Thi Ngoc; Thorpe, Anthony – International Journal of Educational Management, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report the factors that influence Vietnamese students' choice of university in a little researched context where the effects of globalization and education reform are changing higher education. Design/methodology/approach: A quantitative survey was completed by 1,124 current or recently completed university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Choice, Statistical Analysis, College Students
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Ino, Atsushi – Research-publishing.net, 2014
This study investigated the perceived use of conversation maintenance strategies during synchronous computer-mediated communication with native English speakers. I also correlated the relationships of the strategies used with students' speaking ability and comprehensive proficiency level. The research questions were: (1) how were the learners'…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication
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Yanguas, Íñigo; Flores, Alayne – JALT CALL Journal, 2014
The present study had two main goals: to explore performance differences in a task-based environment between face-to-face (FTF) and oral computer-mediated communication (OCMC) groups, and to investigate the relationship between trait-like willingness to communicate (WTC) and performance in the FTF and OCMC groups. Students from two intact…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Oral Language, Communication Strategies, Interpersonal Communication
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Ekmekçi, Emrah – English Language Teaching, 2016
Assessing speaking skills is regarded as a complex and hard process compared with the other language skills. Considering the idiosyncratic characteristics of EFL learners, oral proficiency assessment issue becomes even more important. Keeping this situation in mind, judgements and reliability of raters need to be consistent with each other. This…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Native Speakers, Non English Speaking, Second Language Instruction
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Hubbard, Glenn T.; Kang, Jin-Ae; Crawford, Elizabeth Crisp – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2016
National survey of college mass communication students (N = 247) analyzed attitudes on the teaching of print and electronic media skills, using journalism students as comparison group. Previous research had not explored strategic communication student responses to convergence. Found identity variables within public relations (PR) field related to…
Descriptors: Preferences, Skill Analysis, Communication Strategies, News Reporting
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Sarchet, Thomastine; Marschark, Marc; Borgna, Georgianna; Convertino, Carol; Sapere, Patricia; Dirmyer, Richard – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2014
Deaf children generally are found to have smaller English vocabularies than hearing peers, although studies involving children with cochlear implants have suggested that the gap may decrease or disappear with age. Less is known about the vocabularies of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) postsecondary students or how their vocabulary knowledge relates…
Descriptors: College Students, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Vocabulary
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Cawthon, Stephanie W.; Leppo, Rachel; Ge, Jin Jin; Bond, Mark – American Annals of the Deaf, 2015
Using from the second National Longitudinal Transition Study (Newman et al., 2011), the authors investigated longitudinal patterns of educational accommodations use in secondary and, later, postsecondary settings by students who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing (SDHH). The study focused on language and communication (LC) accommodations used primarily…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Longitudinal Studies, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Hearing Impairments
Liu, Chia-fen – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study was conducted to identify the factors that may influence the academic and social adjustment of college students with hearing loss in Taiwan. These factors included age, gender, degree of hearing loss, primary communication mode, amplification, high school educational experience, and family relationship. The instruments used to address…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, College Students
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