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Syawal; Patahuddin; Nasrullah, A. S.; Rahman, Ali Wira – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
EFL learner strategy has become a popular issue since English considered as an International language which goes through with international public communication tools. In this study, the researcher focused on verifying learner strategy in enhancing English mastery inside classroom context of Indonesian college student. This study was qualitative…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Vamos, Cheryl A.; Thompson, Erika L.; Logan, Rachel G.; Griner, Stacey B.; Perrin, Karen M.; Merrell, Laura K.; Daley, Ellen M. – Journal of American College Health, 2020
Objective: To assess college students' sexual and reproductive health (SRH) literacy experiences, specific to contraception use and STI prevention. Participants: In Spring 2015, participants (n = 43) from a large institution participated in six focus groups (two male and four females groups). Methods: Focus groups were guided by the health…
Descriptors: College Students, Literacy, Sexuality, Health Behavior
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Hansen Edwards, Jette G. – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2018
The study employs a case study approach to examine the impact of educational backgrounds on nine Hong Kong tertiary students' English and Cantonese language practices and identifications as native speakers of English and Cantonese. The study employed both survey and interview data to probe the participants' English and Cantonese language use at…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Language of Instruction, Sino Tibetan Languages, Self Concept
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Pierre, Danielle – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2017
Oppression and marginalization of people who identify as LGBTQ+ persist on university campuses despite their right to be free of discrimination under the Ontario Human Rights Code. In an attempt to highlight the real and detrimental impacts of normative heterosexual and cisgender ideologies on Ontarian students the Ontario Undergraduate Student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Gender Issues
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Song, Youngjin; Carheden, Shannon – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2014
Learning chemistry vocabulary that has both scientific and everyday meanings, which we call dual meaning vocabulary (DMV), can be challenging for many students. This qualitative study investigated how college students understand 11 selected DMV words before and after traditional chemistry instruction and to what extent they retain the scientific…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Nonmajors, Interviews
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Sibomana, Emmanuel – Education as Change, 2016
Historically, some languages and discourses which were initially localised subsequently became regionally or even globally dominant. Currently, English is the dominant global language in all domains, including the academic. Thus academics and scholars from non-English backgrounds are at a disadvantage: they have to adhere to academic literacy…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes, Interviews
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Cox, Anicca – Across the Disciplines, 2015
Via interview data focused on instructor practices and values, this study sought to describe some of what performing and visual arts instructors do at the university level to effectively teach disciplinary values through writing. The study's research goals explored how relationships to writing process in visual and performing arts support…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Theater Arts, Visual Arts, College Students
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Richards, Kendall; Pilcher, Nick – Dialogic Pedagogy, 2016
Corpus linguistics, or the gathering together of language into a body for analysis and development of materials, is claimed to be an assured, established method (or field) that valuably informs pedagogical materials and knowledge of language (e.g. Ädel 2010; Gardner & Nesi, 2013). The fundamental validity of corpus linguistics is rarely, if…
Descriptors: Criticism, Computational Linguistics, Instructional Materials, Interviews
Arouca, Raquel Alexandra de Moura – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Reentry Shock had been studied through psychological symptoms and inter-relationship problems. Previous research also focused on quantitative data of post-experience questionnaires. This dissertation examines how reentry support programs help students during the reentry process and how participants integrate the study abroad experience into their…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Study Abroad, Workshops, Questionnaires