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Goble, Ryan A. – Modern Language Journal, 2023
Empirical research on the relationship between language learners' (LLs') multilingual and professional development has remained scant in conversations surrounding LLs' sustained engagement with a target language (TL) beyond higher education. To address this gap, this article examines the co-construction of US collegiate LLs'…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, College Students, Self Concept
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Wrigglesworth, Jonathan; Harvor, Finn – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2018
This study examined how Korean university students, majoring in English interpretation and translation, used their smartphones to meet their language learning needs. We surveyed 241 students on their smartphone use in four conditions: overall use, use related to coursework, use in English related to coursework, and use in English not related to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Seyyedrezaie, Zari Sadat; Ghonsooly, Behzad; Shahriari, Hesamoddin; Fatemi, Hazar Hosseini – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2016
This study investigated the effect of writing process in Google Docs environment on Iranian EFL learners' writing performance. It also examined students' perceptions towards the effects of Google Docs and their perceived causes of success or failure in writing performance. In this regard, 48 EFL students were chosen based on their IELTs writing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Writing Achievement
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Chen, Hsueh Chu – English Language Teaching, 2018
This study (a) conducted a feature analysis of the spoken data of Chinese university students in pronunciation, grammar, and discourse, (b) investigated the contributions of the discrete linguistic features to the perceptual ratings on foreign accent, comprehensibility, delivery, and general language use. Ten university learners were selected from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, College Students
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Keshavarz, Mohammad Hossein; Polat Köseoglu, Meryem – TESOL Journal, 2021
This study investigated the interactive function of teacher-written feedback. To this end, 10 students from two English toward proficiency (ETP) classes in a private university in North Cyprus were asked to engage in "a letter to my teacher" (ALMT) activity during the feedback-revision process in the course of their study. Moreover, the…
Descriptors: Interaction, Feedback (Response), Written Language, Second Language Learning
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Wang, Liping; Gesang, Zhuoma – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2020
The ethnic minorities in China follow two major linguistic educational systems. They receive an education and write the college entrance exam in either Chinese or their own ethnic language. However, the existing literature views the expansion of Chinese education to the ethnic regions of China in recent decades as a forcible process of cultural…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Minority Groups, College Entrance Examinations, Chinese
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Cunningham, D. Joseph – Language Learning & Technology, 2019
While many studies have documented the growth of second language abilities and intercultural knowledge as a result of participating in telecollaboration, research has not sufficiently investigated the development of content knowledge in this learning context. In response, this study explores content learning in a university-level, genre-based…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Learning, Languages for Special Purposes, College Second Language Programs
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Liao, Fang-Yu – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
This paper looks at how L2 students' writing experiences relate to the way they think they can write poems and to further investigate if any types of writing experiences contribute to their perceived poetry writing ability. The paper starts by bringing up the value of introducing poetry writing to L2 students. Then, the literature review section…
Descriptors: Writing Achievement, Writing Ability, Second Language Learning, Poetry
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Lee, Sherrie – Teachers and Curriculum, 2018
Research on international students for whom English is an additional language (EAL) tend to focus on their lack of language proficiency and active participation in the classroom. However, examining their informal learning practices such as brokering provides an opportunity to understand how international EAL students respond to academic demands on…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Academic Achievement, Translation
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Tsai, Yea-Ru; Lee, Chun-Yen – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2018
The present study was an elaboration on factors influencing foreign language (FL) reading anxiety in EFL learners (n = 202) in Taiwan. Data were collected from three measures, a background information questionnaire, the Foreign Language Reading Anxiety Scale (FLRAS) and a semi-structured interview. The results showed that FL reading anxiety was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading
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Liu, Meihua; Li, Mingming – College Student Journal, 2018
The present research examined the changes in Chinese university students' motivation to learn German during a 16-week semester. Analyses of the data showed that both at the beginning and toward the end of the semester, the participants held (fairly) positive attitudes towards German, were motivated to learn the language mainly for integrative and…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Li, Chenxi; Wu, Ligao; Li, Chen; Tang, Jinlan – Research-publishing.net, 2017
This work-in-progress doctoral research project aims to identify meaning negotiation patterns in synchronous audio and video Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) environments based on the model of CMC text chat proposed by Smith (2003). The study was conducted in the Institute of Online Education at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Four dyads…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication
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Chan, Hum – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2018
This article reports on a case study that explored the perspectives and practices of Cambodian EFL students regarding their investment in learning English at the University of Battambang (UBB), Cambodia. The study specifically investigated how the students perceived the role that learning English played in their lives. The study also examined…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), College Students
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Suherman, Rudi; Indrayani, Lia Maulia; Krisnawati, Ekaning – Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 2020
The study intends to see the interlanguage morphological structure observed in communicative tasks of ten Indonesian learners of English as a Foreign Language. To achieve this purpose, Qualitative method with quantified data is employed in this study embracing the cross-sectional approach. The data are taken from the utterances produced by 10…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Wu, Wen-Chi Vivian; Hsieh, Jun Scott Chen; Yang, Jie Chi – Educational Technology & Society, 2017
Since the advent of new technology for learning, innovative language instructors have been constantly seeking new pedagogy to match the potential of technology-enhanced instruction. While previous studies have supported the adoption of technologies to facilitate language teaching and learning, research into enhancing English as a foreign language…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Communities of Practice, English (Second Language), Blended Learning
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