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Direct linkLuo, Beate – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
This study explored students' learning behavior before and after participating in an introduction to learning how to learn. This four-week intervention included the Massive Open Online Course "Learning How to Learn," further discussions on the content of this MOOC, and hands-on practice using learning platforms. Its purpose was to…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Academic Achievement, Language Proficiency, Comparative Analysis
Daly, Nigel P. – Language Learning & Technology, 2022
The road to second language competence is a long and arduous one, and much of its effort involves learning to recognize and use vocabulary. Fortunately, anytime-anywhere learning with smart phones and smart apps offer a means to lessen the burden and make vocabulary learning more efficient. Accordingly, this study investigated 134 students across…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Independent Study, Computer Assisted Instruction, Language Tests
Download full textAbabneh, Sana' – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This paper presents the results of a comparative investigation into the learning styles of successful and unsuccessful language learners. Subjects of the study were seventeen graduate university students at Yarmouk University, Jordan. They were categorized as "successful" or "unsuccessful" learners, on the basis of their final…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Style, Preferences, Graduate Students
Peer reviewedJochems, Wim; And Others – Higher Education, 1996
A study of 170 foreign university students in the Netherlands shows that while their success rate was similar to native students', it took them more time to complete examinations, and language proficiency and home-country selection procedures were major factors in achievement. Implications for foreign student policy are explored, and a mentor…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
McGroarty, Mary – 1988
A study examined the learning strategies and attitudes of college language students and their relationship to success in language learning. Three research questions were asked: (1) Which self-reported language study strategies were associated with achievement as measured by classroom or other proficiency tests?; (2) Which attitude and motivational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, High Achievement
Wangsotorn, Achara; And Others – 1986
A study of the relationship of learner characteristics to success in beginning English examined the language aptitude, learning motivation and attitudes, spatial relations, study habits, and years of English instruction of 97 seventh-grade students in a Thai government school. The analysis focused on these variables as they related to the…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, English (Second Language)
