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Reuben Vyn – Foreign Language Annals, 2024
In recent years, the use of external proficiency-based tests to measure learners' language ability has increased significantly, in part thanks to the Seal of Biliteracy movement. However, there exists very limited research investigating the influence of such tests and their subsequent outcomes data on teachers' practices. As such, this study…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Literacy, Bilingualism
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Fielding, Ruth – Language Learning Journal, 2021
An intercultural stance within languages education has been widely embraced within curriculum planning in Australia. Yet prior research has shown that in implementation the stance may not reach its full potential. A key element of an intercultural stance is a focus on reciprocal understanding and "intra"cultural change. Students must…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Etri, Walead – Higher Education Evaluation and Development, 2022
Purpose: This qualitative research set out to understand what teachers' assessments were of the context of teaching as it relates to the curriculum, and what they consider appropriate for an optimal teaching and learning experience in a university English language teaching (ELT) context. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative data were deemed…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Correlation
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Matthew R. Wawrzynski; Paul Garton – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2024
Language is an important element in the struggle for social change and decolonization within South African tertiary education. We explored the relationship between indigenous languages and cocurricular involvement to sense of belonging. Data were collected via a survey of 4210 students that included demographics, cocurricular involvement, and…
Descriptors: Social Change, Language Role, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Nguyen, Chi Hong; Phung, Vy Trieu – European Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Many studies have pointed out a proportionate relation between metacognition and reading strategies. This study advances such an understanding by arguing that this relation is comprised of several sub-relations. Metacognitive Awareness Inventory and Reading Strategies Inventory were conducted among 92 English as Foreign Language students at a…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Strategies, Measures (Individuals), Second Language Learning
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Babaii, Esmat – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2022
English language teaching has always been treated as a socio-cultural issue in post-revolutionary Iran. Fueled by anti-imperialist sentiment, the political authorities diagnosed Western influence as the major ailment of the society. Having to accommodate for the undeniable virtue of learning English for international communication, educationalists…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Textbooks
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Diep, Le Thi Ngoc; Hieu, Vu Minh – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Purpose: In the Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0), higher education (HE) continues to retain a significant role in providing the growth in quality of manpower level. The English language is an international language that is used in multi-aspects including medicine, economics, media, science, and higher education. English learning quality…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Yedigöz-Kara, Zehra; Bümen, Nilay T. – International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, 2022
There is a rich body of studies on the implementation problems of curricular changes comprising more student-centred methodologies in English as a foreign language education around the world. Focusing on these global-wide studies within the context of the Ecological System Theory, this meta-synthesis aims to identify the common factors that hinder…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Curriculum Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Luo, Mingchu Neal; Huang, Mindy – TESOL Journal, 2019
The multiple intelligences (MI) theory has been widely applied to literacy education and English as a second language (ESL) teaching in informing curriculum development and instructional strategies. Using the framework that intelligence shapes human behavior, this study examines the correlations between ESL teachers' MI preferences and their use…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multiple Intelligences
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He, Yan; Tao, Youlan – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2022
Though students are taught translation technology, when confronted with real-life translation tasks, they frequently fail to use technologies flexibly and properly. To address this issue, this study first highlighted the concept of translation technological thinking competence (TTTC) and its significance. Then it proposed the Knowing-Acting…
Descriptors: Translation, Thinking Skills, Technological Literacy, Teaching Methods
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Kheirzadeh, Shiela; Marandi, S. Susan; Tavakoli, Mansoor – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2019
To investigate the congruence between the requisite postgraduate academic language skills and the language skills measured by the General English section of the Iranian National PhD Entrance exam, field specialist informants, language-specialist informants and post-graduate students were questioned. The informants' data were collected through…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, College Entrance Examinations, Doctoral Programs
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Keating Marshall, Kelle; Bokhorst-Heng, Wendy D. – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
This article examines four French immersion (FI) teachers' perspectives on the relationship between language and culture and on their roles as intercultural mediators in New Brunswick (NB), Canada's only officially bilingual province. Data were drawn from semi-structured interviews with the teachers. Couched in the broader framework of Canada's…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Zucker, Tricia A.; Carlo, Maria S.; Landry, Susan H.; Masood-Saleem, Saba S.; Williams, Jeffrey M.; Bhavsar, Vibhutibala – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2019
Curricula are one of the most widely used educational inputs, yet few are developed and evaluated scientifically with a dearth of programs targeting academic language. This manuscript describes an iterative approach to the development of a tiered academic language curriculum supplement for prekindergarten (pre-K) and kindergarten (K) students. A…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Curriculum Development
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Amirian, Seyed Mohammad Reza; Tavakoli, Elaheh – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
Despite the significant role of oral presentation in the academic context, many university students evade opportunities for participation due to low self-efficacy. The present study has been conducted to compare oral presentation self-efficacy of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners with undergraduates and postgraduates of Non-EFL majors,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Interdisciplinary Approach, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Kurt, Mehmet; Bilginer, Hayriye – Online Submission, 2016
In the globalizing world economy, for the realization of international trade is increasing the need for foreign language learning. TR63 (Kahramanmaras, Osmaniye and Hatay) region is increasing its export every day. Besides these advances, interest is awakening in foreign language education among the region. In preparing syllabus for this kind of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Geographic Regions
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