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EFL Students' and Teachers' Attitudes toward Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety: A Look at NESTs and Non-NESTs
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Han, Turgay; Tanriöver, Ahmet Serkan; Sahan, Özgür – International Education Studies, 2016
Native English Speaking Teachers (NESTs) have been employed in various English language teaching (ELT) positions and departments at private and state universities in Turkey, particularly over the last three decades. However, undergraduate EFL students' attitudes toward NESTs and Non-Native English Speaking Teachers (Non-NESTs) remain seriously…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Anxiety
Developing Meaning for Algebraic Procedures: An Exploration of the Connections Undergraduate Students Make between Algebraic Rational Expressions and Basic Number Properties
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Yantz, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The attainment and retention of later algebra skills in high school has been identified as a factor significantly impacting the postsecondary success of students majoring in STEM fields. Researchers maintain that learners develop meaning for algebraic procedures by forming connections to the basic number system properties. The present study…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Algebra, Correlation
Translation, Adaptation and Invariance Testing of the Teaching Perspectives Inventory: Comparing Faculty of Malaysia and the United States
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Misieng, Jecky – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As a result of growing attention in cross-cultural research, existing measurement instruments developed in one language are being translated and adapted for use in other languages and cultural contexts. Producing invariant measurement instruments that assess educational and psychological constructs provide a way of testing the cross-cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Translation, Psychometrics
Second Language Reading of Adolescent ELLs: A Study of Response to Retrospective Miscue Analysis, Error Coding Methodology and Transfer of L1 Decoding Skills in L2 Reading
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Latham Keh, Melissa Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2014
It is well documented that ELLs face significant challenges as they develop literacy skills in their second language (NCES, 2007, 2011). This population is diverse and growing rapidly in Massachusetts and across the nation (Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2013; NCELA, 2011; Orosco, De Schonewise, De Onis, Klingner,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Miscue Analysis, Metalinguistics
A Case Study of Chinese University English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Students' Attitudes toward Learning Technologies
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Hayes, Kenneth Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative case study investigates Chinese university English in the context of foreign language (EFL) learners' attitudes about video-aided instruction (VAI), video recording instruction, and mobile phone instruction (learning technologies). When I was working as an English teacher in Mainland China, several instructors and students stated…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Speech Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Student Attitudes
Sign Language Interpreting: The Relationship between Metalinguistic Awareness and the Production of Interpreting Omissions
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Napier, Jemina; Barker, Roz – Sign Language Studies, 2004
This article presents the findings of the first linguistic analysis of sign language interpreting carried out in Australia. A study was conducted on 10 Australian Sign Language/English interpreters to determine the rate and occurrence of interpreting omissions and the interpreters' level of metalinguistic awareness in relation to their production…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sign Language, Translation, Correlation