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Ikuya Aizawa – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2025
This study investigates the impact of the language of instruction on assessment outcomes by comparing students' test performance in English (EMI) and Japanese Medium Instruction (JMI) courses. Data were collected from a university in Japan offering parallel Chemistry courses in Japanese and English as part of the same undergraduate curriculum. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Language Usage, Academic Language
Jing Lan – Journal of Education and Learning, 2025
Writing ability is an essential skill for college students to improve their school performance and complete their academic writing tasks. Proficient English writing skills are also highly advantageous for their future career prospects and personal growth. However, many English learners face difficulties in various aspects of English writing. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Difficulties, English (Second Language), Majors (Students)
Willy A. Renandya; Nguyen Thi Thuy Minh; George M. Jacobs – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
The aim of this article is to assist TESOL learners in effectively delving into professional literature for both their coursework and future teaching endeavors. It begins by addressing common challenges in critical reading faced by TESOL students, such as complex and technical language, varied writing styles and a lack of familiarity with TESOL…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Preservice Teachers, Critical Reading
Shiping Duan; Zhiliang Shi – Language Teaching Research, 2024
This study investigates the use of formulaic sequences (FS) in academic writings of Chinese learners of English as a foreign language across different levels of studies at a public university in China. Frequency-based formulas were retrieved from a corpus of student academic texts written at five time points between Year 1 and Year 3. The…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Writing (Composition), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Donlawat Meebangsai; Pawarit Pongtin; Panjaphon Kitipoontanakorn; Piyapong Laosrirattanachai – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2023
The researchers investigated the usage of appropriate academic English vocabulary in research papers authored by English major students, publications in Thai national journals, and international journals. In total, 708 papers published between 2016 and 2018 were analyzed, consisting of 300 international research papers, 300 national research…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Vocabulary, Majors (Students), Student Research
Thi Minh Chau Tran; Bao Trang Thi Nguyen; Pham Thi Hong Nhung; Lien-Huong Vo; Van Huy Nguyen – Issues in Educational Research, 2025
Our study examined the difficulties Vietnamese Masters (MA) in TESOL (Teaching English to speakers of other languages) students encountered while writing their MA theses. Using a a 5-point Likert scale questionnaire, data were collected from 29 MA TESOL students who had completed their theses at a university in central Vietnam. Fifteen…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Theses, Graduate Students, English (Second Language)
Yufan Zhao; Vahid Aryadoust – Language Testing, 2025
This study examined the semantic features of the simulated mini-lectures in the listening sections of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) based on automatized semantic analysis to explore the content validity of the two tests. Two study corpora were utilized, the IELTS…
Descriptors: Semantics, Computational Linguistics, Academic Language, Second Language Learning
Trang, Nguyen Huynh; Nguyen, Duyen Thi Bich; Ha, Hung Tan – SAGE Open, 2023
The article shines light upon the differences in the vocabulary demands of academic spoken discourse between three broad scientific disciplines: Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences. By employing the Academic Word List (AWL) and British National Corpus/Corpus of Contemporary American English (BNC/COCA) wordlist, the present study…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Vocabulary, Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences
Talip Gülle; Yasemin Bayyurt – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2024
While translanguaging has gained significant traction as a theory of language that holds implications for educational settings with students from various language backgrounds, its viability in content assessment remains an unresolved issue. Students in English-medium instruction (EMI) programs at a private university in Türkiye participated in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, Academic Language, Language of Instruction
Chen, Shukun; Xuan, Winfred Wenhui; Yu, Wei – SAGE Open, 2022
Adopting the framework of projection from Systemic Functional Linguistics, the present study explored the deployment of projection in summary writing by three levels of college EFL learners from a university in mainland China. Data were collected from one summary writing by three classes of different levels' learners in an English program from a…
Descriptors: Verbs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
Jian Xu; Wanyu Amy Ou – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2024
This qualitative study examines Chinese returnee scholars' language practices in teaching and research and their identity construction during their early career years. Using interviews and drawing upon poststructuralist identity theory, it examines the adaptations of twelve Chinese bilingual returnee scholars to new academic communities in English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Willem B. Hollmann; Kazuko Fujimoto; Masahiro Kuroda – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2024
Modifying and hedging one's claims appropriately is an important characteristic of academic writing. This study focuses on the three main English modal verbs used to express "epistemic possibility" to avoid making strong statements, viz., "may", "might", and "could". The purpose of this corpus-based study is…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Verbs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Kremzer, Viola – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2023
Teacher trainees are familiarised with various genres during their studies; however, the teaching portfolio and the thesis are the ones in the focus of their university years. The present study aims at investigating student teachers' writing and reflective skills by analysing reflective writings as compulsory documents of teaching portfolios.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Portfolios (Background Materials)
Mohammad M. Zeidan; Jessica Allred; Ruikun Zhao – Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 2023
Physics is an essential subject in most fields of Science and Engineering which cannot be mastered simply by watching lectures or solving problems at the end of each chapter: students must fully engage in solving these problems. This often requires problem visualisation, which presents quite a challenge for some, especially for students who are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Sakol Suethanapornkul; Sarut Supasiraprapa – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
Usage-based theories hold that mental representation of language is shaped by a lifetime of usage. Both input to which first language (L1) and second language (L2) users are exposed and their own language production affect their construction learning and entrenchment. The present study investigates L2 users' knowledge of two…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction