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Alghamdi, Fatimah M. A.; Siddiqui, Ozma – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
This study reports on and investigates an institutionalized remedial approach held by an English language institute (ELI) at a Saudi University in order to support foundation year struggling students who often achieve low grades or fail to pass a certain level of the English language program. The study utilizes semi-structured interviews to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, College Students
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Lau, Ken – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2017
The mission of universities today is not only to nurture experts in various professions, but also to cultivate lifelong autonomous learners. Independent learning and pedagogies that aim to foster learner autonomy have grown in importance over the past decade. However, the extent to which independent learning is successful in fostering autonomy has…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Personal Autonomy, Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes
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Poedjiastutie, Dwi; Oliver, Rhonda – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2017
The current study explores the challenges facing an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) program at an Indonesian university in Indonesia. As a part of their commitment to improvement, this university is working to better prepare students for employment so that they may function well in workplace. However, currently students' English proficiency is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English for Special Purposes, College Students, Employment Qualifications
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Ramirez Valencia, Astrid; Borja-Alarcón, Isabel; Ramirez Valencia, Magnolia – English Language Teaching, 2018
This article seeks to raise awareness about the impact of graduate students from an undergraduate English program at a public university, from 2011 to 2015, in the geographic scope field. Once they have completed their educational process, which emphasizes on English as a foreign language as well as on the pedagogical and research fields. The main…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Employment Qualifications
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Bijani, Houman – Cogent Education, 2019
An Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) may be evaluated either during the interview procedure (direct-method) or from a tape-made oral interaction (semi-direct method). Such variety in methods of assessment can influence test takers' scores extensively. However, it is not conclusive whether such differences are due to test format or something else.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
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Won, Eun-Sok; Kim, Jeong-Ryeol – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2018
This article suggests an efficient self-directed learning method that will help improve students' actual English ability by adopting Facebook, which is one of the most represented social networking services (SNS). The purpose of this article is to present a practical way in which to implement SNS-based, self-directed English learning by applying…
Descriptors: Social Media, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Adult Learning
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Nguyen, Mai Xuan Nhat Chi – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2017
This research investigates non-native English teachers' engagement with the native speaker model, i.e. whether they agree/disagree with measuring English teaching and learning performance against native speaker standards. More importantly, it aims to unearth the impact of teacher education on teachers' attitudes and beliefs about…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Native Speakers
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Kewara, Punwalai; Prabjandee, Denchai – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2018
In Thailand, the new educational policy is mandated to encourage content teachers to integrate English in content classrooms. The policy has created tensions and misconceptions among content teachers, who must change the medium of instruction from Thai to English. This paper presents an attempt to foster teacher knowledge about the Content and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Annamalai, Nagaletchimee – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
The study is a qualitative case study that investigated the patterns of interactions among ESL students during their online interactions to complete their narrative essays. The study found that students were engaged in interactions related to language related assistance, using partner as a resource and providing encouragement as suggested by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Interaction, Computer Mediated Communication, Writing Exercises
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Cheng, Li; Lu, Zhihong – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This paper reports a 3-month study investigating engineering students' Communication Strategies (CSs) in a mobile-assisted course. 67 Chinese learners of English in this course volunteered to participate in the study. The instruments included oral communication sessions, stimulated recall interviews, WeChat exchanges, etc. Results showed that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, College Students, Telecommunications
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Dewi, Ratna Sari; Kultsum, Ummi; Armadi, Ari – English Language Teaching, 2017
The aims of the study are to know whether communicative games have an impact on teaching speaking skill and describe how communicative games give an influence on speaking skills of students at junior high schools in Jakarta, Indonesia. Classroom Action Research (CAR) was implemented based on Kurt. L model. The procedures used were planning,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Speech Skills, Educational Games, Junior High School Students
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Lei, Zhu – English Language Teaching, 2017
The study investigates the incorporation and effectiveness of student written feedback and their attitudes towards peer feedback in writing class. Taking a qualitative case study approach, this study followes closely a class of thirty-two English juniors over one semester. Data sources include composition drafts, student written feedback and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction, Feedback (Response)
Nakagawa, Hiroshi – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Since 1995, to allow teachers to organize and instruct in more effective ways, many English as a Second Language (ESL) specialists and researchers have studied the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Model and its instructional framework by Echevarria, Vogt, and Short in 2004. By combining strategies and techniques that recognize the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Specialists
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Balcikanli, Cem – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2017
Learner autonomy has become a central concern in the recent history of language learning. Self-Access Centres (SACs) play a critical role in fostering learner autonomy specifically in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) settings. As SACs aim at enabling learning to occur independent of teaching, in these centres, language learners are given more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Personal Autonomy
Eaton, Sarah Elaine – Online Submission, 2017
ESL programs at post-secondary institutions must often generate revenue in addition to teaching students English. Institutions often impose explicit expectations on these programs to generate profit, creating unique challenges for those who administer them. This qualitative case study investigated challenges faced by ESL program directors at one…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Higher Education, Postsecondary Education
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