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Masoud Mahmoodi-Shahrebabaki; Eric Oslund – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2025
The present study aimed to explore the relationship between reading attitude, motivation, and the metacognitive awareness of reading strategies (MARS) of adult English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. Ninety-seven Iranian intermediate EFL learners participated in the study after a multi-stage sampling. The initial analysis suggested high…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Metacognition, Reading Strategies, Reading Motivation
Kellie A. H. Carstensen – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2025
This study examined how informal Conversations in English (CIE) groups helped migrants gain cultural knowledge about communicating in the United States and how the CIE groups facilitated the process of language socialization. The Ethnography of Communication (EC) and Cultural Discourse Analysis (CuDA) were used to understand the connection between…
Descriptors: Socialization, Informal Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Moises Esteban-Guitart; James Gee – Learning: Research and Practice, 2024
This article explores the idea that learning can be best understood as a life project. This entails recognition that socio-experiential (being), cognitive (knowing) and behavioural (doing) dimension are crucial, and that the future is of central importance -- more than the past -- in teaching and learning processes. Based on the concepts of…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Self Concept, Art Education, English (Second Language)
Qianying Xuan; Alan Cheung; Hongbiao Yin; Xiaoxiao Yu; Ruifang Huang – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
The production-oriented approach (POA) is a nascent language-teaching approach that considers the aptitudes of Chinese learners. This study compared POA with task-based language teaching (TBLT) and presentation-practice-production (PPP) theoretically and empirically. A four-quadrant model and a theoretical comparison table are proposed to clarify…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Second Language Learning
Rizgar Qasim Mahmood – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2024
This study explores ESL learners' perceptions of using high-variability phonetic training (HVPT) through YouGlish to improve pronunciation skills. Data were collected through an online questionnaire completed by 70 upper-intermediate level ESL learners and semistructured interviews with 20 learners. The collected data were analyzed statistically…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes, Phonetics
Ruzhang Cheng – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2025
This research examines the impact of online help-seeking strategies--both adaptive and peer-based--on promoting self-regulated and collaborative learning skills, as well as language learning outcomes, among Chinese EFL learners in computer-assisted language learning (CALL) environments. Employing a mixed-methods approach, the study triangulates…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Electronic Learning
Kamisli, Merih Ugural – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to explore adult immigrant learners' perspectives and motivations for participating in an ESL program through the lens of McClusky's Theory of Margin. Nine adult immigrant ESL students were interviewed about their learning experiences. Creswell's (1994) systematic process informed the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Immigrants, English (Second Language)
Teoh, George Boon Sai; Liau, Agnes Wei Lin – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2023
Students face various barriers in learning English via distance education. The purpose of this explanatory mixed methods study was to collect quantitative and qualitative data regarding students' emotional intelligence (EI) and the situational barriers (SB) they faced in learning English via distance education. In phase one, 238 students…
Descriptors: Distance Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Emotional Intelligence
Kyle Robert Swanson – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Adult learners of a new language (L2) tend not to achieve target-like knowledge and performance, so the cognitive status of L2s has long been debated. While monolingual native (L1) speakers robustly apply their grammatical knowledge to input as it unfolds, there are competing claims about whether L2 speakers also do so reflexively (Dekydtspotter,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Grammar, Mandarin Chinese, English (Second Language)
Hentasmaka, Daning; Cahyono, Bambang Yudi; Basthomi, Yazid; Puspitasari, Yunita – European Journal of Educational Research, 2022
Phonological awareness relates closely to listening and speaking skills. It also has an important role in learning to read in an alphabetic writing system. In the context of learning a new language, it is essential to figure out an appropriate strategy in accelerating the phonological awareness skill. The present study aims at investigating the…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Adult Learning
Zhang, Yuan; Taylor, Jonathan E. – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
Whether an adult is motivated or unmotivated to learn depends on the actual learning experience. To further our understanding of English as a second language (ESL) learners and their language learning experience, this paper delves into the intricate realm of learning resistance. Ultimately, we seek to provide a comprehensive perspective on…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
Breno Silva; Valentina Ragni; Agnieszka Otwinowska; Agnieszka Szarkowska – Language Learning & Technology, 2024
Existing research shows that identical cognates are read more quickly than noncognates. However, most studies focused on words presented in isolation or embedded in sentences. To address this gap, our exploratory eye-tracking study is the first to investigate the processing of cognates and noncognates in English subtitles. First, we tested whether…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Eye Movements
Sarath Withanarachchi Samaranayake – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2024
This study aims to assess the impact of online tutoring on oral English fluency in Thai adult learners who have had only primary education in their native language but have no formal education in English. The research involved 34 adult learners participating in online hourly tutoring sessions over six months. Pre- and post-tests were used to…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Tutors, Computer Mediated Communication, Foreign Countries
Ugurel Kamisli, Merih – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
Refugees suddenly face life transitions and challenges such as the need to learn a new language, learn the rules of a new culture, endure traumatic situations, and loss; all of these are factors that impact their integration. This article describes the language and culture learning needs of adult refugees resettling in the United States suggests…
Descriptors: Refugees, Barriers, Cultural Awareness, Second Language Learning
Rosalinda Melchor – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This case study explored Spanish-speaking educators' perceptions and experiences of dual-language immersion (DLI) professional learning (PL). The study aimed to understand how PL offerings could best support and meet the needs of DLI Spanish teachers' best practices in the target language. The perceptions and experiences of seven Spanish DLI…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction