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Hayes, Aneta L.; Mansour, Nasser – Research in Science Education, 2017
Changes in the cultural and linguistic environments of learners are often associated with identity shifts. The aim of this study was to explore what identity shifts occur when science students from Bahraini national schools transition to an international university. The role of two aspects of learner identity--that is, English proficiency and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Science Education
Gyamfi, George; Sukseemuang, Panida – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2018
This study investigated EFL learners' satisfaction with the asynchronous online learning program Tell Me More (TMM). 340 EFL learners' satisfaction with the TMM program was surveyed. In addition, a semi-structured focus group interview was conducted with 10 of the participants to gain in-depth insight into their satisfaction. The findings showed…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
Yeung, Marine; Lu, Vic – English Language Teaching, 2018
The medium of instruction (MOI) has been a bone of contention in Hong Kong, a former British colony, since its colonial days. Despite the Hong Kong government's effort to promote the "biliterate and trilingual" language policy, advocating Cantonese, English and Putonghua as the three official spoken languages and emphasizing the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Foreign Countries
Yavuz, Aysun; Höl, Devrim – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
The purpose of this study is to investigate the attributions of Turkish EFL learners on success and failure in learning English as a foreign language with different variables such as gender and level of English proficiency. To investigate the attributions of the participants and gather the relevant data, a questionnaire including 38 items and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Singh, Manjet Kaur Mehar – Journal of International Students, 2017
The present research provides insights into the different forms of adaptation strategies employed by international graduate students to overcome the challenges faced in the academic writing practices and gain access to their disciplinary communities of practice at Master's level. Qualitative data was collected through semi-structured in-depth…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Academic Discourse, Writing (Composition)
Huong, Le; Koo, Fung Kuen; Arambewela, Rodney; Zutshi, Ambika – International Journal of Educational Management, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine Vietnamese international students' experiences with the campus learning environment by analysing differences in staff and student perceptions. Design/Methodology/Approach: Two focus groups (n = 12) and ten in-depth interviews were conducted with Vietnamese students and four in-depth interviews with…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Vietnamese People, Teaching Skills, Foreign Students
Shiang, Ruei-Fang – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2018
While theories of embodied cognition have been investigated in lab experiments with proficient readers, currently no studies have applied these theories to improving reading comprehension for low-proficiency readers. Using an embodied cognition approach, this study investigated producing comics as an embodied reading activity. To compare effects…
Descriptors: Cartoons, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Cotton, D. R. E.; Joyner, M.; George, R.; Cotton, P. A. – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2016
In recent years, the success rates of different groups of students in higher education have come under considerable scrutiny, with gender and ethnicity identified as key attributes predicting differential achievement of "good degrees". A review of previous studies highlights the need for research which looks beyond "the deficit…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
Chao, Xia – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2016
Grounded in the whole person perspective of language learners and the concepts of investment and L2 socialization, this qualitative study explores how community service learning (CSL) contributes to international students' L2 practices and identity development. This study finds that CSL creates "a pedagogical contact zone" outside the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Foreign Students, English Language Learners, Second Language Learning
Yang, Wenhsien – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017
Globalisation affects both language use and the economics of higher education. Considering how to design new instructional approaches to prepare graduates with competence in using language and professional knowledge interactively and interculturally has thus become a major concern of higher education institutes. Content and language integrated…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Global Approach, Course Content, Second Language Learning
Schmidt, Clea; McDaid, Rory – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2015
Drawing on qualitative interview and focus group data collected from Internationally Educated Teachers (IETs) in the context of two different research studies conducted in Ireland and Manitoba, Canada, this article critically examines how national/regional linguistic requirements and expectations of a hidden curriculum are experienced as barriers…
Descriptors: Barriers, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Teacher Education
Wu, Wen-Chi Vivian; Hsieh, Jun Scott Chen; Yang, Jie Chi – Educational Technology & Society, 2017
Since the advent of new technology for learning, innovative language instructors have been constantly seeking new pedagogy to match the potential of technology-enhanced instruction. While previous studies have supported the adoption of technologies to facilitate language teaching and learning, research into enhancing English as a foreign language…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Communities of Practice, English (Second Language), Blended Learning
Avci, Hulya; Adiguzel, Tufan – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
As learning a foreign language poses a number of challenges for the students, it has become indispensable to search for "optimal" conditions to enhance opportunities of engaging in the target language. Within this context, the Mobile-Blended Collaborative Learning model has been integrated in and out of the classroom learning in order to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Blended Learning, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods
Burri, Michael – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
In view of the minimal attention pronunciation teacher preparation has received in second language (L2) teacher education, this study examined the cognition (i.e. beliefs, thoughts, attitudes and knowledge) development of 15 student teachers during a postgraduate subject on pronunciation pedagogy offered at an Australian tertiary institution.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pronunciation, Second Language Instruction, Cognitive Processes
Jones, Jennifer M. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2014
This paper investigates the perceptions of teachers from one Sabaot dominated primary school in western Kenya regarding the medium of instruction (MoI) policy in different class levels. While their "ideal" MoI policy bears some resemblance to the official policy which advocates mother tongue (MT) as medium in lower primary and English in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Ethnography