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Direct linkLai, Arthur – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
Immersion has been an acclaimed approach for second-language acquisition, but is not available to most students. The idea of this study was to create a mobile immersion environment on a smartphone using a mobile instant messenger, WhatsApp™. Forty-five Form-1 (7th grade) students divided into the Mobile Group and Control Group participated in a…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Teaching Methods
Download full textZhorabekova, Ainur N. – International Education Studies, 2015
Nowadays the institutions of higher education are facing new challenges, the which aim is to provide highly qualified specialists who have mastered not only professional knowledge, but also ready for intercultural multilingual communication, solving problems independently, teaching subjects in two or more languages. For teacher training, we need a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Multilingualism
Ament, Jennifer R.; Pérez-Vidal, Carmen – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2015
Globalisation and international mobility in the 21st century has led to the internationalisation of the English language (Crystal, 2003). Research regarding linguistic gains at university levels is however extremely scarce. This study aims to address this gap of knowledge and provide some answers as to how much linguistic gain can be expected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language)
Pfenninger, Simone E. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2014
This study was designed to investigate the effects of age of onset and type of instruction on ultimate EFL attainment at the end of the period of normal schooling in Switzerland, measured in terms of written fluency, complexity, morphosyntactic accuracy, vocabulary size, and listening skills. Data were gathered from four groups of 18-year-old…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Predictor Variables, Secondary School Students, English (Second Language)
Tanielian, Adam R. – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2014
Thailand boasts a robust ESL system in both public and private schools, where students learn various subjects from native speakers in the English language. Foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) is a subject that is relevant to ESL instruction and learning. This study assesses associations between FLCA and academic performance in English and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Programs
Binterová, Helena; Komínková, Olga – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2013
The main purpose of the work is to present a successful implementation of CLIL method in Mathematics lessons in elementary schools. Nowadays at all types of schools (elementary schools, high schools and universities) all over the world every school subject tends to be taught in a foreign language. In 2003, a document called Action plan for…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Mathematics, Curriculum Implementation
Cheng, Liying; Li, Miao; Kirby, John R.; Qiang, Haiyan; Wade-Woolley, Lesly – Evaluation & Research in Education, 2010
Research has demonstrated that second language immersion is an effective means of facilitating primary school students' second language without undermining competence in their first language. Despite the rapid growth of English immersion (EI) programmes in China, only limited empirical research has been conducted to evaluate students' academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement
Passig, David; Moshe, Ronit – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2008
This study investigated whether participating in a 3D immersive virtual reality world simulating the experience of test-anxiety would affect preservice teachers' awareness to the phenomenon. Ninety subjects participated in this study, and were divided into three groups. The experimental group experienced a 3D immersive simulation which made…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Computer Simulation, Control Groups, Preservice Teachers
