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Jingjing Lyu; Yue Huang – SAGE Open, 2024
This paper empirically investigates whether Chinese language learning opportunities abroad have exerted a positive effect on international student mobility (ISM) to China. We utilize both official and self-compiled panel data for 182 countries, spanning a period of 15 years. We use the establishment of Confucius Institutes as an indicator of…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Mobility
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Schroeder, Leila – Global Education Review, 2020
Even a quick glance at international data reveals something troubling: There is an increasing economic and educational gap between Africa and the rest of the world. If we look just a bit deeper, we find that economic and educational stagnation may simply be the inevitable outcomes of broad educational failure for millions of rural African…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Economic Development, Rural Areas, Academic Failure
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Papia Bawa – Journal of Research Initiatives, 2018
Given the exponential growth in international student populations in the United States, supporting cross-cultural language learners (CCLL) in developing their self and co-regulated learning is highly important. This paper presents a conceptual framework on the value of feedback within self-regulated versus co-regulated environments, in the context…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Metacognition, Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction
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Ahn, Jeahyeon; Moore, David – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2011
The purpose of this study is to investigate how the instructor's accent influences the students' learning outcome, as well as how a student's accent perceptions may affect their learning. Unlike native voices, accented voices are not natural to the native speakers; therefore, it requires more cognitive resources for processing the information,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Learning Experience, Native Speakers
Poth, Joseph – 1988
Six essays on native language instruction in Africa are presented. "Why Teach in an African Language?" examines the rationale and advantages of teaching in African mother tongues, and "Why Teach an African Language as a School Subject" discusses the need for such instruction. "Do African Languages Have Sufficient Potential…
Descriptors: African Languages, Dialects, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Sridhar, Kamal K. – 1983
A discussion of language policy in India's educational system identifies substantive issues of both theoretical and comparative interest; presents a detailed account of the issues associated with policy-making for language in education in the Indian socio-political context; and discusses the current status of implementation of these policies, with…
Descriptors: Dialects, Educational History, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education