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Wagdi Rashad Ali Bin-Hady; Arif Ahmed Mohammed Hassan Al-Ahdal; Samia Khalifa Abdullah – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: English as a foreign langauge (EFL) students find it difficult to apply the theoretical knowledge they acquire on translation in the practical world. Therefore, this study explored if training in pretranslation techniques (PTTs) (syntactic parsing) as suggested by Almanna (2018) could improve the translation proficiency of Yemeni EFL…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Gomashie, Grace A. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2023
This paper reports on the family language policy (FLP) of three families in a Nahuatl community in Mexico. It investigates the role of: (1) parental experiences, beliefs, attitudes and expectations; (2) child practices; and (3) broader societal attitudes in shaping these policies. Drawing on survey and interview data, the study points to a tension…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Bilingualism, Language Usage, Social Attitudes
Maxime Van Raemdonck; Robyn Tyler; Piet Van Avermaet; Wendelien Vantieghem – Language and Education, 2024
In response to the increasing linguistic diversity in educational settings resulting from migration waves into the Global North, this study delves into the beliefs of secondary teachers regarding multilingualism within predominantly monolingual policy schools in Flanders, Belgium. Despite the recognized benefits of multilingual pedagogies,…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Multilingualism, Monolingualism, Secondary School Teachers
Olaug Strand – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2024
The "optimism hypothesis" claims that immigrant students do better in the Norwegian education system than their socioeconomic status would suggest, due to the strong educational aspirations that immigrant parents might have for their children. Grounded in an educational equity paradigm, this study aims to test this hypothesis by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Achievement Tests, Grade 4
Sampson, Richard James; Yoshida, Reiko – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
Purpose: Communication technology is used in diverse ways in our everyday lives. This research aims to fill a gap in research into L2 learner psychology connected with using online communication tools such as messaging platforms. Approach: The article focuses on practitioner research into feelings experienced during online L2 text chat. Twenty-one…
Descriptors: Interaction, Computer Mediated Communication, Intercultural Communication, Japanese
Rocío Márquez Garrido; María-Elena Gómez-Parra; Cristina A. Huertas-Abril – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2024
In a global context increasingly prone to e-learning formats at all levels of education, especially in and after the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the acquisition of skills in distance learning programmes should not differ from the ones in onsite learning programmes. The main objective of this study is to analyse the perception that master's…
Descriptors: Translation, Distance Education, Masters Programs, Program Evaluation
Van Oss, Victoria; Vantieghem, Wendelien; Van Avermaet, Piet; Struys, Esli – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
This paper explores the connection between nurses' multilingual beliefs and their advice on multilingual parenting to families with young children. Data was gathered through video-stimulated reflection dialogues with 11 nurses employed at infant welfare clinics in Belgium. Our analysis disclosed two salient counter topics regarding participants'…
Descriptors: Nurses, Nursing, Multilingualism, Language Attitudes
Moradi, Hamzeh; Chen, Jianbo – SAGE Open, 2022
The socio-psychological variables that affect bilinguals' choices of code-switching (CS) and code-mixing (CM) as a verbal strategy make prediction of their occurrence almost impossible. This research investigates the social motivations and socio-pragmatic aspects of Chinese-English CS/CM among Chinese undergraduate students. Using a questionnaire…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Chinese, English (Second Language)
Dehqan, Mahmood; Azizi, Danial Babajani; Miri, Fatemeh – MEXTESOL Journal, 2022
The present study sought to investigate the effects of meaning-focused input (MFI) and meaning-focused output (MFO) activities on willingness to communicate (WTC) of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. The study aimed at exploring learners' perceptions towards the efficacy of MFO and MFI activities for developing WTC. The participants of…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kostoulas, Achilleas; Motsiou, Eleni – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
This paper reports on an exploratory qualitative investigation of the discourses of plurilingual children's parents, with a view to developing an understanding of their family language policy. Drawing loosely on Spolsky [2004. "Language Policy." Cambridge: Cambridge University Press], family language policy was conceptualised as having…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Language Usage, Multilingualism, Language Attitudes
Boylu, Emrah – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2020
One of the biggest obstacles to learning a language as a foreign language is the perception developed against that language. The obligation to learn the foreign language to be learned determines how the perception towards language is. In this context, Syrian refugees, who took refuge in Turkey leaving their country due to war and especially wish…
Descriptors: Turkish, Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes, Positive Attitudes
Musleh, Omran Ahmad; Ibrahim, Mohamed Abdelrahman; Altakhaineh, Abdel Rahman Mitib – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
This study aims to investigate the attitudes of non-Arabic students towards reading short stories in Arabic at universities in Malaysia, with a focus on three variables: the students' university, gender, and mother tongue. A mixed-methods approach was employed, using a questionnaire and semi-structured focus group discussion with 58 participants.…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes
Serra, Judit; Feijoo, Sara – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2022
The use of the students' first language (L1) in the foreign language class (FL) is a common but controversial issue that has received little attention. This might be more relevant in the case of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), since, under CLIL approaches, students need to acquire content through an FL that they have not mastered…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Rezaei, Saeed; Latifi, Ashkan; Nematzadeh, Arash – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
This survey research investigated the attitude of Iranian Azeri native speakers towards Azeri language. A questionnaire was developed and its reliability was estimated (r = 0.74) through a piloting phase on 54 Azeri native speakers. The participants, for the main phase of this study, were 400 Azeri native speakers with different social and…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Native Speakers
Yung, Kevin Wai Ho; Chiu, Ming Ming – Language Teaching Research, 2023
As many students worldwide receive second language (L2) English private tutoring (EPT) that shadows school curricula, examining student perceptions of it is essential to understanding their L2 learning. From the L2 Motivational Self perspective, students' "ideal L2 self," "ought-to L2 self" and "L2 learning…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Language of Instruction, Chinese