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Anas Hajar; Almira Tabaeva – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
Private tutoring (PT) has significantly expanded worldwide in recent decades. Despite its popularity and implications for the operation of formal education systems and cultural and social development, research on English private tutoring (EPT) is still in its infancy. Guided by Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory (1994), this mixed-methods study is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tutoring, English (Second Language), Elementary School Students
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Macdonald, Shem – CATESOL Journal, 2018
An exploration of pronunciation tutorials designed for speakers of English as an additional language (EAL) in a university context in Australia suggests that developing abilities to speak clearly involves more than just focusing on the sounds that are uttered. Students' comments and observations collected during pronunciation tutorials highlight…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pronunciation Instruction, Tutorial Programs, Comprehension
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King, Jim; Aono, Atsuko – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2017
This paper discusses the issue of tolerance of silence within university tutorials from a cross-cultural, comparative perspective. A mixed methods, quasi-experimental approach was employed to measure the length of silence which individual students from samples in Japan and the UK tolerated during a one-to-one staged encounter with their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tutorial Programs, Cross Cultural Studies, Comparative Education
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Shi, Lijing; Stickler, Ursula – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
Speaking in Chinese is problematic for all learners, particularly for beginners and more so during online interaction. Despite the fact that interaction has been identified as crucial for the development of speaking skills, it can be hindered by students' lack of language competence or their anxiety. Teacher-centred practices in tutorials can…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Mandarin Chinese, Online Courses
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Saisoonthornwatthana, Matthanee; Saengboon, Saksit – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2016
English language tutorial school has gained currency in the field of English as a Second Language Teaching (ESL), leading to increasing attention in research and practices regarding the language teaching and learning in tutorial schools.The present study addressed two questions: What are the teaching methods employed in an English language…
Descriptors: Case Studies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
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Pitarello, Adriana – Research-publishing.net, 2015
This article highlights the importance of immediate corrective feedback in tutorial software for language teaching in an academic learning environment. We aim to demonstrate that, rather than simply reporting on the performance of the foreign language learner, this feedback can act as a mediator of students' cognitive and metacognitive activity.…
Descriptors: Courseware, Feedback (Response), Error Correction, Tutorial Programs
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Jin, Jun – Educational Studies, 2017
Problem-based learning (PBL) has been increasingly employed as a teaching and learning approach in many disciplines in higher education. In English medium of instruction (EMI) universities in Asia, PBL can further enhance knowledge construction as well as development of disciplinary language and communicative skills. It is necessary to explore how…
Descriptors: Interaction, Student Empowerment, Problem Based Learning, Small Group Instruction
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Angelova, Maria; Zhao, Ying – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore the potential of computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools to facilitate second language acquisition and develop English as a second language (ESL) teaching skills and cultural awareness. The paper describes a collaborative online project between students from China and the USA, who communicated using the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Alrajhi, Marwa N.; Aldhafri, Said S. – International Education Studies, 2015
Based on the social cognitive learning theory (1997), peer learning can be viewed as an effective way of enhancing learning. In this study, peer tutoring, a form of peer learning, was examined. The current study investigated the influence of a peer tutoring program implemented at Sultan Qaboos University on students' English self-concept. 125…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Foreign Countries, Social Cognition, Social Theories
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Freedman, Leora – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2015
An adaptation of the traditional literary concept of close reading was developed for use in a largely multilingual classroom in which both first language (L1) and second language (L2) students were struggling to comprehend theoretical, lexically dense texts in English. This simplified method of reading a text iteratively and critically is proving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Reading, Reading Strategies, Multilingualism
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Lyddon, Paul A. – Research-publishing.net, 2012
Teachers and students alike would benefit from self-access materials to free up lesson time for activities requiring live face-to-face interaction, but such materials must first undergo thorough testing and evaluation of their pedagogical effectiveness. The present study is part of an ongoing project to develop a series of self-paced, interactive…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement, Material Development
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Pulker, Hélène – Research-publishing.net, 2013
The use of Open Educational Resources (OERs) to support language teaching and learning in higher education has become standard practice in recent years. While OER initiatives have given considerable attention to teacher's engagement as well as the sharing of culture and the creation and uploading of OERs, there is little evidence about specific…
Descriptors: Resource Units, Computer Uses in Education, Shared Resources and Services, Foreign Countries
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Sakar, A. Nurhan; Ozturk, Oznur – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2011
In 2006, following the Bologna Process, Turkish Council of Higher Education (YOK) adopted a resolution and changed the curriculum of teacher training higher education institutions. This curriculum revision introduced a new course called "Community Service" which aims to raise students' awareness of their responsibilities as individuals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Blended Learning, Web Based Instruction
Patel, Fay – 1991
Initiatives are described that have been undertaken by the Student Development Tutorship Programme at the M.L. Sultan Technikon in South Africa, a program established in 1990 to provide assistance and support to disadvantaged students, primarily Black students from areas with inadequate facilities and instructors in the "homelands" and…
Descriptors: Black Students, Developing Nations, Disadvantaged, English (Second Language)
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Painter, Clare; Coffin, Caroline; Hewings, Ann – Distance Education, 2003
This paper describes a qualitative study of asynchronous electronic conferencing by three tutorial groups on the same postgraduate course ("Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Worldwide"), forming part of an MA in Applied Linguistics (via Distance Education) at the Open University, UK. The groups varied in the degree to which…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Educational Technology, Tutors, Open Universities
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