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Download full textYilmaz, Onur; Sahan, Gulsun – World Journal of Education, 2023
Language builds social and economic connections within countries as the most effective communication tool. It has the potential to introduce new opportunities and helps the speakers become world citizens. Although second language teaching focuses more on early education in many countries, it is still crucial for university students to acquire a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Motivation, German, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedAlalou, Ali – Foreign Language Annals, 1999
Discusses a case of language program revitalization at a major metropolitan university. Results of a pilot study aimed at assessing students' needs and redefining the goals and objectives of a traditional French program are presented. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Educational Objectives, French, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHotho, Sabine – Foreign Language Annals, 2000
Examines whether and to what extent differences exist between learners of French, German, and Spanish with respect to range of motivational or motivation-related factors and whether the factor time has any significant effect in this. Concentrates on general or institution-wide language programs in universities. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, College Second Language Programs, Comparative Analysis, French
Deblauwe, Claude – 1986
The University of San Francisco developed a certificate program in Western European area studies covering French-speaking countries, and subsequently a Latin American area studies program for Spanish-speaking countries, in response to uneven language enrollments and as a means of increasing intermediate-level enrollment. The French program begins…
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Second Language Programs, Degree Requirements, Enrollment Influences
Wilhelm, Kim Hughes – 1995
A study examined variability in learner progress through a pre-university intensive English-as-a-Second-Language program as it relates to 36 language learning background variables (e.g., formal English training and exposure, motivation, etc.) and four entry-level proficiency variables. Subjects were 201 Indiana University students. Success was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Second Language Programs, College Students, English (Second Language)
Ihde, Thomas W., Ed.; Stenson, Nancy, Ed. – Journal of Celtic Language Learning, 1996
The journal for teachers of Celtic languages in the United States and Canada contains six articles. "Motivation and Gender: A Welsh Case Study" (Christine M. Jones) examines data on characteristics of one group of students of Welsh, focusing on gender-related motivational differences. "Morphological Objects" (Annette…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, College Second Language Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational History
Coombe, Christine A., Ed. – 1998
Papers from the 1997 and 1998 Current Trends in English Language Testing (CTELT) conferences include: "Computer-Based Language Testing: The Call of the Internet" (G. Fulcher); "Uses of the PET (Preliminary English Test) at Sultan Qaboos University" (R. Taylor); "Issues in Foreign and Second Language Academic Listening…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Second Language Programs, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
