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Liping Jiang; Menglei Lv; Mengmeng Cheng; Xia Chen – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2025
While blended teaching approaches are becoming more common in some higher educational institutes, their consistency in aligning with higher-level learning objectives varies The current study aims to explore the design and effectiveness of Small Private Online Course (SPOC)-based blended teaching in fostering deep learning among English as a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Blended Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Martín de León, Carmen; García Hermoso, Cristina – Research-publishing.net, 2020
Literary texts offer a rich environment for language learning that teachers can exploit to develop not only students' linguistic (pragmatic, discursive) and cultural skills, but also communication and creative skills. In our study, we have used literature with different writing activities that involved the use of students' imagination and…
Descriptors: Literature, Novels, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Dvoráková, Katerina; Emmer, Jaroslav; Janktová, Renata; Klementová, Katerina – Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 2021
In the spring of 2020, the University of South Bohemia was one of the innumerable higher education institutions which was obliged to move its instruction online in order to comply with the COVID-19 regulations. This article explores the evaluation of emergency remote teaching (ERT) measures taken by the English department from the perspective of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education
Zholdoshalieva, Rakhat, Ed.; Teng, Jian Xi, Ed.; Ayyappan, Annapurna, Ed.; Tu, Boxuan, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2022
Poor literacy skills can result in exclusion and reduce people's capacity to participate in political, social, cultural and economic life. This is important for migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) who seek to live and work in a dignified, safe and fair environment and to be engaged members of their new communities. The…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Technology Uses in Education, Literacy Education, Refugees
Tymoshchuk, Nataliia – Arab World English Journal, 2022
The research paper examines current tendencies in implementing e-learning as an integral part of the educational process, particularly in foreign language learning in higher education. The scholar attempts to answer the following question: How can e-learning contribute to effective foreign language learning? We have identified how e-learning is…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning
Champlin, Matthew C. – Online Submission, 2019
This IPP combines a literature review and a materials development project. The literature review outlines and supports the approach taken throughout the curriculum and the materials that were developed. First, it lays out the nature of Turkish universities' ELPPs [English Language Preparatory Programs]; then, it deals with the basic philosophy of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Curriculum
Cong-Lem, Ngo – TESL Canada Journal, 2020
Whilst previous researchers commonly report on the effect of portfolio-based instruction on second language/English as a foreign language (L2/EFL) learners' language performance, very few studies examine its impact on their learning motivation. Drawing on expectancy-value theory, the current study examines how the implementation of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Sadovets, Olesia – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2019
It has been substantiated that Academic English must be an integral component of ESL students' study at foreign languages departments to achieve success as professionals and be ready to realize themselves in a demanding world of today. We have defined the main problem on the way to it, namely the insufficient provision of the Academic English…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English for Academic Purposes, Foreign Countries, Departments
Cowie, Neil; Sakui, Keiko – JALT CALL Journal, 2015
This paper describes different ways in which digital technology can be used for language learning. It then identifies some key trends connecting assessment and technology in language learning and higher education: the use of automated systems to enhance traditional assessment practices; the use of Web 2.0 tools to facilitate new assessment…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Language Acquisition, Educational Trends
Huang, Lihe – Journal of International Students, 2015
In this reflection paper, Lihe Huang describes his experience studying abroad in Germany as a visiting scholar. Through the well-designed introductory seminar and study tour arranged by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, which provided the grant for Huang's research on foreign languages teaching and intercultural education in Germany, he…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, International Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Improvement
Mitchell, Claire – Learning Languages, 2015
Imagination, creation, and innovation are three powerful words that present many possibilities in the world language classroom. When learners can see themselves as language users, they take ownership of their learning experience and become more invested in and engaged with the topic being studied. This heightened sense of investment in turn leads…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Learner Engagement, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness
Dolynskyi, Yevhen – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2014
Over the past decade in the world there has significantly increased the process of globalization, which resulted in high demand for the profession of a translator. For future interpreters it is important to be well informed, to know innovations of the sector, which they have chosen as the major. Therefore, the translator should be able to search…
Descriptors: Translation, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Magal-Royo, T.; Gimenez-Lopez, J. L.; Garcia Laborda, Jesus – Online Submission, 2012
Multimodal interaction methods applied to learning environments of the English language will be a line for future research from the use of adapted mobile phones or PDAs. Today's mobile devices allow access and data entry in a synchronized manner through different channels. At the academic level we made the first analysis of English language…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Slavkov, Nikolay – TESL Canada Journal, 2015
As familiar and widely used elements of second language pedagogy that can be leveraged in interesting new ways through the use of digital technology. The focus is on a set of affordances offered by Google Drive, a popular online storage and document-sharing technology. On the assumption that dynamic collaboration with peers, teacher feedback, and…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Chew, Esyin; Ding, Seong Lin – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2014
Educational practitioners in the higher education institutions of the UK have increasingly promoted the use of wikis. The technology enhanced learning experience of the UK was transferred to a local higher educational agency in Malaysia through a collaborative research project called WiLearn. By examining a student cohort enrolled in Chinese…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Web Sites, Groups, Learning Experience