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Lee, Cynthia; Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; Ip, Tiffany – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
Computer technology provides spaces and locales for language learning. However, learning style preference and demographic variables may affect the effectiveness of technology use for a desired goal. Adapting Reid's pioneering Perceptual Learning Style Preference Questionnaire (PLSPQ), this study investigated the relations of university students'…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Computer Uses in Education, Cognitive Style, Higher Education
James M. Stratton – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The question of whether second languages (L2s) are best learned implicitly or explicitly has been a topic of much empirical discourse, with the majority of studies pointing to the benefits of explicit instruction when learning L2 grammar rules. However, given the focus on grammar, it is unclear how generalizable these findings are to other…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Task Analysis, Auditory Perception
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Siqueira, Sávio – Education Sciences, 2021
Based on an ethnographic research study involving Brazilian teachers from different educational contexts in the city of Salvador, Brazil, this paper aims to approach and discuss the dialogic relationship between critical pedagogy and language education, within the context of English as a global lingua franca. The main goal of the original work was…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Motzo, Anna – Research-publishing.net, 2018
The learning difficulty known as dyslexia affects up to ten per cent of the adult population. In current teaching practice in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), however, there is still little awareness of how dyslexia-friendly language course materials can be created. Language learning materials, although often delivered in novel digital…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Italian, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Chan, Alice Y. W. – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2011
This article reports on the results of a research study which investigated the perception of English speech sounds by Hong Kong Cantonese English as a second language speakers. A total of 40 university English majors participated in one categorial discrimination task and two second language (L2) minimal pair identification tasks, which aimed at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Pérez-Vidal, Carmen – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2015
Undoubtedly, different learning contexts offer different opportunities for foreign language practice. This article focuses on context effects, and reports on the findings of the "Study Abroad and Language Acquisition" (SALA) project, which has examined in depth the impact of two learning contexts, SA within the European Community Action…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Accuracy
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed.; Mascia, Maria Lidia, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
These proceedings contain the papers of the 16th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2019), held during November 7-9, 2019, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) and co-organised by University Degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Engineering Education, Critical Thinking
Zampini, Mary L. – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1998
A study explored the relationship between the second language (L2) production of the Spanish stop consonants /p/ and /b/. Subjects were native English-speaking students enrolled in an undergraduate Spanish phonetics course. Data were collected on their production of Spanish /p,b/ in sentence context, and on their perceptual boundary between the…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Higher Education, Language Research, Phonology
Berman, Jonathan; Nelson, Brian; Lambacher, Stephen – 1998
An auditory perception study investigated the ability of 104 Japanese university students, all learners of English as a second language, to distinguish between five English voiceless fricatives in nonsense syllables. Stimuli consisted of 75 tokens presented in consonant-vowel, vowel-consonant-vowel, and vowel-consonant syllables spoken within a…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, College Students, English (Second Language)
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Oxford, Rebecca; And Others – Foreign Language Annals, 1988
Reports on the few studies that have explored sex differences in the use of language learning strategies and speculates why females appear to use a wider range of strategies than do males and why social strategies are more popular among women than men. (Author/DJD)
Descriptors: College Students, German, Higher Education, Language Research
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D'Agruma, Giannina; Hardy, James T. – Foreign Language Annals, 1997
Investigates the degree of importance that Human Resources Departments of Ohio's international businesses place on foreign languages and cross-cultural understanding when selecting candidates for employment; on foreign languages and cross-cultural training of these employees; and on cooperation with colleges and universities to provide the…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Data Collection, Educational Cooperation
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Underbakke, Melva E. – Language Quarterly, 1993
After a review of the literature on learning a second-language sound system, a study is reported that used only perceptual training to improve both pronunciation and perception of /r/ and /l/ among 39 Japanese university students of English. Results suggest that listening practice can improve pronunciation and perception. (Contains 32 references.)…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, College Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Choi, Inn-Chull – IDEAL, 1990
In a study of aural skills, this paper investigates the relationship between second-language learners' aural comprehension of fast, spoken English and their exposure to systematic listening instruction and to television and radio broadcasts. Data from 709 university-level Korean students show that systematic listening instruction has a powerful…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Auditory Perception, Broadcast Television, College Students
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Park, Kyung-Ja; Nakano, Michiko – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 1999
Emphasizes the importance of sociolinguistically and pragmatically appropriate materials of the target language for second-language learners. Discusses whether there is any strong agreement between Japanese and Korean learners of English regarding their perceptions of status, obligation to apology, and the appropriateness of the situation.…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, College Students, Cultural Differences, English (Second Language)
Cenoz, Jasone; Lecumberri, Luisa Garcie – IRAL, 1999
Analyzes the effect of training on perception of English vowels by native speakers of Basque and Spanish. University students who took a training course in English phonetics completed questionnaires and vowel perception tests. Findings confirm that training exerts a positive effect on the perception of English vowels and that this effect is also…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Basque, College Students, English (Second Language)
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