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Direct linkDarhower, Mark; Smith-Sherwood, Dawn – Hispania, 2021
Research on the language-literature divide in undergraduate second language programs documents the challenge of engaging literature learners in classroom discourse which is conducive to their developing interpersonal speaking skills as measured on the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Scale. In this study, Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs) were…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Spanish
Download full textAmpalagan, Meghavaani d/o; Sellupillai, Mogana d/o; Yap, Sze Sze – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between foreign language classroom anxiety (communication apprehension, test anxiety and fear of negative evaluation) among Mainland Chinese students undergoing the Laureate English Programme in INTI International University, Malaysia. The participants of this study consisted of 75…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Anxiety, College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language)
Darhower, Mark – Hispania, 2014
During the last decade, researchers of foreign language pedagogy have become increasingly interested in the "language-literature divide" (Donato and Brooks 2004). The purpose of the current study is to contribute to this growing body of research by investigating the extent to which whole class discussions in three third-year…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Alkarni, Ream – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The main goal of this study was to interview Arabic women students at Spring International Language Center to record their perceptions, rationale, goals, stories, and opinions about learning English in a U.S. language school. This research was conducted to understand the purposes and goals of Arabic women who come to the United Stated to study the…
Descriptors: Arabs, Females, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Kong, Stella; Hoare, Philip – International Education, 2012
This paper investigates the development of academic language proficiency through immersion in middle school programmes in Hong Kong and Xi'an. The study reveals that in both contexts students have exposure to complex academic language through teacher talk and textbooks; however, there is not sufficient support for students' academic language use…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Middle School Students
Kim, Mi J. – 1993
This report presents a description and evaluation of the MacMagic Program, a computer-facilitated core program in language arts and social studies in its fourth year of operation at Davidson Middle School in San Rafael, California. The program consists of two sixth- and two seventh-grade classrooms that use computers and cooperative learning…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language)
