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Yang, Yanxia; Wang, Xiangling – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Machine translation post-editing (MTPE) has become a common practice in translation industry, which calls much attention in academia. However, little research has been carried out to investigate students' cognitive and motivational individual differences in MTPE. The purpose of the present study was to examine the predictive effects of…
Descriptors: Translation, Computational Linguistics, Second Languages, Language Usage
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Bikowski, Dawn; Lim, Hye-Yeon – Applied Language Learning, 2022
Team teaching is re-emerging as a relevant research topic in language education due to the complexity and realities of globalization (Williams, Evans, & Metcalf, 2010). This qualitative study examined the characteristics of high-performing teams and their leadership in foreign language programs. Fifty-four college-level teachers, department…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Xu, Xiaoqiu; Padilla, Amado M.; Silva, Duarte M. – Foreign Language Annals, 2015
This study compared the Mandarin performance of elementary immersion program students and high school world language program students in the same school district. A cross-sectional design was employed to gather information on Mandarin proficiency of fourth and fifth graders and Level 4 and Level 5 (AP Chinese) high school students who took the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Fazeli, Seyed Hossein – Online Submission, 2012
This study aims to rank types of English language learning strategies that are used by Iranian female university level learners of English language as a university major. The results show that except for the Metacognitive Strategies category, the mean score for each of the five categories fell in the range of medium strategy use.
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Metacognition, English (Second Language), Majors (Students)
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Bidabadi, Farinaz Shirani; Yamat, Hamidah – English Language Teaching, 2011
The purpose of the current study was to identify Iranian EFL freshman university students' listening proficiency levels and the listening strategies they employed to investigate the relationship between these two variables. A total of 92 freshmen were involved in this study. The Oxford Placement Test was employed to identify the learners'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Programs
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Ghapanchi, Zargham; Taheryan, Atefeh – World Journal of Education, 2012
This study examined the influence of language knowledge, metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive strategy use on speaking and listening proficiency. Ninety six freshman and sophomore Iranian university students (male = 6, female = 90) were participated in the study. Two kinds of questionnaire and one language knowledge test were administered.…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Linguistic Competence, Listening, Speech Communication