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Download full textBano, Farah – English Language Teaching, 2017
The present study aimed at making a pedagogical exploration into listening comprehension skills and examining the problems faced by learners in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom situation at Jazan University, Jazan city, Saudi Arabia. To analyze the problems, two very important processes were considered; namely, top-down and…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, English (Second Language), College Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning
Liu, Xu – International Education Studies, 2010
English as a tool of communication has been playing an important part in acquiring cultural, scientific and technical knowledge, for collecting worldwide information and carrying out international exchange and cooperation. Improving college students' oral English level has become more and more important. Based on Richard E. Mayer's theory of…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Role Playing, English (Second Language), Oral English
Zohrabi, Mohammad – English Language Teaching, 2011
This study reports on how a heterogeneous mixed-ability large class (63 students) turned into a cohesive and functioning class. To promote learner autonomy, students were made responsible to identify their own needs and objectives. The participants of this study consisted of undergraduate chemistry students who had taken the English for General…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Andrade, Maureen Snow – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2011
As universities in English-speaking countries recruit and enroll international students, a variety of forms of support are typically offered on and off campus to help students make a successful transition. The most common challenges for nonnative English-speaking international students are linguistic and cultural. In spite of meeting English…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, English Language Learners, Cross Cultural Training, Language Proficiency
Gao, Fen – English Language Teaching, 2011
In this study the author tries to assess the effects of Theme-based Oral Approach (TOA) on the oral English proficiency of non-English majors as well as students' leaning motives and interests resulted from the approach in EFL class of China. The study follows the quantitative and qualitative method in light of questionnaire, interview, class…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Gómez Flórez, Erica; Jiménez Díaz, Jhon Jaime; Lopera, Sergio Alonso – HOW, 2011
Content-Based Instruction (CBI) may result in improved proficiency in language skills due to the meaningful combination of subject matter and foreign language as a means of communication. This paper shows how university students improved their level of English by means of a content methodology as they attended a course called Topics in Molecular…
Descriptors: College Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
