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Wen, Chua Hui; Ying, Lin Chia; Huat, Ang Thiah; Azlan, Mohammad Affiq Bin Kamarul; Shy, Fan Pik; Baoshun, Shan – International Journal of Language Education, 2021
This study investigates the effects of Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) and the Audio-Lingual Teaching Approach (ALTA) on learning motivation among non-native Mandarin learners in the Teaching of Mandarin as a Third Language (TMTL). The TBLT applied is an adaptation of Willis's TBL Framework, while the ALTA applied is an adaptation of…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Onah, Daniel F. O.; Pang, Elaine L. L.; Sinclair, Jane E.; Uhomoibhi, James – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2021
Purpose: Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have received wide publicity and many institutions have invested considerable effort in developing, promoting and delivering such courses. However, there are still many unresolved questions relating to MOOCs and their effectiveness in a blended-learning context. One of the major recurring issues raised…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Questionnaires, Learning Strategies, Blended Learning
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Yabukoshi, Tomoko – Language Learning Journal, 2021
This paper reports on a qualitative inquiry into Japanese students' self-regulated learning processes to improve their listening proficiency outside the classroom in an English as a foreign language context. Four Japanese university students with different levels of self-efficacy and listening outcomes were closely examined from a social cognitive…
Descriptors: Self Management, Self Efficacy, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Listening Skills
Takeda, Masafumi – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As the growing popularity of podcasting and its application in education become more apparent, there have been a number of studies on the academic use of podcasts. A podcast is a digital file that can be delivered automatically to a device such as a portable media player or a computer via the Internet. However, the majority of research studied the…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Japanese, Second Language Learning
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Shokouhi, Hossein; Alishaei, Zahra – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2009
This study reports on the effect of different levels of proficiency on the students' achievements in collaborative learning instruction among 30 Persian-speaking EFL college students. Having been divided into dyads with different levels of proficiency, these subjects participated in nine sessions of collaborative instruction based on the…
Descriptors: Editing, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Teaching Methods
Julkunen, Kyosti – 1990
A study was conducted using 292 sixth-graders (aged 12) and 301 eighth-graders (aged 14) from nine comprehensive schools in Joensuu, Finland to examine the effective properties of closed and open English vocabulary tasks in individualistic and cooperative learning situations. The report is based on a larger study "Situation- and Task-Specific…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Cooperative Learning, English (Second Language)