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Tachaiyaphum, Nutthida – Waikato Journal of Education, 2022
World-wide responses to the global pandemic, such as travel restrictions, border closures and lockdowns, have posed new challenges to researchers. For qualitative researchers conducting fieldwork, gathering data in person can be inapplicable (Howlett, 2021). My research investigates English as a Foreign Language (EFL) pre-service teachers' beliefs…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Research Methodology, Educational Research
Gürleyik, Sinan; Akdemir, Elif – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
Developing curriculum to enhance student learning is the primer purpose of all curricular activities. Availability of recent tools supporting to teach various skills including reading, listening, speaking and writing has opened a new avenue for curricular activities in technology-enhanced learning environments. Understanding the perceptions of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Technology Uses in Education
Yuksel, Dogan; Inan-Karagul, Banu; Fidan, Dilek – Educational Research and Reviews, 2017
This current study examined the effects of the type of errors learners make (that is, phonological, lexical and grammar), proficiency level of the learners (that is, A1, A2, B1, B2 and C1) and nature of the recasts (that is, long and short) on the uptake of the learners. The data of this study came from the video-recordings of A1, A2, B1, B2 and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Foreign Students, Second Language Learning
Moore, Emily, Ed.; Dooly, Melinda, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2017
This handbook has been conceived as a guide for young researchers embarking on the exciting journey of investigating different aspects of plurilingual education. The text can also serve to review ideas previously encountered, and perhaps as a means of interrogating research methodologies in plurilingual contexts for those who already have ample…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Multilingualism, Guides
Chao, Xia – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2016
Grounded in the whole person perspective of language learners and the concepts of investment and L2 socialization, this qualitative study explores how community service learning (CSL) contributes to international students' L2 practices and identity development. This study finds that CSL creates "a pedagogical contact zone" outside the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Foreign Students, English Language Learners, Second Language Learning
Combe, Christelle; Codreanu, Tatiana – Research-publishing.net, 2016
The potential for computer-supported learning in educational contexts has opened up the possibilities for learners to interact in informal contexts outside the classroom. The context of the present research is a young American individual's vlog on YouTube sharing his experiences as a learner of French. This paper focuses on the potential use of…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Electronic Journals, Student Journals, Web Sites
Bautista Urrego, Lizmendy Zuhey; Parra Toro, Ingrid Judith – HOW, 2016
This article reports on a qualitative, descriptive, and interpretative research intervention case study of English as a foreign language students' construction of perceptions on social issues found in famous works of art. Participants in this study engaged in the practice of critical thinking as a strategy to appreciate art that expresses social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning
Koffi, Bruno N. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This qualitative study investigated the types of content-based student performance data World Language teachers used to improve instruction and student academic achievement, the purposes for which they used data, the issues they encountered, and the suggestions they made for more effective use of data. The Standards for Foreign Language Learning…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
Castro Garcés, Angela Yicely; López Olivera, Silvio Fabián – HOW, 2014
This paper reports on the findings of a research study carried out in the Bachelor of Arts in English program of study at a Colombian university. It aims at identifying the communication strategies used by four pre-service English teachers with A2 and B2 levels of language proficiency and, also, at examining how these communication strategies…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Preservice Teachers, Second Language Instruction, English Teachers
Díaz Ramírez, Martha Isabel – HOW, 2014
This article presents the findings of an action research study on developing learner autonomy through project work in an English for Specific Purposes class. The study was conducted at a Colombian regional and public university with environmental engineering undergraduates. The instruments for data collection were field notes, semi-structured…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Environmental Education
Cowdery, Joy R. – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2010
As rural Appalachian schools in Ohio in the United States struggle to overcome institutional bias and lack of understanding to accommodate the needs of the growing population of immigrant students from diverse countries, immigrant parents struggle to fit into a new cultural environment and to secure the best education for their children. This…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Rural Schools, Qualitative Research, School Districts
Li, Daguo – Evaluation and Research in Education, 2006
The present study sets out to examine motivation to learn English by Chinese research students in an informal setting. Data were collected, using semi-structured interviews, from four research students at two points in time during their first year in the UK. The main findings are: they believed that learning English was important; their main goal…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)

Davis, Kathryn A. – TESOL Quarterly, 1995
This article reviews basic issues of theory and method in qualitative research approaches to applied linguistics research, focusing on the ways in which qualitative research can contribute to an understanding of second-language acquisition and use. (83 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Ethnography
Minnema, Jane E.; Thurlow, Martha L.; VanGetson, Gretchen R.; Jimenez, Rene – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2006
This study was designed, in part, to clarify some of the issues that surround including English language learners in states' large-scale assessment programs. More specifically, the authors gathered practical information at the local school level to understand these students' large-scale assessment experiences from a variety of perspectives, to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Second Language Learning, Research Design, Nontraditional Education
Kenyon, Dorry Mann; Stansfield, Charles W. – 1991
One aspect of the development of a performance assessment is addressed--the field testing of the tasks. In a performance-based assessment, the tasks must allow each examinee a fair and equal opportunity to give the best possible demonstration of his or her ability, and must elicit a performance sample that enables scorers to evaluate each examinee…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, College Students, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
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