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Pawlak, Miroslaw; Szyszka, Magdalena – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
Disparate goals that learners might have in learning second or foreign language pronunciation and the scant classroom time that can be dedicated to teaching this target language subsystem dictate that learner autonomy is of vital importance in this case and adept use of pronunciation learning strategies (PLS) can be viewed as key to the…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Preferences
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Cai, Wei; Li, Xiangrong; Liu, Meihua – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
The present case study investigated university students' academic and linguistic gains during a semester-long exchange program abroad. Thirty three third-year English majors from a Chinese university answered a battery of questionnaires and 13 of them participated in semi-structured interviews both prior to and after the program. Analyses of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Study Abroad, College Students, English (Second Language)
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Glówka, Danuta – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2014
This study examined the impact of gender on students' achievement in learning English as a foreign language in secondary and higher vocational schools in Poland, as well as teachers' and students' opinions concerning the importance of this influence. The collected data provided ample evidence that girls achieved significantly better results than…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Secondary School Students
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Waniek-Klimczak, Ewa – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2011
Acculturation and language proficiency have been found to be inter-related both from the perspective of second language acquisition (Schumann, 1978, 1986) and socio-psychological adaptation in cross-cultural contacts (Ward, Bochner, & Furnham, 2001). However, the predictions as to the effect of a particular strategy on success differ, with…
Descriptors: Acculturation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency