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Download full textKosar, Gülten – Online Submission, 2018
The objective of this is to investigate young adult learners' perceptions of brain-compatible learning. 27 university preparatory school students aged 18-21 were taught in compliance with brain-compatible learning approach for four months and a half. Subsequent to the intervention, the participants were asked to fill in a questionnaire developed…
Descriptors: Brain, Student Attitudes, Postsecondary Education, Young Adults
Zahari, Dhiya Amalina; Dhayaalan, Jeremiah Dhayaalan Jackson – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2016
Currently, the most acknowledged test to qualify for overseas universities is the IELTS test which is referred to as the International English Language Testing System. It is implemented as an accreditation tool and is believed to be a reputable and trustworthy tool of language competence by tertiary institutions which employ its use. Regardless of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pretests Posttests, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language)
Leichsenring, Andrew – Online Submission, 2015
This paper presents a teacher-led inquiry into learner language awareness and learner perceptions of: oral presentations using first language (L1) support when using a second language (L2); and L2 learner and user identity. The quantitative-based results of this preliminary inquiry represent a source of understanding for the researcher, who later,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Metalinguistics, Second Language Learning
Yuewu, Lin; Qin, Yang – English Language Teaching, 2015
Culture-loaded words and expressions are loaded with specific national cultural information and indicate deep national culture. They are the direct and indirect reflection of national culture in the structure of words and expressions. The improper use of culture-loaded words often leads to misunderstanding in cross-cultural communication. However,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Majors (Students), Cultural Influences
Relationship between EFL Learners' Autonomy and Speaking Strategies They Use in Conversation Classes
Salehi, Hadi; Ebrahimi, Marziyeh; Sattar, Susan; Shojaee, Mohammad – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The present study was conducted at Parsayan Language Institute in Isfahan, Iran. The students in pre-intermediate and intermediate classes were examined to investigate the relationship between degrees of learner autonomy, use of strategies for coping with speaking problems and the learners' success in their speaking classes. To determine the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Personal Autonomy
Jun, Pearl Wong Pei – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2012
The dynamism of information technology and of recent developments in the field of technology has impacted the world of education in more ways than one. Weblogs or blogs, as they are commonly known, have now become an increasingly popular form of communication for teenagers and young adults, making it a potentially useful medium for the teaching of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Postsecondary Education, Student Journals
Huang, Jingzi – 2000
This study investigates the major difficulties experienced and perceived by students of Chinese as an additional language (CAL), as well as the coping strategies they employed. It is a qualitative, 8-week case study that attempts to provide descriptions and analyses of a particular group of learners' learning difficulties and their coping…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Coping, Difficulty Level
Peer reviewedFan, May – Education Journal, 1999
Investigates 529 Hong Kong students' beliefs and strategies in learning English using a questionnaire to discover whether a relationship exists among belief and strategy and language proficiency in English. Reveals positive correlations with English proficiency for: (1) management and meaning-focus beliefs; and (2) form-focus and meaning-focus…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language Attitudes
Walker, Marijke; And Others – 1988
This study investigated the relationship between aptitude, as measured by Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB) scores, and oral proficiency as measured by the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) scores of 72 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agents who completed basic foreign language training at the Defense Language Institute (DLI).…
Descriptors: Correlation, Instructional Effectiveness, Introductory Courses, Language Aptitude
Albani, A.; Sewell, P. M. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1979
Displays and analyzes a research questionnaire investigating the many contexts and situations in which French is being taught in order to determine present day motivation of British students studying French. Comments on the relationship between studying French and career structures in higher education. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Career Planning, College Curriculum, French, Goal Orientation
Peer reviewedLawrason, Robin, E.; Lugo, Carlos – NALLD Journal, 1979
Student replies to a questionnaire evaluating the use of the language laboratory revealed positive attitudes regarding the effectiveness of the individual practice the lab provides. They emphasized the need for a language lab monitor. Cross tabulations examined attitudinal differences among old and new users, professorial encouragement, and…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language), French, Hebrew
Masny, Diana; Foxall, Justine – 1992
A study investigated links between writing apprehension, preferred writing processes, and academic achievement in 28 adult learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). One group was of varying language background in an intensive intermediate ESL class and the other consisted of francophone Canadians in an evening intermediate ESL writing class…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Students, Arabic
Reid, Joy M., Ed. – 1995
A selection of essays in learning styles in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction includes: "Cultural Differences in Learning Styles" (Gayle L. Nelson); "Difficulties with Cross-Cultural Learning-Styles Assessment" (Patricia A. Eliason); "Gender Differences in Language Learning Styles: What Do They Mean?" (Rebecca L. Oxford); "Cognitive…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Ambiguity, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
