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Jia-Ying Lee – SAGE Open, 2024
This research was a quasi-experiment that examined the effects of CLIL in an educational context in Taiwan's higher education. Two groups of first-year undergraduate students were involved. One (65 students) was taught with CLIL; the other (59), the conventional approach. Their knowledge of the content and learning attitudes (self-efficacy and…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education, Second Language Learning
Lehrman, Patience A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The fastest-growing student population (ages 5-17) in U.S. schools today is children of immigrants, half of whom do not speak English and are labeled English language learners (ELLs) by the National Center for Education Statistics (2011). Despite this growing demographic shift, very little is known about their college going experiences and the…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Academic Achievement, Immigrants, College Freshmen
Leeming, Paul – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2017
Self-efficacy is the belief in one's own ability to carry out a given task, and has been shown to be a powerful predictor of performance. Although researchers have considered self-efficacy within language learning, it remains a relatively underused and unexplored construct. This longitudinal mixed-method study set out to address this, by…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, English (Second Language), Oral Language, College Freshmen
Luangpipat, Nattaporn – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2018
Introduction: Since self-efficacy is a belief about one's capability in doing something successfully or unsuccessfully and it relates to academic achievements directly and indirectly. The understanding the sources of one's self-efficacy could assist that person to achieve a better result in learning or doing something, or, at least, to minimize a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Cote, Travis; Milliner, Brett – Research-publishing.net, 2016
Study abroad programs provide an opportunity for students to accelerate language learning and acquire cultural capital. Evaluations of returnees from study abroad programs however, have revealed that this is not always guaranteed. To promote a more positive academic and culturally-inclusive study abroad experience, one recommendation is for…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Computer Literacy, Second Language Learning, Study Abroad
Liu, Meihua – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
The present research examined the associations between foreign language listening anxiety (FLLA) and strategy use (FLLSU) and their predicting effects on test performance of high- and low-proficient Chinese university English as a foreign language learners. 1160 first-year undergraduate non-English majors answered the battery of questionnaires and…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Undergraduate Students, Anxiety, Correlation
Fukuda, Akiko – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2019
This paper aims to explore the characteristics of self-regulated learning from information gained in post-questionnaire interviews, with special emphasis on the differences between low-proficiency learners and high-proficiency learners. Self-regulated learning is a cyclical process to metacognitively, motivationally, and behaviorally boost…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Self Management
Yashima, Tomoko; Nishida, Rieko; Mizumoto, Atsushi – Modern Language Journal, 2017
This study investigates 3 unexplored issues regarding Second Language (L2) Motivational Self System theory. It further validates the theory using multiple structural equation modeling (SEM) along with a procedure comparing the strength of corresponding paths. Japanese university freshmen (N = 2,631) responded to a questionnaire and took the…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Structural Equation Models, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning
Lau, Ken – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2017
The mission of universities today is not only to nurture experts in various professions, but also to cultivate lifelong autonomous learners. Independent learning and pedagogies that aim to foster learner autonomy have grown in importance over the past decade. However, the extent to which independent learning is successful in fostering autonomy has…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Personal Autonomy, Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes
Prapunta, Sudatip – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
This paper aims to report stories of two Thai learners who were purposively selected from a quantitative study of 233 freshmen. They study English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in the monolingual context. They were formally interviewed three times about their L2 motivation and learning experiences using narrative inquiry. Narrative data were…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Monolingualism, Interviews, Student Attitudes
Csizér, Kata; Tankó, Gyula – Applied Linguistics, 2017
Apart from L2 motivation, self-regulation is also increasingly seen as a key variable in L2 learning in many foreign language learning contexts because classroom-centered instructive language teaching might not be able to provide sufficient input for students. Therefore, taking responsibility and regulating the learning processes and positive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Li, Xiangdong – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
With increasing arguments and evidence suggesting its benefits, First Language (L1) use (including translation exercise) is experiencing a resurrection in Second Language or Foreign Language (SL/FL) classrooms. One form of L1 use is composing comparable and parallel texts, which can be an important pedagogical resource but which has received…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Reaction, Comparative Analysis, Questionnaires
Fukuda, Akiko – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2018
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between learners' self-regulated language learning and proficiency and to examine the differences in characteristics of self-regulated learning (SRL) between low- and high-proficiency learners. SRL is a learning process throughout setting goals, monitoring tasks, and reflecting on…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Metacognition
Yükseltürk, Erman; Altiok, Serhat; Baser, Zeynep – Educational Technology & Society, 2018
The present study investigates the effects of game-based language learning with Kinect technology on students' self-efficacy beliefs and attitudes toward English. The study was conducted at a state university located in Central Turkey. Foreign language education is promoted in Turkey, yet because of several factors, among which weekly hours of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Educational Games
Ernst, Beth Kozbial; Wonder, Kelly; Adler, Julie – TESOL Journal, 2016
Integrating English language learners into the academic mainstream is a critically important goal. For students who are learning content in their second or third language as well as negotiating the university's social context, integrating into the mainstream academic environment can be challenging. Instructors at a public university intensive…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Intensive Language Courses, College Freshmen