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Siddiqui, Kamran Akhtar – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2020
Writing in English holds great importance throughout the world, especially when it comes to academic and professional excellence. Therefore, writing in English is given due status in Pakistan too. However, despite learning English for years, Pakistani students face difficulty in writing like other foreign language learners. One of the major issues…
Descriptors: Paragraph Composition, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Writing Difficulties
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Mirghani, Taiseer M. – Journal of Education and Learning, 2020
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) considers education a top priority, and more emphasis has been placed on this following the 2016 announcement of Saudi Vision 2030. Since then, the country has witnessed several economic and social changes. As a result, the Kingdom has initiated a plan to invest in human capital through education to diversify its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, College Readiness
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Keynton, Janice – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2018
This study looks at the Chinese-learning experiences of six classroom learners who continued to the end of secondary school in Victoria, Australia, through in-depth interviews. Various systemic deterrents to continued Chinese language study are identified by the participants, including: (1) the schooling journey, including transition between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Chinese, High School Students
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Ostovar-Namaghi, Seyyed Ali; Ahmadabadi-Tak, Bahareh – English Language Teaching, 2017
Strategy-deficient language learners struggle to develop their language proficiency through limiting and inappropriate strategies. This study aims at exploring experienced teachers' perceptions of strategy deficiency syndrome among EFL learners. To this end, the perspectives of a purposive sample of experienced teachers teaching in private…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Winke, Paula – Modern Language Journal, 2013
In this study I examine the construct of aptitude in learning Chinese as a second language (L2) to an advanced level. I test 2 hypotheses: first, that L2 aptitude comprises 4 components--working memory, rote memory, grammatical sensitivity, and phonemic coding ability--and second, that L2 aptitude affects learning both directly and indirectly…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Short Term Memory, Language Aptitude
Rashidi, Nasser; Omid, Ahmad – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate the Iranian EFL learners' beliefs on the role of RL in vocabulary learning, and how it could affect their achievement. One-hundred and three students majoring in English (Literature, Translation, and Teaching) at the Departments of Foreign Languages and Linguistics at Roudehen and the Western Branch of…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Memorization, Correlation, Foreign Countries