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Benbaba, Asmaa; Lindner, James – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2021
As online education continues to evolve and create new opportunities for educators to deliver quality instruction, universities are challenged with the range of learning management systems (LMSs) that can serve the educational needs of both universities and teachers. This quantitative study examined teaching English to speakers of other languages…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Dawood, Samira S.; Jamal, Elafandi A. – African Educational Research Journal, 2019
This research paper aimed to know the effect of using electronic program based on English language mixed with some pictures as facilitating tool for Arabic learning as a foreign language (AFL). The sample of study consists of 12 American students belonging to Arabic families selected from Auburn elementary schools of average age 12 years old. The…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Elementary School Students
Burgos, Francisco – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study, which involved classroom-based experimental research conducted during the Fall semester of 2013 in a Spanish class at Oakwood University, aimed at extending the findings of previous studies on the use of familiar texts in reading and writing (Brown 2007, Vygotsky 1978, Kern 2000, Rollins & Villamil 2001, McCourt 2006, Morris, Beck…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Spanish, Reading Skills, Writing Skills
Lysinger, Diana – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation offers a Cognitive Grammar-based approach to teaching cases to L2 German and Russian students and examines the impacts of various methods of case instruction in beginning German and Russian language classes. A CG-based explanation of cases was already proposed by some CG theorists (i.e., Langacker 1987, 1991; Smith 1987, Janda…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Textbooks, Semantics, Second Language Learning
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Spezzini, Susan – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2010
This study examined the effects of visual analogies on learner outcomes in "Phonology for ESL Teachers," a challenging course within a master's degree program at a prominent university in the southeastern United States. To reduce student anxiety, facilitate Saturday classes, and bridge from the known to the unknown, concrete images…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Masters Programs
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Smith, Catherine A.; Vellenga, Heidi E.; Parker, Marian; Butler, Norman L. – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007
This paper assembles innovative ideas from several disciplines and offers an integrated discussion for improving TESL/TEFL curriculum design, specifically for individuals from peripheral social contexts and to address the global demand for ESL/EFL teachers. Overall, the suggested innovations serve to: 1) increase program accessibility to…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction