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Kissau, Scott; Davin, Kristin J.; Wang, Chuang; Haudeck, Helga – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2022
Despite the importance of advanced language proficiency when teaching a foreign language, little research has investigated the oral proficiency of aspiring foreign language teachers across multiple countries and what their teacher training programs do to enhance it. In response, the researchers collected and analyzed both quantitative and…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Irham, Irham; Wahyudi, Ribut – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2023
The desire to improve institutional profile and students' linguistic skills leads to the growth of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI). While studies regarding EMI have been sufficiently documented, little is known about Arabic as a Medium of Instruction (AMI) in the expanding circles. To fill in the gap, our study examines EMI and AMI at IIU…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction, Islam
Saleem, Muhammad; Larik, Abdul Razaque; Bukhari, Syed Gulzar Ali Shah – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2023
This study investigates the challenges faced by Pakistani and Chinese English language instructors in developing communicative competence among senior high school students, and highlights the fundamental loopholes. Employing a thematic analysis within a qualitative comparative case study, the findings reveal learners' substandard prior knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, High School Teachers
Hingle, Aayushi; Davidson Mhonde, Rochelle; Broeckelman-Post, Melissa – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2022
The purpose of this study was to assess the degree to which sheltered versus unsheltered contexts of introductory communication courses impact communication skill development and overall learning outcomes for international students. Specifically, this study examined the following outcome variables: public speaking anxiety, engagement,…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Introductory Courses, Public Speaking, Anxiety
Chang, Feng-Ru – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2019
This study aims to uncover the connection of shadow education with other discourses in society through exploring the self-presentation of the top five leading franchised English buxibans in Taiwan by adopting a multimodal discourse analysis to examine their homepage and brand story webpage. The findings suggest that these top five leading…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Garrett-Rucks, Paula; Jansa, Tim – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2020
Since the emergence of models and frameworks for college and university internationalization in the early 1990s, post-secondary world language education has remained a core dimension of internationalization in theory (American Council on Education, no date; Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2007; Hudzik, 2011; Rudzki, 1995;…
Descriptors: International Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Experience
Kissau, Scott; Davin, Kristin; Wang, Chuang; Haudeck, Helga; Rodgers, Marion; Du, Lixia – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2019
In response to the critical shortage of foreign language teachers internationally, school districts around the world are employing a variety of recruitment strategies, including conducting international searches. While these strategies may help to fill foreign language teacher vacancies, they lack a strong research base, as little is known about…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Language Teachers, Career Choice, Second Language Learning
Alshakhi, Abdullah; Le Ha, Phan – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2020
Informed by an ethnographic qualitative research study conducted with expatriate teachers of English in Saudi Arabia, we examine emotion(al) labor in the context of transnational mobilities with regards to cultural and institutional tensions. Engaged with wide-ranging interdisciplinary literature on emotion and affect, we discuss the place of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Fantini, Alvino E. – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2020
Given current trends in international education, many institutions of higher education in the United States and elsewhere seek to prepare students for life and careers in a globalized world. For many institutions, this means internationalizing curriculum and campus, increasing educational exchange opportunities (for both domestic and international…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), International Education, Educational Trends
Phùng, Thanh – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2020
Departing from the dominant trend of favoring flexibility, flattened relations, and deterritorialization in featuring the transnational, this autoethnographic inquiry theorizes and exemplifies how the gravity of place may give rise to the evolvement of scholarship in the context of transnational mobility. I examine my own career trajectory to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Ethnography, Faculty Mobility, Foreign Countries
Palacios-Hidalgo, Francisco Javier; Huertas-Abril, Cristina A.; Gómez-Parra, María Elena – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2021
European countries and their regions are trying to develop quality foreign language policies to help citizens become communicatively competent. The Spanish region of Andalusia has implemented Bilingual Education since 2005, whereas in the United Kingdom the take-up rates of languages in schools are low despite the linguistic demands that Brexit…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Jurisevic, Dallas R. – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2013
There is a growing number of students enrolling in community colleges in the United States. Many of these students are looking to transfer credits earned from the community college to four-year institutions, while others are simply looking to enter into the skilled workforce. With the increase in general enrollment and the demand for more…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Community Colleges, College Credits
Kozar, Olga – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2013
Private tutoring is a common and worldwide phenomenon. However, there is a dearth of up-to-date research on private tutoring compared with that on institutional one-to-one teaching, which could be explained by challenges associated with data collection. This article proposes using publicly available online advertisements of private tutors as a…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Trend Analysis, Qualitative Research, English (Second Language)
Kissau, Scott; Rodgers, Marion; Haudeck, Helga – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2014
Recent research has reported professional agreement among foreign language (L2) teachers with respect to the beliefs and behaviors associated with effective L2 teaching. While such research may contribute to an emerging professional consensus, it must be acknowledged that the participating teachers in the related studies were all living and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Mixed Methods Research