Publication Date
In 2025 | 1 |
Since 2024 | 2 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 5 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 9 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 13 |
Descriptor
Learning Motivation | 14 |
Lifelong Learning | 14 |
Second Language Instruction | 14 |
Second Language Learning | 12 |
Foreign Countries | 8 |
Teaching Methods | 8 |
English (Second Language) | 5 |
Learning Processes | 5 |
College Students | 4 |
Learning Experience | 4 |
Adult Education | 3 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Beaven, Tita, Ed. | 1 |
Bérénice Darnault | 1 |
Dollar, Yesim Kesli | 1 |
España, Cristina | 1 |
Kim, Tae-Young | 1 |
Kim, Yoon-Kyoung | 1 |
Kordt, Birgit | 1 |
Liu, Shijuan | 1 |
Mauch, Werner | 1 |
Medel-Anonuevo, Carolyn | 1 |
Mino-Garces, Fernando | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 10 |
Reports - Research | 7 |
Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
Tests/Questionnaires | 3 |
Books | 2 |
Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
Collected Works - General | 1 |
Collected Works - Proceedings | 1 |
Non-Print Media | 1 |
Education Level
Higher Education | 6 |
Postsecondary Education | 5 |
Adult Education | 4 |
Elementary Secondary Education | 2 |
Elementary Education | 1 |
Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Researchers | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Bérénice Darnault – Multilingual Matters, 2025
This book traces the motivational dynamics embedded within lifelong foreign language learning trajectories, examining the factors which generate and sustain motivation throughout a learner's life. Embracing a complexity approach, it views motivation as a long-term individual process that evolves along a narrative continuum, developing over the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Lifelong Learning, Learning Motivation
Wei, Xiaoxia; Weerasawainon, Aeksing – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2024
Being able to use a foreign language to communicate will increase an individual's opportunities of employment and personal growth, which implies the significance of adopting a lifelong learning approach to language learning. This study was conducted to explore language learners' lifelong learning tendency in general and the key factors affecting…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Stockwell, Glenn – English Teaching, 2021
Mobile-assisted language learning has expanded beyond relatively humble beginnings of replicating computer-based activities assigned in formal language learning contexts, and it now often consists of a complex mix of formal and informal learning activities that take place at different times and places throughout learners' daily lives. Decisions…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction
Kordt, Birgit – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2018
This article argues that the concept of affordances as put forward by James J. Gibson can make a major contribution to our understanding of multilingualism. It can throw some light on multilingualism in general as well as on specific aspects like successful and unsuccessful transfer, the challenges involved in teaching for multilingualism,…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory
España, Cristina; Soosaar, Reet – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2022
The implementation of the European Union's Erasmus Plus (E+) Program has resulted in the possibility of joint initiatives across-borders led by teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), who can bring classroom practice closer to education as a key area for employability and prepare students for work and communication in multicultural and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Active Learning, Student Projects, English (Second Language)
Villalobos-Buehner, Maria – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Novice learners comprise the majority of language students in higher education, but very few decide to continue their foreign language education beyond the required credits. Educators must develop a deeper understanding of what motivates this group of students so they can design pedagogical practices that will help students shift from a checklist…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation, Teaching Methods
Liu, Shijuan; Wang, Fu – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2018
This paper reports a qualitative study on the Chinese language learning trajectories of non-native Chinese instructors as successful Chinese language learners. While some literature has been found on studying good learners of English and other languages, there is a lack of research on studying good learners of the Chinese language, especially on…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Kim, Tae-Young; Kim, Yoon-Kyoung – Educational Gerontology, 2015
This study explores motivational and demotivational factors in English learning among elderly learners attending a lifelong education institute located in Seoul, South Korea. A total of 420 elderly learners with limited English learning experience responded to a questionnaire with 47 five-point Likert-type items. In order to investigate what…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
Mutlu, Aynur Kesen; Dollar, Yesim Kesli – Online Submission, 2018
The debate over the qualifications that a teacher should have has long been going on and the discussions among scholars have gone far beyond academic skills of teachers as a result of emerging concepts, one of which is the social skills. In the field of English language teaching, these skills seem crucial as the learning environment additionally…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Mentors
Beaven, Tita, Ed.; Rosell-Aguilar, Fernando, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2021
The Innovative Language Pedagogy Report presents new and emerging approaches to language teaching, learning, and assessment in school, further education, and higher education settings. Researchers and practitioners provide 22 research-informed, short articles on their chosen pedagogy, with examples and resources. The report is jargon-free, written…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Pratt, Comfort – Hispania, 2010
This article is part of a large-scale project on the study of Spanish in high school that reports on an investigation of the low college enrollments in Spanish courses of students who study Spanish in high school. An online survey was administered to 631 high school students studying Spanish and 19 Spanish teachers, and the results revealed that…
Descriptors: High School Students, Learning Motivation, Spanish, Second Language Learning
Mino-Garces, Fernando – International Journal of English Studies, 2009
As language learning theory has shifted from a highly guided to a more open learning process, this paper presents the teaching/learning philosophy called Learning for Life (L for L) as a great way to motivate native Spanish speaker students learning English as a foreign language, and to help them be the constructors of their own knowledge. The…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Second Language Instruction, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries
Medel-Anonuevo, Carolyn; Ohsako, Toshio; Mauch, Werner – 2001
Although lifelong learning is being increasingly cited as one of the key principles in the fields of education and development, shared understanding of the term's usage at the global level is lacking. Lifelong learning is closely tied to the challenge of openness and the changes with which modern individuals must cope in their lifetimes. Lifelong…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Citizenship Education, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Exchange
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers