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Sachiko Nakamura; Pornapit Darasawang; Hayo Reinders – Language Teaching Research, 2024
This article recounts my experience in enhancing my students' boredom regulation by designing, implementing, and evaluating a strategy instruction project. The project was undertaken with 25 Thai university students enrolled in my English oral communication course for 15 weeks. The project began with exploring how and why my students experienced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Zaien, Sahar Zedan – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
The aim was to explore the effectiveness of a SRSD- based training program on story writing among second-year middle-school learning disabled students in Saudi Arabia. Participants were 50 students from a middle school in KSA. Participants were selected from two intact classes, which were assigned as control and experimental groups, with each…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Students with Disabilities, Writing Instruction, Middle School Students
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Arco-Tirado, José L.; Fernández-Martín, Francisco D.; Hernández-Moreno, Nuria – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2018
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the effectiveness of a Bilingual Mentors Program to develop cognitive, non-cognitive or second language skills on senior and freshmen university students, respectively, from two different Degrees at the University of Granada (Spain). Two Degrees were involved in this project, English Studies provided…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Education, Second Language Learning, Program Effectiveness
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Morshedian, Mahboobeh; Hemmati, Fatemeh; Sotoudehnama, Elaheh – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2017
This study examined whether training English as a foreign language (EFL) learners in a self-regulated learning (SRL) model could help them develop the ability to self-regulate their reading in English and whether their proficiency level could moderate the efficacy of self-regulation training. Two experimental groups received instruction in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Independent Study, Reading Skills
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Ismaiel, Nasrah Mahmoud; Al Asmari, AbdulRahman Awadh – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The study of vocabulary can be considered a chief issue which the second language students encounter within the learning of another language especially, for non-English major students. This study aims at assessing the influence of a suggested program for enhancing EFL students` vocabulary and vocabulary learning strategies use. The sample of this…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Hwang, Wu-Yuin; Liu, Yi-Fan; Chen, Hon-Ren; Huang, Jian-Wun; Li, Jin-Yi – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
Although previous studies have highlighted the advantages of using e-books for learning, most have compared learning achieved with traditional textbooks with that achieved with e-books in a classroom situation. These studies focused on individual learning instead of on interactions among learners, learning behavior using ebooks after school, and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Publishing, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language)
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Daloglu, Aysegul; Vural, Seniye – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
Based on Zimmerman, Bonner, and Kovach's (1996) academy model, an intervention consisting of seven weekly training sessions to increase students' awareness of and ability to plan and manage their study time was developed. Participant students reflected on the implementation of each phase of the learning model in their weekly journal entries,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Study Habits, Program Effectiveness
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Zareva, Alla; Fomina, Anna – International Journal of English Studies, 2013
The focus of the present study is on identifying categories of learning strategies that are mostly used by Russian university students in an English Linguistics Program with a TEFL concentration. The more specific goal of the study is to offer a model of evaluation of the effectiveness of TEFL-oriented programs in terms of the language learning…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Learning Strategies, Curriculum Design, English (Second Language)
Office of Postsecondary Education, US Department of Education, 2012
The Language Resource Centers (LRC) program provides grants to institutions of higher education to establish, strengthen, and operate resource centers that serve to improve the nation's capacity to teach and learn foreign languages. Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education. Duration of the grant is four years. Center activities…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Teacher Effectiveness, Higher Education, Learning Resources Centers
Carrera, Hazel C. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examines the use of instructional coaching in one urban school as a form of professional development for teachers. The use of instructional coaches in the classroom has become more and more popular in many school districts across the nation as they look for ways to improve student performance by improving the performance of their…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Urban Schools, Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning
Abdallah, Mahmoud M. S. – Online Submission, 2010
This book reports in detail on a research study that was conducted in Egypt. The main purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of using a Multiple Intelligences-Based Training Programme on developing first-year English majors' oral communication skills. Based on literature review and related studies, a list of 20 oral communication…
Descriptors: Scores, Multiple Intelligences, Effect Size, Pretests Posttests
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Lam, Wendy Y. K. – Language Teaching Research, 2009
This article presents the findings of an intervention study designed to examine the effects of metacognitive strategy instruction (MCSI) on learners' performance and on strategy use. Two classes in the secondary English oral classroom in Hong Kong participated in the study; one class received eight sessions of MCSI and the other served as a…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Metacognition, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
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Cubillos, Jorge H.; Chieffo, Lisa; Fan, Chunbo – Foreign Language Annals, 2008
This study investigates the impact of a five-week intermediate Spanish course on the listening comprehension ability of 48 participants in short-term study abroad programs, and compares these groups with 92 peers enrolled in a similar course on the home campus. While both on-campus and study abroad groups experienced similar gains in listening…
Descriptors: Spanish, On Campus Students, Listening Comprehension, Program Effectiveness
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Campbell, Russell N. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1984
Although foreign language education has much to offer this nation, few educators or parents support such programs. Possible reasons for this situation are discussed. Immersion programs for foreign language education have achieved success with elementary school children. (DF)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Immersion Programs, Learning Strategies, Program Effectiveness
Murillo M., Fernando – Online Submission, 2007
The following report gives account of a case study conducted at a school in Santiago, Chile in 2007. The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) with an emphasis on developing metacognitive skills and critical thinking in high-school students. The vehicle used to trigger and develop such…
Descriptors: Elective Courses, Student Attitudes, Metacognition, Program Effectiveness
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