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Paula Da Silva-Michelin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
While community colleges have traditionally been the leading providers of adult learner programs and the entry point for many minority students into higher education, very few English language learners (ELLs) transition to higher education. This qualitative gap analysis of the systems in place at a large urban public community college in the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Adult Education, Transitional Programs
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Maya Fujioka; Kristin Reimer; Eisuke Saito – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2024
The decline in foreign language learners in tertiary education is a concern in many countries. While factors influencing students' persistence in second language learning have been explored, there has been limited discussion on the potential of language programmes that develop students' self-formation alongside language learning. This study aimed…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Language Enrollment, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Leaver, Betty Lou; Campbell, Christine – L2 Journal, 2023
Language-related Study Abroad (SA) experiences can be catalysts for learner transformation in the areas of cognition, socialization, and/or affect by virtue of the location and experience. An Open Architecture Curriculum Design (OACD) framework can support, promote, and enhance such transformation, as evidenced in eight programs for young adults,…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Transformative Learning, Socialization, Curriculum Design
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Hawkins, Melissa Williamson – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
English language tutoring and/or self-access centers are services commonly offered as curricular support to English language program students in educational environments worldwide. This paper argues that the theory of self-directed learning (SDL) from the field of adult education should be considered alongside the equally-important areas of…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Beltrán, Jorge – Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics, 2016
In the assessment of aural skills of second language learners, the study of the inclusion of visual stimuli has almost exclusively been conducted in the context of listening assessment. While the inclusion of contextual information in test input has been advocated for by numerous researchers (Ockey, 2010), little has been said regarding the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Speech Skills, Speech Tests, Second Language Learning
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Cárdenas Espitia, Carlos – HOW, 2010
This article describes an action research project in which the members of a basic English class for adults over 50 at a Colombian public university undertook the mission of discovering their potentialities as autonomous learners. By means of the reflective use of the language portfolio, the members of this course guided the planning and execution…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Student Empowerment, Action Research, Student Projects