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Gür, Cemil; Dumanci, Veysal; Gümüstas, Hikmet; Toprak, Sibel; Ates, Ali – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
With this research, it is aimed to determine the problems faced by classroom teachers who have Syrian immigrant students in their classrooms in Turkey. The research was designed as a single case study, one of the qualitative research methods. Criterion sampling method, one of the purposive sampling methods, was used. The participants of the…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Problems, Teacher Attitudes, Communication Problems
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Tawfiq, Hatim Hassan; Abdelshafie, Abdelshafie Alrayeh – English Language Teaching, 2021
This paper examines the linguistic barriers that impede English language communicative proficiency of the students of English language in the college of sciences and humanity studies, Thadiq, Shaqra University, Saudi Arabia. The paper gives the specific linguistic problems that detain attaining a perfect English language communicative competence.…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Albalawi, Hanan; Nadeem, Muhammad – English Language Teaching, 2020
This study investigates the specific barriers to effective communication by teachers and students of the EFL programs of higher education in the Saudi Kingdom. The study utilized a qualitative design to examine perspectives of EFL students and the faculty members of the EFL programs at Al-Mustaqbal and Jubail University College on the effects,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Abdelgadir, Ehsan Mohammed – English Language Teaching, 2019
The present study carries out to investigate and identify the communication problems that affecting the Teaching/Learning process of ELT. It aims to help teachers and learners to know the cause of these problems and to use and practice (IPA) in English pronunciation. It also sheds light on the most common mistakes of English sounds in relation to…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Communication Problems, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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Castillo, Rigoberto; Florez-Martelo, Laura Stefany – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2020
In the context of advocacy of the rights of minorities, communities should research about the learning rights of individuals with hearing loss. This article reports a case study that looked into the retrospectives and perspectives of three hard-of-hearing participants (HHs) on learning another language. The data on retrospectives refer to the…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
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Bossé, Michael J.; Bayaga, Anass; Fountain, Catherine; Lynch-Davis, Kathleen; Preston, Ron; Adu-Gyamfi, Kwaku – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2018
This study applies the Mathematics Acquisition Framework (MAF) (Bossé, Ringler, Bayaga, Fountain, & Young, 2018) to investigate fifth- through seventh-grade students' comprehension of fractions and decimals and examines how students build understanding of mathematical principles and concepts regarding fractions and decimals. Based on case…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Nguyen, Van Khanh – Journal of English as an International Language, 2017
The wide use of English has given rise to the World Englishes (WE) paradigm, within which there has been a growing interest in the pedagogical implications of the varieties of English. A frequently documented rationale for the marriage between second language education and WE is that WE users should be aware of the potential problems in WE…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Yaseen, Ahmed Abdoualzhraa; Ismail, Kemboja; Yasin, Mohamad Subakir Mohd – Arab World English Journal, 2018
This study investigates the syntactic errors in speaking among an Arab L2 post-graduate student in an academic speaking context. Specifically, the objectives are to describe the syntax error patterns committed by the student while engaging in speaking and to explore the contributing factors that may affect the errors. To address these objectives,…
Descriptors: Syntax, Error Analysis (Language), Native Language, Second Language Learning
Baccaglini, Gale W. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In this qualitative study eight international scholars and practitioners of English were interviewed in order to understand their viewpoints about how English language teaching is evolving from a role of English as a Foreign Language to one of English as an International Language in this contemporary world in which there are more nonnative…
Descriptors: Case Studies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Teachers
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Barkan, M.; Toprak, E.; Kumtepe, A. T.; Kumtepe, E. Genc; Ataizi, M.; Pilanci, H.; Mutlu, M. E.; Kayabas, I.; Kayabas, B. Kip – Educational Media International, 2011
ELBEP (Eliminating Language Barriers in European Prisons Through Open and Distance Education Technology) is a multilateral project funded by the European Union (EU) Lifelong Learning, Grundtvig (Adult Education) Programme. It aims to overcome language/communication problems between prison staff and foreign inmates at European prisons via online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communication Problems, Distance Education, Correctional Institutions
Li, Mingsheng – 1999
It has been widely acknowledged in language acquisition research that cultural learning is an inseparable part of language learning. However, insufficient attention has been paid to the culture of classroom learning which involves both teachers' and learners' cultural values, beliefs, roles, expectations, and conceptions of teaching and learning.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Cultural Differences
Ali, M. Solaiman – 1993
A case study examined the similarities and differences in the background characteristics, the nature and causes of the English language-based problems, and the coping strategies of two foreign students at Indiana University, Bloomington. Subjects were selected because they represented two different nationalities (Malaysian and Indonesian),…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Communication Skills