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Jasuk Kim; Eun-Joo Lee – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2023
Pronunciation plays a crucial role in oral communication within a second language. Recently, the interest in English language learning among elderly adults has led to increased participation of older learners in lifelong education programs in Korea. However, there is a paucity of empirical studies on this specific learner group. This article…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Pronunciation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Gülnur Aydin; Huriye Özlen Avaroglu – International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, 2023
This relational survey study aims to determine the relationship between the attitudes of students learning Turkish as a second language towards Turkish culture and their social cohesion. The participants were determined by criterion sampling. 189 international learners studying Turkish at various Turkish universities participated in the study. The…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Language Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Turkish
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Yousef, Areej – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
This paper explores the language planning strategies employed by Australian transnational families of Arabic-speaking backgrounds to develop their children's bilingualism in English and Arabic. The paper concludes that the families' transnationalism and strong links with their countries of origin played a significant role in their language…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Family Relationship, Native Language, Arabic
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Ockert, David – Teaching English with Technology, 2020
This article contains the results of a chi-squared analysis on the data set of a survey instrument completed by a class of Japanese elementary school students (n = 29) before and after a series of Skype® exchanges. The parametric results were reported previously (Ockert, 2015a). The instrument instructions requested students to rank six statements…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Rating Scales
Ekin, Semih – Online Submission, 2018
This study was conducted to examine the predictors of willingness to communicate (WTC) inside and outside the classroom and to examine the effect of vision/imagery capacity on willingness to communicate. The study was designed via a quantitative approach in which a composite instrument was used to examine the relationships of different variables…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Student Attitudes
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Sangki Kim – English Teaching, 2017
Intelligibility of second language (L2) English has become an important goal in English pronunciation teaching. However, intelligibility research primarily focused on L2 English users and L2 production features; only a handful of studies have examined other effects on the intelligibility of L2 English. In line with the three-part model of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Windle, Joel; Nogueira, Maria Alice – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2015
This paper analyses tendencies that distinguish the internationalisation of education for two class fractions--owners of medium to large businesses and highly qualified university professors and researchers. We identify the importance of cosmopolitan cultural capital, particularly fluency in English, in strengthening the position of both groups…
Descriptors: International Education, Cultural Capital, Business, Ownership
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Weiguo, Qu – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2013
The assumption that each culture has its own distinctive identity has been generally accepted in the discussion of cultural identities. Quite often identity formation is not perceived as a dynamic and interactive ongoing process that engages other cultures and involves change in its responses to different challenges at different times. I will…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Self Concept, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Differences
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Bateman, Blair E.; de Almeida Oliveira, Desirée – Hispania, 2014
Although previous literature has discussed ways of promoting the study of Portuguese, to our knowledge no study has ever directly surveyed students to ascertain why they chose to learn the language. This study reports on a survey of the motivations of first- and second-year Portuguese students to study the language, and contrasts their motivations…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Career Choice, Portuguese, Student Surveys
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Dixon, Brett – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2013
While there has been an increase in students studying abroad in China, this increase has not been seen in the respective number of articles published in scholarly journals on education abroad in China. This paper summarizes articles from journals on the types of education abroad programs in China, organized by topic, and by the outcomes and…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Educational Benefits, Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries
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Luchini, Pedro Luis – HOW, 2010
This case study aims at replicating a study conducted in 2007 with a group of ten trainees at the English Teacher Training Program at Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. In 2007, the participants recorded a dyadic interactive task. Speech data were analyzed to see how, through the use of language, learners construed their social reality. In the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, English (Second Language)
Garcia Laborda, Jesus – Online Submission, 2005
In general, ESP textbooks tend to reflect methodological trends, educational fashions and changing contents. Undeniably, their quality has increased in the last 15 years and they tend to cater for most students' needs regardless of the pupils' field of study. However, those related to English teaching and learning for tourism studies do not…
Descriptors: Travel, Tourism, Textbooks, Comparative Analysis
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Husseinali, Ghassan – Foreign Language Annals, 2006
This study investigates the initial motivation of learners of Arabic as a foreign language (AFL). One hundred and twenty students enrolled in first-year and second-year AFL classes participated in this study. The participants were classified into two major groups of learners according to their heritage background: The first group consisted of…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Travel, Identification, Muslims
Kamada, Laurel D. – 1997
The group of case studies of family bilingualism examined the influences of maternal and paternal native language, schooling choices, travel and residence choices, and family background on development of bilingualism in the children. The families studied include eight Japanese-English bilingual families (one study including five generations) and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Chinese, Comparative Analysis