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Direct linkWahyudi, Ribut – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2016
This article discusses the second-language literacy practice of an ESL student in Australia. It firstly explores the literacy practices (reading and writing) exercised both in China (the subject's home country) and in Sydney, Australia, where the subject was taking an academic preparation course prior to her master study. Secondly, this article…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Literacy, Educational Objectives
Download full textGhoneim, Nahed Mohammed Mahmoud; Elghotmy, Heba Elsayed Abdelsalam – English Language Teaching, 2016
Knowledge Investment is a new and unique concept. Converting the output of scientific research into reality requires a promising start-up. Knowledge economy should be given the priority it deserves and be considered one of the strategic objectives of the development plans in Egypt. With English increasingly being positioned as the pre-eminent…
Descriptors: Knowledge Economy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Jakubiak, Cori – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2016
"English-language voluntourism" is a practice whereby people from the Global North teach English in the Global South as an alternative form of travel and means of development assistance. As part of a larger, multisited ethnography, I investigate how in-service and former English-language voluntourism program participants frame short-term…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Volunteers
Hedgcock, John S.; Lefkowitz, Natalie – Applied Language Learning, 2016
Research on heritage language (HL) development and education has characterized the unique linguistic, sociocultural, and affective profiles of heritage-language (HL) students, yet foreign-language (FL) education has only begun to understand HL students in relation to non-heritage students (Carreira & Kagan, 2011; Felix, 2008). To deepen our…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish, Language Attitudes
Zhou, Ally A.; Busch, Michael; Cumming, Alister – Language Awareness, 2014
Recent research has identified certain goals of adult second language (L2) learners and their teachers for writing instruction in English as a second language (ESL), yet questions remain as to whether students' and teachers' goals correspond in ways that achieve instructional objectives and facilitate L2 development. The present study compared L2…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Canbulat, Mehmet; Dilekçi, Atilla – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The objective of this research is to identify and suggest solutions to the problems experienced by students learning Turkish as a second language according to the opinions of both teachers and students evaluated. The research has been conducted among the classroom teachers, Turkish language teachers and the students attending the schools in…
Descriptors: Turkish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Content Analysis
Baniasad-Azad, Somayeh; Ketabi, Saeed – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2013
This study examined demotivational factors among Iranian and Japanese college teachers of English. To achieve the purpose, the study used a 35-item questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The results were compared with the similar study in Japan by Sugino (2010). The findings of the study revealed that Iranian and Japanese lecturers are much…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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
