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Shaista Irshad Khan; Shawana Fazal; Farrukh Nazir – SAGE Open, 2025
This qualitative study investigated the perceptions of prospective teachers on critical thinking (CT) skills before and after completing the Functional English (FE) course at the Bachelor of Education Honors (B.Ed. Hons) and Associate Degree in Education (ADE). A purposive sampling technique was employed to select 40 participants, with eight…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Honors Curriculum, Critical Thinking
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Nhem, Davut – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2023
Teaching-research nexus has become a hotspot topic of scholarly debates in the higher education field for decades, owing to the contesting views of intellectuals and the polarisation of empirical evidence reported from many higher education spaces. Sadly, previous studies have been mainly conducted in societies with well-developed research culture…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Barkhuizen, Gary – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2022
This article addresses ten 'tricky' questions related to narrative inquiry in the field of language teaching and learning research. The questions come from the author's experiences of presenting lectures and seminars on narrative inquiry in many different contexts. The questions deal with issues to do specifically with narrative inquiry methods as…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Inquiry, Personal Narratives
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Lu, Chaoqun; So, Winnie Wing Mui; Lee, Yeung Chung; Yeung, Yau Yuen – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2023
English is being used as a medium of instruction (EMI) for delivering science lessons in China. This study investigated Chinese high school international programme students' perceptions of and attitudes towards EMI, particularly about their perceived difficulties and support in learning. A questionnaire with Likert-type items, student group…
Descriptors: High School Students, Language of Instruction, Likert Scales, Science Instruction
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Hilao-Valencia, Patricia Mariz; Ortega-Dela Cruz, Ruth A. – MEXTESOL Journal, 2023
Good oral communication skills are necessary to help people understand and process information in a clear manner. Aspiring language teachers must be able to exemplify good verbal ability to become competent in their fields. Therefore, it is important to develop a future teacher's ability to communicate in English. This study investigated the…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Communication Skills, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Johnson, Joseph A.; Park, Mihwa – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2022
Studies on English language learners (ELLs) and school science have been conducted from a range of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives, the findings of which have indicated growth in science achievement among ELLs when exposed to science inquiry. Yet studies are still needed to address the needs of specific groups within this large, and…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Refugees, English Language Learners, Science Instruction
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Mohammed, Salifu Maigari; Amponsah, Kwaku Darko; Ampadu, Ernest; Kumassah, Eliot Kosi – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent of implementation of inquiry-based science teaching and learning in Ghanaian junior high schools. We sampled 503 students, 18 integrated science teachers, and 23 educational administrators from rural and urban areas of four districts and municipalities in the Central Region of Ghana. We used…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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Tarwiyah, Siti; Warsono; Bharati, Dwi Anggani Linggar; Sutopo, Djoko – Arab World English Journal, 2018
Coaching is mainly purposed to build teacher capacity to enhance the success of learning and the quality of education in general. This paper is aimed at describing the coaching materials, methods, and the effectiveness of coaching in English Foreign Language (EFL) learning to strengthen the teachers' pedagogical competence. Six Junior High School…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Language Teachers, Faculty Development
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Lin, Wen-Chuan – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2012
Traditional, cognitive-oriented theories of English language acquisition tend to employ experimental modes of inquiry and neglect social, cultural and historical contexts. In this paper, I review the theoretical debate over methodology by examining ontological, epistemological and methodological controversies around cognitive-oriented theories. I…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, English (Second Language), English, Second Language Learning
Dresser, Rocio – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2007
In the United States in the last few years, a considerable amount of attention has been given to literacy programs as a way to close the academic gap between English-only (EO) students and English language learners (ELL). Teacher education programs around the country have been dealing with issues of academic inequity for some time. There are no…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Needs, Teacher Education Programs, Second Language Learning
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Loew, Helene Z. – Foreign Language Annals, 1977
The inquiry teaching or discovery approach to learning is discussed. An object lesson is outlined using a cultural artifact as the subject of analysis. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cultural Awareness, Discovery Learning, Educational Objectives
Lindholm, Kathryn J. – 1986
Question development in English as a second language in four native Spanish-speaking children is described. The English questions initiated by four children differing in English proficiency (two limited English speaking and two fluent English speaking) were examined at two points in time to determine how question use changes in the syntactic,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, English (Second Language), Inquiry
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