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Rifat Kamasak; Kari Sahan – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
The growth of English medium instruction (EMI) programs at universities worldwide has raised questions about the implications of teaching through L2 English on students' content learning outcomes. This study examined the impact of four factors on students' academic success (e.g. content learning) in the Turkish EMI context: (1) students'…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction
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Zhou, Meng – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2022
Translation ethics today is an area of growing concern, so is its education. In the new millennium, ethics has become an explicit and integrative component of translator education. Meanwhile, the objective of translation ethics education has shifted from preaching abstract, universalistic translator codes of ethics to training translation…
Descriptors: Translation, Ethics, Language Processing, Second Language Learning
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Deirdre McKenna; Aleks Palanac – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2025
Among the barriers facing refugee-background students (RBS) in accessing Higher Education (HE) in the UK is reaching the required academic English standard, and accessing courses to support them with this (Ashlee & Gladwell 2020: 13). In response to these barriers, the Universities of Leicester and Leeds (both in the UK) have developed the…
Descriptors: Refugees, English for Academic Purposes, Teaching Methods, Trauma
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Kabbassova, Ainagul; Shakarmanova, Maizhan; Temerbayeva, Zhanna; Bulyga, Leonid; Sakenov, Janat – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2021
Teaching a foreign language in the process of preparing future teachers is guided by the needs of the modern school system, in which reforms are being actively implemented. The meta-subject approach at school serves as the basis for planning learning outcomes. For example, in biology, foreign language, and physics classes, students are not only…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education
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Azmuddin, Ruhil Amal; Jamali, Mazura; Rahim, Azwin Arif Abdul; Ali, Mohammad Musab Azmat; Khamis, Nor Yazi – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2022
Purpose: This study explored ESL learners' utilization of Online Discussion Forums (ODFs) in Interactive Reading for Academic Disciplines (iREAD) to assist reading of online scientific texts within an English for Specific Purposes course at a public university. Method: This qualitative research employed two data collection methods during lessons…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Reading Comprehension, English for Science and Technology, Second Language Learning
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Abdullah, Ahmad Taufik Hidayah; Azmi, Mohd Nazri Latiff; Hassan, Isyaku; Atek, Engku Suhaimi Engku; Jusoh, Zailani – Arab World English Journal, 2021
The Malaysian government has long recognized the significance of mastering the English language among its citizenry. The government has planned, and subsequently, implemented many policies to ensure Malaysians master the English language. Although civil servants have a strong desire to master the English language to perform their duties more…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Mufidah, Nida; Sari, Afifah Linda – Dinamika Ilmu, 2022
Indonesian is well-known, and it is taught at institutions across the world, including Australia. This study aims at describing prospective students, teachers, lecturers,' practitioners, and the general public's reactions to the Indonesian Language Education Study Program at the Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training of UIN Antasari Banjarmasin…
Descriptors: Indonesian, Barriers, Program Development, Second Language Learning
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Hock, Lisabeth; Peterson, Brent – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2019
Both of the participants in this dialogue are professors of German, and both were involved in recent efforts to develop Global Studies programs at their institutions. While one teaches at a small, private, liberal arts college and the other at a large, urban, public research university, both participated in these projects with the pragmatic desire…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Cen, Xinqiao – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
Since the establishment and development of translation and interpreting discipline in universities around the world, interpreting contests are held to (1) raise wild interests in interpreting activities; (2) promote interpreting training programs and interpreting pedagogy research; and (3) enhance individual's language proficiency and interpreting…
Descriptors: Translation, Chinese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Sahan, Özgür; Razi, Salim – Language Testing, 2020
This study examines the decision-making behaviors of raters with varying levels of experience while assessing EFL essays of distinct qualities. The data were collected from 28 raters with varying levels of rating experience and working at the English language departments of different universities in Turkey. Using a 10-point analytic rubric, each…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Essays, Writing Evaluation, Evaluators
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Han, Yawen; Gao, Xuesong; Xia, Jinyuan – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2019
In light of China's 'Belt and Road' initiative, many mainland Chinese universities have been promoting non-English foreign language degree programs at the undergraduate level. This study examines the growth of these non-English foreign language programs by collecting and analysing a variety of data on curriculum design, teachers and learners…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Holman, Don – Applied Language Learning, 2021
Whereas major research universities may accommodate programs of study in Arabic, Chinese, or Persian, regional universities and liberal arts colleges have struggled to adapt to a wider and more complex array of world languages and literatures in the 21st century. Many have been forced to choose between radically restructuring or closing programs…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Modern Languages, College Second Language Programs
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Murphy, Audrey Figueroa; Haller, Elizabeth; Spiridakis, John – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2019
This study focused on the perceptions of in-service general education teachers who completed a cohort mentoring program leading to certification in English as a Second Language (ESL) at a large, urban university. Based on interviews with 19 members of a cohort of 28, participants valued both the support and augmented skills-development the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Mentors, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
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Wang, Danping; Adamson, Bob – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2015
This paper presents perceptions of China's Confucius Institute project held by different stakeholders in China and the USA. A number of studies have been published in each place since the first establishment of Confucius Institutes in 2004, but there has not been a comparative study to date. The study, which draws on media reports related to…
Descriptors: War, Peace, Confucianism, Asian Culture
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Roselaar, Tjits; van Bielder, Patty – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Since the academic year 2017-2018, the Tilburg University Language Center has been offering an academic pre-Bachelor's programme for refugee students. This year-long educational programme prepares high-potential refugees for a Dutch- or English-taught Bachelor's programme at a university. In addition, students prepare for the Dutch Civic…
Descriptors: Refugees, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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