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Fuentes, Ronald – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2016
In response to growing linguistic diversity, many U.S. universities have implemented language policies that include procedures for English learner (EL) identification. Institutional labels such as "English learner" and "limited English proficiency" are regularly used to identify students who may need English language support;…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Immigrants, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Lam, Ricky – Assessing Writing, 2013
Research into portfolio assessment ("PA") typically describes teachers' development and implementation of different portfolio models in their respective teaching contexts, however, not much attention is paid to student perceptions of the portfolio approach or its impact on the learning of writing. To this end, this study aims to…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Student Attitudes, Portfolio Assessment, Foreign Countries
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Soparat, Sasithorn; Arnold, Savitree Rochanasmita; Klaysom, Saowadee – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2015
This research aimed to study the use of Project-based Learning using ICT (PBL using ICT) to develop learners' five key competencies based on Thai Basic Education Curriculum 2008, which consists of 1) communication capability 2) thinking capability 3) problem solving capability 4) capability in applying life skills and 5) capability in…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Technology Uses in Education, Communication Skills
Soparat, Sasithorn; Arnold, Savitree Rochanasmita; Klaysom, Saowadee – Online Submission, 2015
This research aimed to study the use of Project-based Learning using ICT (PBL using ICT) to develop learners' five key competencies based on Thai Basic Education Curriculum 2008, which consists of 1) communication capability 2) thinking capability 3) problem solving capability 4) capability in applying life skills and 5) capability in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Student Projects, Information Technology
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Díaz Ramírez, Martha Isabel – HOW, 2014
This article presents the findings of an action research study on developing learner autonomy through project work in an English for Specific Purposes class. The study was conducted at a Colombian regional and public university with environmental engineering undergraduates. The instruments for data collection were field notes, semi-structured…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Environmental Education
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Ortaçtepe, Deniz – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2013
Grounded in the framework of second language socialization, this study explores the identity (re)construction of Erol, a Turkish doctoral student in the United States. Drawn from a larger corpus collected for a longitudinal, mixed-method research, the data for this study came from autobiographies, journal entries, and semistructured interviews.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Socialization, Social Networks, Self Concept
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Wan-a-rom, Udorn – English Language Teaching, 2012
The study was aimed to examine how EFL learners of English reacted to graded readers in terms of reading strategy use, comprehension, speed, and attitude as well as motivation when control for ability level was determined. Eighty Thai high school students placed into their own reading level of graded readers by the scores gained from the graded…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Choy, S. Chee; Troudi, Salah – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2006
This paper reports on an investigation into the changes in students' attitudes towards learning English in a Malaysian college. The main focus of the study is to investigate the changes in attitudes towards learning English during the critical transition period from secondary school, where the medium of instruction is Malay, to college, where the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Attitude Change