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Turula, Anna – Teaching English with Technology, 2016
The article revisits the question of the good language learner, with special regard to the contemporary digital learner of English as a foreign language. It focuses on the learner who can certainly be called "successful" based on the considerably high level of language proficiency s/he has reached (B2-C1). The question considered…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, College Freshmen
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Bissoonauth-Bedford, Anu; Stace, Ray – Journal of Peer Learning, 2017
There is a general recognition that learning of foreign languages is in decline in Australia. This paper uses the social constructivist theory as a conceptual framework to report on a project where university language students supported their high school peers in the learning of their specialist language in New South Wales, Australia. The project…
Descriptors: College Students, High School Students, Second Language Learning, French
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Köksal, Dinçay; Dündar, Sinem – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
This study aims to investigate the overall self-regulated L2 learning strategy use of L2 learners depending upon the Strategic Self-Regulation (S[superscript 2]R) Model proposed by Oxford (2011), and to examine the relationships between their reported self-regulated L2 strategy use and their personality traits, identity, beliefs about L2 learning,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning, Performance Factors
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Wrigglesworth, Jonathan; Harvor, Finn – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2018
This study examined how Korean university students, majoring in English interpretation and translation, used their smartphones to meet their language learning needs. We surveyed 241 students on their smartphone use in four conditions: overall use, use related to coursework, use in English related to coursework, and use in English not related to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Gyamfi, George; Sukseemuang, Panida – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2018
This study investigated EFL learners' satisfaction with the asynchronous online learning program Tell Me More (TMM). 340 EFL learners' satisfaction with the TMM program was surveyed. In addition, a semi-structured focus group interview was conducted with 10 of the participants to gain in-depth insight into their satisfaction. The findings showed…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
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McCrocklin, Shannon; Link, Stephanie – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2016
Because many theorists propose a connection between accent and identity, some theorists have justifiably been concerned about the ethical ramifications of L2 pronunciation teaching. However, English-as-a-second-language (ESL) students often state a desire to sound like native speakers. With little research into ESL students' perceptions of links…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Self Concept, Pronunciation
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Kocaman, Orhan – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
The aim of this study is to determine the factors which harden learning English as a foreign language in the classes of the Faculty of Education in the University of Valladolid, Spain. As it is unquestionable today, English plays a significant role in the field of education as a Lingua Franca. Yet, learners of English experience various kinds of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Barriers, Questionnaires
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Chou, Mu-Hsuan – TESOL Journal, 2016
Researchers of learner and language use strategies have long suggested that appropriate application of strategies can facilitate second or foreign language learning. Listening is the most fundamental skill in language learning, but for decades this skill was not emphasized in secondary schools in Taiwan. However, in 2012 a new national English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, High School Students
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Kocatepe, Mehtap – English Language Teaching, 2017
Benson's (2011a; 2011b) identification of out-of-class learning as constituted by contexts, resources, levels of formality and more and less intentional pedagogic outcomes was used as a framework to investigate a group of tertiary level female Emirati EFL students' autonomous out-of-class learning experiences. Data collected via a survey, learner…
Descriptors: Females, Arabs, Independent Study, English (Second Language)
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Chang, Bok-Myung – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2018
This article is based on a Cross-Cultural Distance Learning (CCDL) model between university students in Korea and Japan during the 1st semester of 2016 and this lesson model consists of synchronous and asynchronous CMC activities focusing on the interactions between non-native speakers of English. This article shows that EFL learners in Korea can…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, College Students, Educational Technology
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Ting, Yu-Liang; Tai, Yaming; Chen, Jun-Horng – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
Telepresence has been playing an important role in a mediated learning environment. However, the current design of telepresence seems to be dominated by the emulation of physical human presence. With reference to social constructivism learning and the recognition of individuals as intelligent entities, this study explored the transformation of…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Case Studies, English (Second Language)
Gambardella, Marisa Lauren – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to explore policy as it exists amongst literacy professors working with linguistically diverse students in higher education. The goal of this study was to provide research-based guidance on how explicit and implicit policies are created and implemented within a higher education setting. This study explored the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Bilingualism, Educational Policy
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Gursoy, Esim; Arman, Tuba – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
With the increasing need to learn languages as a result of globalization there is a great demand on the part of the learners to communicate in a second/foreign language, which is also supported downwards by the governments and upwards by the parents. Among the many aspects of foreign language learning, affective factors are researched a lot as…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Teachers, Test Anxiety
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Ko, Chao-Jung – JALT CALL Journal, 2016
This study aims to clarify the relationship between task types and foreign language learners' social presence (SP) in text-based SCMC learning modes. The participants in this study comprised 38 high-intermediate level English as a foreign language (EFL) learners from different disciplines of a university in Taiwan. They were divided into two…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
Li, Shikun – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Theorists agree that adequate knowledge does not guarantee better decisions or performances in the future (Gu, 2007; Dana & Yendol-Hpppery, 2008). Instead, they suggest that in order to comprehend teachers' decision and practices, researchers need to learn about both teachers' belief and knowledge. Meanwhile, in-service teachers were…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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