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Download full textLuo, Jian-ping – English Language Teaching, 2013
This action research is aiming at improvement of reading comprehension of College English teaching and learning, which is a major time-consuming course with low efficiency in colleges and universities in China. The research subjects were 134 first-year college students of science, engineering and liberal arts, who were from either developed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning
Direct linkStoeckel, Tim; Reagan, Nevitt; Hann, Fergus – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2012
Extensive reading (ER) has become a common feature of many English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL) programs. There is evidence that reading large amounts of easy, interesting material may improve foreign language skills, most notably in vocabulary, reading rates, and overall proficiency. However, teacher evaluation of extensive reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, English (Second Language), Second Language Programs
Bidabadi, Farinaz Shirani; Yamat, Hamidah – English Language Teaching, 2011
The purpose of the current study was to identify Iranian EFL freshman university students' listening proficiency levels and the listening strategies they employed to investigate the relationship between these two variables. A total of 92 freshmen were involved in this study. The Oxford Placement Test was employed to identify the learners'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Programs
Ott, Mary Diederich; And Others – 1986
The report presents an analysis of the foreign language preparation of first-time undergraduate students at the University of Maryland College Park (UMCP). Basic areas of interest addressed included: the percentage of first-time students with either at least 2 or at least 3 years of preparation in a single foreign language in high school; how the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, High School Graduates, Higher Education, Language Enrollment
Wesche, Marjorie Bingham – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1989
Results of three studies in the Ottawa area are reported: a study of postsecondary offerings in French for second-language speakers at four universities; a survey of first-year anglophone students at the University of Ottawa concerning future language study; and a followup of immersion graduates in the four universities. Recommendations are made.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Freshmen, Followup Studies, Foreign Countries
Braine, George – 1993
The University of South Alabama addressed a rapid increase in the population of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in its freshman composition classes by developing classes in writing in English as a Second Language (ESL). These students were having difficulty in mainstream freshman composition classes, both with the proficiency level…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Culture Conflict
