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Teenagers Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language in a European Confucius Institute: The Relationship between Language Learner Strategies and Successful Learning Factors
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Cáceres-Lorenzo, MTeresa – Language Awareness, 2015
The present research aims to identify the factors involved in the successful completion of the "Young Chinese Test" 2-A1 (YCT 2-A1) at Spanish Confucius Institute (Canary Islands). Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) entails several learning difficulties compared with other European languages. This study was conducted on 61 monolingual…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies
The Usage of Language Learning Strategies in Malaysian Private Secondary Schools
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Subramaniam, Bathuma; Palanisamy, Kalaimakal – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
This study explores the usage of language learning strategies in private secondary Schools in Malaysia. Hypothesis was made that most of the students do not practice the language learning strategies completely and accurately. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between language learning strategies and practices of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Private Schools, Second Language Learning
Does Repeating a Year Improve Performance? The Case of Teaching English
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Morrison, Keith; No, Anna Ieong On – Educational Studies, 2007
This paper examines whether having school students repeat a year improves their performance, focusing on learning English as a foreign language. It takes students' English examination results from five years from a Chinese-medium school, together with data on their learning styles and learning strategies. Drawing on local cultural and pedagogic…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Gender Differences