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Download full textRodas, Elisabeth L.; Colombo, Laura – TESL-EJ, 2021
Peer response writing groups present several benefits in language learning classrooms. However, they are usually supervised by the instructor and thus become time consuming when carried out in class. This descriptive case study offers a model for extramural peer feedback and analyzes 12 meeting transcriptions of four undergraduate EFL writing…
Descriptors: Self Management, Self Directed Groups, Meetings, Peer Evaluation
Fukuda, Eri; Suzuki, Mitsuko; Hashimoto, Shinichi; Okazak, Hironobu – Research-publishing.net, 2014
In this study, the researchers examined how 64 university students engaged in self-directed group learning and used a self-developed e-portfolio system. A sixweek event was held where the students made entries to the e-portfolio individually each week, received feedback from advisors, studied in groups on a voluntary basis, and reflected on their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Portfolios (Background Materials), Electronic Publishing
Direct linkJameson, Daphne A. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2007
Business communication courses often include a mix of students who are native speakers of the language of instruction and those who are not. When native speakers form a majority, it is hard to meet the special needs of the nonnative speakers. If a course's purpose is to cover strategic aspects of communication, it seems inappropriate to spend…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Business Communication, Language of Instruction, Second Language Learning
Jankovic, Vojislav; And Others – 1980
This report has two sections: an account of the meeting on autodidaxy, or self-directed learning; and a collection of studies and papers on the subject. The first part considers the following: (1) the conceptual domain of autodidaxy; (2) the constitutive elements of autodidaxy, and the plurality of definitions attached to it; (3) aspects of…
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Research, Independent Study, Instructional Materials
Moulden, H. – 1980
The results of a second year of experimentation in self-directed learning (SDL) of English for Special Purposes are presented. The experiment was carried out with a group of 13 intermediate level students at the "Ecole des Mines" in Nancy, France. Changes in the original strategy are described. In addition to communication exercises directed by a…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, English for Special Purposes, Higher Education, Independent Study
Melanges Pedagogiques, 1995
This special issue consists of a collection of articles focusing on the subject of resource centers and their impact on self-directed second language learning, including their location, installation, function, intervention, and teaching materials. Articles are in English or French; French articles have an English abstract, and English articles…
Descriptors: Business Education, English for Special Purposes, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Kohonen, Viljo – 1994
This article, in Section 1, describes language learning as learner growth or development in three interrelated areas: personal awareness, awareness of learning processes and task awareness. These are the three angles of a triangle that constitute the notion of school learning as learner education. The second section discusses how to promote the…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Cognitive Mapping, Cooperative Learning, Cultural Context
