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Chen, Qi; Wright, Clare – Language Teaching Research, 2017
In view of ongoing debates about the future of task-based language teaching (TBLT) in contexts of English as a foreign language (EFL), we present a detailed case study of teacher beliefs and practices regarding TBLT conducted in a secondary school in mainland China with a long history of communicative and task-based teaching approaches. We used a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Task Analysis, English (Second Language)
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Yu, Shulin; Lee, Icy – Language Teaching Research, 2015
While the last three decades have witnessed a growing body of research on peer feedback in first language (L1) and second language (L2) writing, research about students' motives for participating in group peer feedback has remained underexplored. In order to fill this important gap, this case study, guided by the constructs of activity and motive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Student Participation, Feedback (Response)
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Yashima, Tomoko; MacIntyre, Peter D.; Ikeda, Maiko – Language Teaching Research, 2018
Recently, situated willingness to communicate (WTC) has received increasing research attention in addition to traditional quantitative studies of trait-like WTC. This article is an addition to the former but unique in two ways. First, it investigates both trait and state WTC in a classroom context and explores ways to combine the two to reach a…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Students
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Kelly, Niamh; Bruen, Jennifer – Language Teaching Research, 2015
A review of the literature on language teaching reveals predominantly negative attitudes towards the use of translation in language teaching (TILT) (Cook, 2010). The purpose of this article is to explore the question of whether this negativity is reflected in the attitudes and behaviours of university lecturers engaged in language teaching as well…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Language Learning, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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Seker, Meral – Language Teaching Research, 2016
Studies show that incorporating self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies into foreign language teaching encourages the development of autonomous learners. However, interviews with teachers (n = 51) indicate that they mostly do not consider SRL in classroom practices. The present study attempts to highlight the significance of SRL in language…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
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Tin, Tan Bee – Language Teaching Research, 2014
Although researchers have called for the investigation of local vernacular learning and teaching practices in various ELT (English language teaching) contexts, studies conducted in the Periphery are fewer in number. This study attempts to understand English learning experiences of a group of students from the Periphery, who were studying English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Yeldham, Michael; Gruba, Paul – Language Teaching Research, 2014
This study details the development of six second language learners in an English listening course that focused on developing their bottom-up listening skills. The research employed longitudinal multi-case studies to chart the development of these lower proficiency-level Taiwanese university learners, and their progress in the course was analysed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Listening Skills
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Zheng, Xinmin; Borg, Simon – Language Teaching Research, 2014
While much has been written about task-based language teaching (TBLT), research examining teachers' understandings of what TBLT means remains limited. This article explores the understandings of TBLT of three Chinese secondary school teachers of English and the implementation of TBLT in their lessons. Narrative accounts were constructed for each…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Task Analysis, Teaching Methods
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Li, Daguo; Edwards, Viv – Language Teaching Research, 2013
This article assesses the impact of a UK-based professional development programme on curriculum innovation and change in English Language Education (ELE) in Western China. Based on interviews, focus group discussions and observation of a total of 48 English teachers who had participated in an overseas professional development programme influenced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Mack, Lindsay – Language Teaching Research, 2012
This article explores the design and implementation of critical action research undertaken to encourage equal classroom participation. Building on a body of literature on critical action research and oral participation, the author reports her research project undertaken in a multi-lingual and multi-ethnic class in Japan to examine practices of how…
Descriptors: Intervention, Student Attitudes, Action Research, Student Participation