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Shende, Madhur – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Despite some rises and falls in the numbers due to various reasons, including the political climate in the Trump era and the COVID-19 pandemic (Laws & Ammigan, 2020), each year universities in the United States host a large number of multilingual international students from different parts of the world. Based on their TOEFL scores, many are…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Multilingualism, Foreign Students, Language Tests
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Isozaki, Anna Husson – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2023
Benefits for L2 reading through offering learners extensive reading with listening have been found in empirical studies, but those findings may be under-utilized in academic English preparation settings, due to prioritized test practice in response to high-stakes testing for university matriculation. Self-paced extensive reading with listening…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Tests
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Kurt, Gökçe; Tomak, Burak – Research in Pedagogy, 2022
With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, online education has been embraced as an instructional delivery mode to ensure continuity in all levels of education including higher education. Given the fact that the success of online learning heavily relies on the learner's ability to autonomously regulate their learning, this study focuses on…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Online Courses, Student Attitudes, Metacognition
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Wang, Yangting – TESL-EJ, 2019
Even though there are books that guide students in preparing for TOEFL exams, the literature on TOEFL test preparation courses at the university level is sparse (Huang, 2018). The current study aimed to fill the research gap by investigating the impact of TOEFL ITP assessment on teachers' TOEFL course content and teaching methods. Five different…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
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Fox, Jill M. – Journal of International Students, 2020
The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of former intensive English program (IEP) Chinese students by concurrently examining national origin, language problems, forms of capital, culture shock, and institutional programming using qualitative case study methods. The findings give us insights into the students' sociocultural and…
Descriptors: Asians, Foreign Students, Student Adjustment, Educational Experience
Gradman, Harry L.; Hanania, Edith – 1991
A study conducted in the intensive English language program at Indiana University investigated: (1) the effects of students' language learning background (formal learning of English, exposure to and use of English in class, and extracurricular exposure to and use of English) on their performance on the Test of English as a Foreign Language…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education