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Atsushi Iida – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This qualitative, case-study research explores the English language learning history of a Japanese pre-service teacher by analysing five English-language poems and a self-reflective essay regarding her experiences of learning the target language. The methodology chosen in this study was a poetic inquiry through which the investigator reconstructed…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Learning Experience, Second Language Learning
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McBeth, Mark K.; Blakeman, Jonathan W.L.; Kearsley, Logan; Tyler, Alyson; Villanueva, Emma – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2023
The scholarship of teaching and learning is primarily concerned with improving student learning. Of course, we want our students to learn our disciplines, we want them to become critical thinkers, and we want them learn to write. But this study looks at how learning impacts a student's optimism or pessimism. We believe that it is an important…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Political Science, Team Teaching, Teaching Methods
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Ellis, David L.; Vincent, Mark A. – History Teacher, 2020
The moment many students begin to get excited about history is when they realize that much historical knowledge is contested, enmeshed in a productive argument that never ends and therefore endlessly fascinates. Such an epiphany might occur at any time. But a frequent catalyst is classroom debate, a formalized contest that dramatizes and vitalizes…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, Debate
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Yoo Young Ahn – English Teaching, 2023
This study explores the perceptions of Chinese engineering-major students towards their English learning experience after taking a mandatory English composition course in an EMI college. The investigation centers on first-year students' perceptions of transitioning to EMI, with a focus on how the composition course has assisted students'…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Language of Instruction
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Pongpatchara Kawinkoonlasate – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2024
Technology and digitalization have significantly transformed the educational landscape, playing a crucial role in the teaching and learning. This study investigates the flipped digital classroom learning approach as an innovative method to enhance learners' writing skills. The research objectives are to: (i) evaluate the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Teaching Methods, Achievement Tests, Active Learning
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Savicki, Victor; Price, Michele V. – Journal of Transformative Education, 2021
Reflection is a key component of the transformative learning process. In this study, we take steps to define components of reflection and link them to a computer-based, quantitative method of content analysis called Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC). This method can be used to evaluate common forms of reflective writing such as journals,…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Measurement, Computational Linguistics, Reflection
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Pérez-Nieto, Nazaret; Llop Naya, Ares – Research-publishing.net, 2022
This paper shows how Task-Based Learning (TBL) is used to equip second-year Spanish students at Cardiff University for their placements during their year abroad. We present a set of task-based projects embedded within the curriculum to enhance both (1) the competences students have to acquire throughout their degree, and (2) the skills to overcome…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Universities, Study Abroad, Spanish
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Li, Dongying; Zhang, Lian – Language Awareness, 2022
For decades, there has been a debate over the effectiveness of written corrective feedback in second language writing pedagogy. Recently, research on the issue has gradually turned from whether to give corrective feedback in L2 writing to how it can be effective; however, pursuit for effective pedagogical practices are still underway. To address…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Metalinguistics
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Haron, Haeza; Kasuma, Shaidatul Akma Adi – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2022
Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has compelled educational institutions to explore alternatives to face-to-face instruction. The primary objective of this study is to identify the teacher's role in the English argumentative writing performance of low proficiency university students via WhatsApp. In this case study, data were collected from multiple…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Computer Software, Teaching Methods, Persuasive Discourse
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Corbin, Bryan – English in Texas, 2019
Providing written commentary on essays to students in English has long been a challenge for instructors. With increasing numbers of students being placed in classrooms, it can be difficult to deliver an adequate amount of feedback without taxing too much of teachers' time. Consequently, the author wanted to know what feedback students valued most…
Descriptors: Essays, Preferences, Writing Evaluation, Feedback (Response)
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Kim, Sung-Yeon; Kim, Kyung-Sook – TESL-EJ, 2022
Reading-integrated writing is known as an effective approach to teaching and learning vocabulary as it allows students to transfer vocabulary from a source text to writing. This study examines whether vocabulary transfer from an input text to writing varies according to the two types of tasks: essay writing and synchronous text chat. One hundred…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Learning Processes, Word Lists, Transfer of Training
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Whelan, Alison; Schwab, Götz; Oesterle, Mareike – Research-publishing.net, 2022
Chapters in this volume have reflected on the proPIC Europa project primarily through the experiences and views of the educators involved. This chapter combines extracts of student essays and includes a choice of vignettes that help examine the project from the perspective of the students themselves, exploring their reflections on their…
Descriptors: Vignettes, Teacher Attitudes, Essays, Program Evaluation
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Perveen, Ayesha – MEXTESOL Journal, 2021
Word clouds can be used as an effective tool for the teaching and learning processes in language learning, as the visual input during schemata activation, and other parts of the lesson, serve as manageable and meaningful target language input. There are emerging studies that explore their effectiveness, but less so with respect to their use in the…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Electronic Learning, Linguistic Input, Teaching Methods
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Snopkowski, Kristin; Demps, Kathryn; Scaggs, Shane; Griffiths, Ross; Fulk, Karen S.; May, Scott; Neagle, Kimberly; Downs, Kayla; Eugster, Michaela; Amend, Tessa – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2019
Small group learning activities have been shown to improve student academic performance and educational outcomes. Yet, we have an imperfect understanding of the mechanisms by which this occurs. Group learning may mediate student stress by placing learning in a context where students have both social support and greater control over their learning.…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Physiology, Biochemistry, Stress Variables
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Rashtchi, Mojgan; Porkar, Reza – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2020
Brainstorming, as a pre-writing activity, facilitates the process of generating ideas and helps organize learners' thoughts to get involved in writing activities. The present convergent mixed methods study investigated whether the integration of technology and brainstorming could affect the argumentative writing of EFL learners. Initially, 68…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Writing Instruction, Essays, Technology Integration
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