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David Allen; Kimie Yamamura; Sayaka Meguro; Takamichi Nakamura – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2024
The use of four-skills language exams to support the achievement of curriculum goals in Japan is an under-researched yet critical topic. This study focuses on washback from the Cambridge B1 Preliminary and B2 First exams, which were used as fixed-point tests at a senior high school. A mixed-methods approach was adopted, utilizing data from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Testing Problems, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Faramarzi, Sajad; Tabrizi, Hossein Heidari; Chalak, Azizeh – Teaching English with Technology, 2019
The Vodcasting technology has thrived as an auxiliary tool to support learners with supplementary materials. The current study aimed at exploring the use of vodcasting technology and the learners' perceptions and attitudes towards practicing L2 vodcasting tasks. For this reason, a sample of 120 Iranian EFL learners were selected and they received…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Gruber, Alice; Tonkyn, Alan – Language Learning Journal, 2017
It is widely assumed that the British are poorer modern foreign language (MFL) learners than their fellow Europeans. Motivation has often been seen as the main cause of this perceived disparity in language learning success. However, there have also been suggestions that curricular and pedagogical factors may play a part. This article reports a…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Gold, Lonny – 1985
An article on the suggestopedic method for adult second language instruction describes the learning processes emphasized in the method and outlines the instructional processes used. The approach is based on the creation of a pleasant, relaxing, and stimulating environment where all information has positive emotional content, and uses subconscious…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes
Evensen, Lars Sigfried – 1985
Data from a national survey of students and teachers working within Norway's system of mixed-ability instruction in the elementary and early secondary schools suggest that, after ten years of implementation, the teaching and testing system is workable and that some aspects work relatively well. Instruction in English as a second language in a…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Design, Data Interpretation
Burns, Anne, Ed.; Hood, Susan, Ed. – 1995
The collection of papers on course design includes reports of teaching practice and classroom research by teachers of English as a second language. Papers include: "Teacher Researchers: Perspectives on Teacher Action Research and Curriculum Renewal" (Anne Burns); "From Curriculum to Courses: Why Do Teachers Do What They Do?" (Susan Hood); "The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Classroom Research, Competency Based Education
Tucker, G. Richard; And Others – 1995
The report describes the implementation and continuing documentation of a Japanese second language program in a laboratory elementary school at the University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania). The structure of the curriculum and instructional strategies used are described for each of the program's 2 years, and results of student assessments and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Curriculum Design, Educational Policy, Elementary Education