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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"language courses"”.
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Engaging Generation Z: A Study On Facebook Group Implementation In Language Courses And In Multiple Contexts
… Z learners to facilitate engagement with language instruction. The research was supported by a literature review that includes second language acquisition theory, sociocultural theory, and generational theory. The study revealed that a Facebook group can facilitate engagement for …
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Writing Instruction in Foreign Language Courses: Multiple Perspectives on the Impact of Peer Feedback on Students’ Writing Proficiency
… 2003). Its strategic incorporation into foreign language instruction can help students use the language they are in the process of acquiring to mediate language acquisition (Shrum & Glisan, 2005). Research shows that peer feedback can help students develop and advance their Zone of Proximal …
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Professional and continuing education in Hong Kong: An analysis of the characteristics and job satisfaction of part-time teachers of English language courses
… assess the job satisfaction or part-time English language teachers with respect to their work, pay, opportunities for promotion, supervision, and colleagues. The PCE departments in a total of six institutions with diversified characteristics, namely, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong Chinese …
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Information behaviors of users of Korean collections: how do they find needed information?
… Education, 2013). A survey from Modern Languages Association found that despite the decline of students taking language classes, the students taking Korean language courses has increased about 45% between 2009 and 2013 (Goldberg, Looney & Lusin, 2015). For university in the Midwest …
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Effects of career guidance strategies for females on career maturity and locus of control of high-achieving twelfth-grade females
… advanced science, and advanced foreign language courses; or who had completed three years of advanced mathematics, advanced science, and advanced foreign language courses. The design of this experiment was a pretest-posttest, experimental/control group design. The participants in the …
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Icelandic for foreign employees : a comparison of online and classroom training
… the last few years. It is essential to learn the language in the country you live in to faster integrate into society. This experiment aims to answer if the Icelandic language learning outcome improves among the foreign employees having Icelandic classroom courses onsite straight after work, …
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Managing the complexities of English Language teaching in engineering
… in engineering education, but also English Language (EL) educators who are involved in teaching non-technical components within an engineering education curriculum. This shift in focus has raised the demand for ESP which include teaching communication skills in English language discourse …
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Early Childhood Bilingual Education: A Curriculum to Teach Kindergarteners in China to Develop Primary Speaking and Listening Skills in English
… not require kindergartens to provide English language courses. Consequently, a majority of the kindergartens in China do not provide English classes to their students. As a result, many Chinese children begin to learn English in puberty. Critical period hypothesis (CPH) states there is a …
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Needs assessment and formative evaluation in the development of a college level English second language placement test
… for college level students in English second language courses in Quebec. The realities of instructional design within the context of budget cuts and time constraints often result in the curtailment of the needs assessment and formative evaluation phases of design. The development of the …
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Factors Affecting the Implementation of Instructional Technology in the Second Language Classroom
… technology in university-level second language courses can improve and enrich students' L2 acquisition and greatly motivate students to continue learning their target language. In spite of such advantages, few instructors are integrating instructional technology into their lessons. This …
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Teaching English in Vietnam : improving the provision in the private sector
… stating the will to upgrade delivery of English language within the education system, traditional grammar translation teaching methods still prevail. Many educators are unclear about the concept of “communicative teaching” and its implementation within the Vietnamese context where overly large …
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Yo Hablo Ingles: The Influence of Motivation and Group Cohesion on Learning English in a Workplace Setting
… demonstrate a working knowledge of the English language. Given that these goals are often difficult to achieve in tandem, enacted immigration reform may suggest that businesses offer English language courses on the job in order to facilitate the legalization process. Answering important …
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Using the Arabic Language as a Tool For Cultural Understanding in the U.S. in the Post 9/11 World
… American students who are studying the Arabic language. A specific goal was to examine the students' perceived changes in knowledge, skills, and attitudes towards the Arab culture as a result of being in the Arabic language courses. Due to the misconceptions about the Arabs in the post 9-11 …
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An analysis of spending patterns in dissimilar revenue school districts in the state of Michigan
… advanced placement/honor classes; (d) foreign language courses; (e) music, art, and athletics; and (f) continued teacher learning. The results of this study revealed that the higher funded school district provided enhanced learning opportunities to a much greater degree than did the lower …
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Extensive reading : an empirical study of its effects on EFL Thai students' reading comprehension, reading fluency and attitudes
… an approach toteaching and learning foreign languages without using a dictionary or focusing ongrammar, but aiming to get learners to read extensively by choosing books ontheir own, for general comprehension, good reading habits and enjoyment (Dayand Bamford 1998; Prowse 1999). It was …
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Investigating Syntactic and Lexical Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency in the Writing of Heritage Speakers of Russian
… Important work has been done in heritage language (HL) pragmatics, morphology, and lexicon. However, very few studies have been conducted to investigate HL writing. The present study expands current research on heritage learners by introducing new data on their written language …
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Falling Up: Building Language Use and Cultural Awareness Through the Implementation of Humor in the ESL Classroom
… to upper-intermediate and advanced adult English language learners (ELLs), and filled in the gap that exists in studies and literature by examining the use, and implementation of humor in English as a second language/foreign language (ESL/EFL) curricula. Humor is an important human behavior, …
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Fostering autonomy in intercultural language learning in the foreign language classroom: A case study of international students learning English at a higher education institution in Ireland
… with the concept of autonomy in intercultural language learning, understood here as the capacity to take responsibility for one’s own language and intercultural development. It examines how such autonomy can be developed among international students in the foreign language classroom as a means …
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Weaving their identities: a narrative inquiry into Korean heritage language learners
The focus for my research project was language learning practices and how people negotiate and transform their identities throughout their heritage language learning (HLL) experiences. Many scholars have explored language usages, identity formation, and influence of social class on language …
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Increasing the Number of African American Students in Undergraduate Level Classes of Chinese: A Call to Action
Chinese language is the only ideographic language remaining in the world (Osaka, 1976). It conveys affluent Chinese culture and has great influences on the East Asian countries (Miyake, 2013). In the economic globalization of the world, China's economy and international influence are expanding. For …
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