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Yuanyuan Liu; Chenxin Wang; Hui Jin – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025
Previous studies of affordance have not explored in detail how a special type of affordance -- institutional affordance -- worked in multilingualism. By drawing empirical voices of students, this study investigates how institutional affordance supplied by a collegiate multilingual education policy was perceived and utilised by students. A thematic…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Ethnography
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Papadima-Sophocleous, Salomi, Ed.; Kakoulli Constantinou, Elis, Ed.; Giannikas, Christina Nicole, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2021
Despite the contributions language centres across the globe have made to language education and higher education in general, few publications have a specific focus on research work produced by language centre faculty. The purpose of this reviewed, edited volume entitled "Tertiary Education Language Learning: A Collection of Research,"…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Higher Education, Teaching Methods
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Keengwe, Jared, Ed. – IGI Global, 2023
We are moving toward a future in which digital practices are becoming more ubiquitous. Also, there is evidence to suggest that innovative digital practices are changing the face of 21st-century learning environments. Critical to 21st-century teaching and learning success is continued emphasis on learner preferences, shaped by innovative digital…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Global Approach, Active Learning
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Montebello, Matthew, Ed. – IGI Global, 2020
Education has gone through numerous radical changes as the digital era has transformed the way we as humans communicate, inform ourselves, purchase goods, and perform other mundane chores at home and at work. New and emerging pedagogies have enabled rapid advancements, perhaps too rapidly. It is a challenge for instructors and researchers alike to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Information Technology, Educational Research, Electronic Learning
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Tafazoli, Dara, Ed.; Gomez Parra, M. Elena, Ed.; Huertas-Abril, Cristina A., Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
The ability to effectively communicate with individuals from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds is an invaluable asset. Learning a second language proves useful as students navigate the culturally diverse world; however, studying a second language can be difficult for learners who are not immersed in the real and natural environment of…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Awareness, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Technology
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Mathews-Aydinli, Julie; Elaziz, Fatih – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2010
This study explored the attitudes of students and teachers toward the use of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) in a foreign language teaching and learning context. The study also investigated possible factors affecting teachers' and students' attitudes toward IWB technology. Data were collected through questionnaires distributed to 458 students and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis, Second Language Instruction
Zaphiris, Panayiotis, Ed.; Zacharia, Giorgos, Ed. – Information Science Publishing, 2006
In the field of computer aided language learning (CALL), there is a need for emphasizing the importance of the user. "User-Centered Computer Aided Language Learning" presents methodologies, strategies, and design approaches for building interfaces for a user-centered CALL environment, creating a deeper understanding of the opportunities and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Computers
Oz, Huseyin – Online Submission, 2007
This article reports on a study that investigated metacognitive knowledge or beliefs about language learning of 470 Turkish EFL learners in secondary education. The primary aims of the study were to explore what beliefs Turkish students in secondary education held about learning English as a foreign language (EFL), how their belief systems were…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Factor Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Kuntz, Patricia S. – 1999
A study investigated beliefs about language learning held by American adult students of Arabic studying in two programs, one in Morocco and one in Yemen, and compared them with beliefs held by the teachers. Subjects were 44 students and 10 teachers from the Morocco program and 27 students and 7 teachers from the Yemen program. Subjects were…
Descriptors: Arabic, Beliefs, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context
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Cleghorn, Ailie – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 1992
Reports on an ethnographic study of primary level science classes in Kenya where English is the government-mandated language of instruction. Finds that important ideas were conveyed more easily when teachers did not adhere to the policy of English-only instruction. Concludes that the importance of sociolinguistics in instructional processes should…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Developing Nations, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Pennington, Martha C. – Computers and the Humanities, 1993
Asserts that research into the effects of word processing on student writing is dependent on established writing skills, keyboarding techniques, human intervention, and the established criteria for good writing. Concludes that nonnative writers may benefit in significant ways from the attributes of word processing. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Bingham, Scott; Humphries, Marshall – Online Submission, 1998
Recent trends in education have pushed for multimedia to be made a part of every effective language program. As a result, language programs around the world are incorporating computer labs into their curricula. However, as many instructors and administrators are unfamiliar with this newer technology, integrating computer assisted language learning…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Language Laboratories, Educational Technology, Multimedia Instruction