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Karen Lindner; Kay Margetts – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2024
This paper presents data derived from a larger study related to the expectations and experiences of international students from the People's Republic of China with regard to studying in Australian secondary schools. The study involved 116 international students, and data were collected in two phases using questionnaires and semi-structured…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Secondary School Students
Fred Dervin; Kaisa Hahl – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2025
This paper addresses 'distractions' in the way English language education is discussed and practiced in one of the most debated systems of education in the world today: Finnish primary education. Distractions are considered as 'makers of disturbance' in educational ideologies by the authors. Examining the 2014 National Core Curriculum and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), National Curriculum
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Banchakarn Sameephet – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
In Thailand's schools, after almost 20 years of using the Basic Education Core Curriculum 2008, alarm bells are finally ringing. We know well that native speakerism ideologies are embedded in the curriculum, but we know little about their impact on TESOL practices. Native speakerism stems from colonial power structures, privileging White Western…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Variation
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Leena Maria Heikkola; Jenni Alisaari; Heli Vigren; Nancy Commins – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2024
The current Finnish core curriculum requires all teachers in basic education to be linguistically responsive. However, studies on the linguistically responsive practices used by teachers are scarce. The frequency with which teachers (N = 820) use 21 linguistically responsive practices was investigated through data that were gathered via an online…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Factor Analysis, Teaching Experience
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Davidson, Dan E.; Garas, Nadra – L2 Journal, 2023
To what extent can the transformative power and language learning affordances provided by the study abroad experience be virtualized? The large-scale shift away from on-site study abroad to online learning in 2020-2021, caused by the COVID pandemic, has made it possible to compare data for in-person immersion learning versus digitally mediated…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Transformative Learning, Affordances, Electronic Learning
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Nikula, Tarja; Skinnari, Kristiina; Mård-Miettinen, Karita – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
This article focuses on how Finnish CLIL teachers and students orient to and experience diversity in CLIL. The data consist of teacher and student interviews that were analysed using qualitative content analysis to identify recurrent themes with regard to diversity. The findings indicate that the theme of equality in the sense of 'the same for…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes
Mayer Bryant, Veronica; Hsu, Gabriella; Kempson, Lauri – American Council of Trustees and Alumni, 2022
ACTA's What Will They Learn?® (WWTL) project is designed to help students choose the best college or university for them. The printed report and its online companion WhatWillTheyLearn.com represent the only assessment of U.S. colleges and universities that focuses on what schools are actually teaching. This report assigns grades to over 1,130…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, College Curriculum, Public Colleges, Private Colleges