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Chaikovska, Olha; Zbaravska, Lesia – Advanced Education, 2020
Students' EFL learning experience in the rural context is poorer in comparison to urban quality of education. More than 70% of students at the State Agrarian and Engineering University in Podillia are from rural areas. To reduce rural-urban disparities in academic learning the university teachers should use high-quality instruction techniques that…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Technology, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Housel, David A.; Oranjian, Nevair – Adult Learning, 2021
Adult literacy and English as an Additional Language (EAL) programs are often challenged to find suitable and authentic reading texts and instructional materials for their students. Newsela PRO, an entirely online resource, provides high-interest fiction, timely news articles, and other nonfiction texts in both English and Spanish that focus on…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Reading Materials, Instructional Materials, Usability
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Nanni, Alexander – SAGE Open, 2021
This case study investigates educational entrepreneurship in an intensive English as a foreign language (EFL) program at a major Thai university. Using a qualitative case study approach, the study draws on data collected in interviews, a focus group, and curriculum documents to investigate educational entrepreneurship in this context. The major…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Intensive Language Courses, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Fuchs, Carolin; Akbar, Farah Sultana – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2013
This exploratory study presents results of an online survey on student teachers' technology proficiencies and uses of various tools in an adult Intensive English Program (IEP) in the United States. The ultimate goal was to identify areas of improvement for teacher education programs with regard to technology-enhanced language teaching and student…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Teacher Education Programs, Professional Development, English (Second Language)
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Grgurovic, Maja – CALICO Journal, 2011
Blended learning, a combination of face-to-face and online instruction, is seen as one of the most important recent advances in education (Thorne, 2003). While previous CALL studies have looked at various aspects of blended learning in foreign and second language classes, they have not allowed for a sufficient description of what actually happens…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Holec, H.; Kuhn, M. – 1971
The idea is prevalent that the presence of the language laboratory leads to better instruction. This is because the language lab is felt to further self-instruction and intensive learning. In determining the validity of this statement, various elements need to be taken into consideration, including student motivation and level, availability and…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Educational Media, Educational Technology, Independent Study