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Torres-Simón, Ester; Pieta, Hanna; Bueno Maia, Rita; Xavier, Catarina – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2021
In order to translate and be translated, low-diffusion languages often use strategies that differ from those used by widely spoken languages and therefore create particular challenges for translators. One such strategy is indirect translation (including also relay interpreting). Since there are conflicting opinions about this practice within the…
Descriptors: Translation, Teaching Methods, Language Processing, Uncommonly Taught Languages
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Trespalacios, Jesus; Lowenthal, Patrick R. – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
The higher education market space has become increasingly competitive during the past few years. For instance, there are now hundreds of fully online master's programs in educational technology. Given this increased competition, it is more important than ever for those working in graduate education to understand what students, and specifically…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Virtual Classrooms, Electronic Learning, Preferences
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Liao, Fang-Yu – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2018
The study aims to explore how 18 M.A. TESOL students, who are prospective or experienced ESL/EFL teachers, perceive poetry writing in a second language. A qualitative interview-based design was utilized. Following Iida's (2012a) analytical framework in examining EFL students' perceptions toward writing haiku in English, this current study…
Descriptors: Poetry, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Abreu, Laurel – Dimension, 2015
This article presents the results of a study on the language learning and teaching beliefs of graduate students enrolled in an applied linguistics course in a language teaching program. Ten participants completed a questionnaire at the start of the course and another at the end; their responses were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Applied Linguistics
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Elgort, Irina – Language Learning & Technology, 2017
This study investigates differences in the language and discourse characteristics of course blogs and traditional academic submissions produced in English by native (L1) and advanced second language (L2) writers. One hundred and fifty-two texts generated by 38 graduate students within the context of the same Master's level course were analysed…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Journals, Electronic Journals, Writing Assignments