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Nguyen, Son Van; Habók, Anita – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2022
The study investigated the perceptions among non-English major students of autonomous language learning (ALL) of their responsibilities, ability to act autonomously, motivation to learn English, and autonomous activities within and outside of class. The data were collected using questionnaires and follow-up interviews. Nearly 300 students at a…
Descriptors: Nonmajors, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Sieglova, Dagmar; Stejskalova, Lenka – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
The twenty-first century is a time of unprecedented social and technological development. Defining the period is an internationally interconnected world pregnant with information, dynamic events, and individual choice. These attributes create a highly complex, unpredictable, ambiguous and volatile environment that places new demands on every adult…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Content and Language Integrated Learning
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Argondizzo, Carmen; Sasso, Maria I. – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2016
This article offers an overview of research strategies currently in use at the Language Centre of the University of Calabria and aimed at observing university students' learning habits when they are asked to use the European Language Portfolio during language courses. We present evidence of how experimental groups of students belonging to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Control Groups
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Bisset, Mariana; Gödeke, Barbara – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2015
The Language Centre at the University of Padova provides language courses for students of all disciplines and with a wide range of needs. Over the years, the number of students having to deal with a language requirement has increased exponentially, while the teaching personnel and general resources have struggled to keep up. Catering to all of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Academic Advising, Second Language Learning
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Hsiao, Ya Ping; Broeder, Peter – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
Twitter is becoming increasingly popular as a medium for language learning. This study explores self-directed learning via social interactions that use Twitter as an interactive learning environment. The participants in this study were thirty university students of Chinese as a foreign language at levels 1 and 2 of the "Hanyu Shuiping…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Scores, Learning Motivation, Questionnaires
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Gori, Federica – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
Projects related to the European Language Portfolio (ELP) carried out at the Language Centre of the University of Trieste are concerned to examine whether and to what extent "can do" descriptors can be extended to courses in Languages for Specific Purposes. The project reported in this article had two aims. The first was to explore what…
Descriptors: Languages for Special Purposes, Guidelines, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning