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Kantisa, Piyapan; Sitthitikul, Pragasit – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2018
This article aims to provide an extensive review of web-based instruction (WBI), implemented within the realm of English language teaching (ELT). WBI is a teaching method that utilizes computer technology to promote learning experiences by leveraging the internet and web applications. It is suggested that educators carefully consider the related…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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El Massah, Suzanna Sobhy; Fadly, Dalia – International Journal of Educational Management, 2017
Purpose: The study uses data drawn from a senior finance major cohort of 78 female undergraduates at Zayed University (ZU)-UAE to investigate factors, which increase the likelihood of achieving better academic performance in an Islamic finance course based on information about socioeconomic background of female students. The paper aims to discuss…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Females, Academic Achievement
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Adamuti-Trache, Maria; Sweet, Robert – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
The study examines science-related course choices of high-school students in the culturally diverse schools of the province of British Columbia, Canada. The analysis employs K-12 provincial data and includes over 44,000 students born in 1990 who graduated from high school by 2009. The research sample reflects the presence of about 27% of students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Course Selection (Students), High School Students, High School Graduates
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Liu, Zhiliang; Chen, Guanying – English Language Teaching, 2009
To know the age effects in foreign language learning for children in China, we made both qualitative survey on the English teachers, the students and their parents by means of questionnaire; and quantitative survey on the students' scores from junior 1 to senior 2 (5 years) in the secondary school by analyses between those (over 30 students) who…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Age Differences, Cognitive Structures
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Manchon, Rosa M., Ed. – International Journal of English Studies, 2001
Articles in this special issue include the following: "Learning to Write in a Second Language: Two Decades of Research" (Alister Cumming); "Some Steps Towards a Socio-Cognitive Interpretation of Second Language Composition Processes" (Julio Delarios Roca, Liz Murphy Liz); "Trends in the Conceptualizations of Second Language Composing Strategies: A…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Case Studies, English (Second Language), Evaluation Criteria
Shank, Cathy C. – 1986
A review of literature on the learning processes and potential of adult students of English as a Second Language, not literate in their native language, looks at research in the following areas: (1) the differences between children and adults in language learning; (2) the effects of previous formal education on second language learning; (3) the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Age Differences