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Sarath Withanarachchi Samaranayake – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2024
This study aims to assess the impact of online tutoring on oral English fluency in Thai adult learners who have had only primary education in their native language but have no formal education in English. The research involved 34 adult learners participating in online hourly tutoring sessions over six months. Pre- and post-tests were used to…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Tutors, Computer Mediated Communication, Foreign Countries
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Göktürk Saglam, Asli Lidice; Dikilitas, Kenan – TESL-EJ, 2020
This study examines how an online training into teacher research has been evaluated in relation to the three main elements of the community of inquiry framework (CoI): teaching, social, and cognitive presences. We held the online training as a part of TESOL's Electronic Village Online (EVO) and offered a course on how teacher research can be…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Positive Attitudes, Online Courses
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Jang, Eun-Young; Kim, Eun-Yong; Kang, Shin Ji – English Teaching, 2022
This study showcases an International Learning Exchange (ILE) program between North Korean (NK) refugee students in South Korea and American university students from the US. ILE programs connect two or more linguistic/ cultural groups for intercultural awareness, which provide authentic communicative environments. However, the prevalent use of…
Descriptors: Refugees, North Americans, Asians, Exchange Programs
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Matsui, Hisae – Research-publishing.net, 2020
This chapter reports the challenges that both the students and the teachers experienced in a telecollaborative project between a Japanese university and an American university. In this semester-long project, the students in groups of three to five from both universities worked collectively mainly asynchronously and in occasional synchronous…
Descriptors: Barriers, Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication, Intercultural Communication
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Valcke, Jennifer; Alfaro, Elena Romero – Research-publishing.net, 2016
Due to the increasing internationalisation of higher education, universities must ensure the professional development of their teaching staff in English-Medium Instruction (EMI). Nevertheless, very few universities have the means to invest in teacher training and offer their teachers the opportunity to develop the competences that will ensure best…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Teacher Education
Chun, Dorothy M., Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2014
Although many online intercultural exchanges have been conducted based on the groundbreaking Cultura model, most to date have been between and among European languages. This volume presents several chapters with a focus on exchanges involving Asian and Pacific languages. Many of the benefits and challenges of these exchanges are similar to those…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Mediated Communication, Language Classification