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Radic-Bojanic, Biljana; Topalov, Jagoda – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
In the study reported a total of 145 students pursuing the academic title of a BA in English language and literature were tested with the aim of establishing which explanatory variables have the independent power to explain the level of English language speaking anxiety. The instrument used in the study was taken from Yaikhong et al. (2012) and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Academic Language, Speech Communication, Undergraduate Students
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Brown, Lorraine; Aktas, Gurhan – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2011
This paper presents findings from 11 in-depth interviews with Turkish undergraduate students, who were, by the time of data collection, about to spend a semester at a European university under the Erasmus exchange scheme. The students all agreed to be interviewed about their feelings about studying in a foreign culture, and were found to be…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Foreign Culture, Foreign Countries
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Yeh, Christine J.; Kim, Angela B.; Pituc, Stephanie T.; Atkins, Marc – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2008
A total of 10 focus groups were conducted with students, parents, teachers, and school counseling and support personnel to investigate the cultural adjustment process of Chinese immigrant youth using an ecological framework. Multi-informant data were analyzed using the grounded theory (A. Strauss & J. M. Corbin, 1998) method. Findings reveal 6…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Family Structure, School Counseling, Immigrants
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Villalba, Jose A. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2003
Latino/Latina children who are considered to be limited-English proficient may be unwilling participants in unique and difficult personal and school-related experiences. The inherent differences in their native culture and language may lead to special academic placements in English-as-a-second-language programs. Participation in a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Coping, Group Counseling, Psychoeducational Methods