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Saeed, Murad Abdu; Ghazali, Kamila; Sahuri, Sakina Suffian; Abdulrab, Mohammed – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2018
Aim/Purpose: The current case study aimed to investigate the engagement of nine English as foreign language (EFL) learners in online peer feedback on writing in a Facebook group. Specifically, the study focused on the issues of writing addressed in peer feedback and the learners' perception of peer feedback in the Facebook group. Background: Peer…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Feedback (Response)
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Razak, Norizan Abdul; Saeed, Murad Abdu – English Language Teaching, 2015
This qualitative study investigated peer writing revision among English as foreign language (EFL) Arab students in a Facebook group. Specifically, it aimed to identify the text revisions made by the learners and to determine their contributions to the learners' written texts and sense of online community outside the college classroom context.…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Hatoss, Aniko; Sheely, Terry – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2009
This paper reports the results of a sociolinguistic survey-based study of the Sudanese community in a regional settlement in Australia. The context of this study represents a distinctive language contact setting with a unique combination of social, cultural and demographic factors. The study aimed to explore attitudes, perceptions and the actual…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Linguistic Borrowing, Language Usage, African Languages
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Willoughby, Louisa – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2009
Despite Australia's strong tradition of research on language maintenance and shift, little is known about the ways in which migrant background students continue to use their heritage languages in Australian schools. This paper presents an in-depth case study of students' linguistic practices at a multiethnic Melbourne high school, where over 95%…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Immigrants, Multilingualism, Peer Relationship
British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. – 1977
This profile in outline form of the English language teaching situation in the Sudan discusses the role of English within the educational system and in Sudanese society. Areas covered include English language requirements in terms of hours of instruction, curricula for primary, secondary and higher education, evaluation, teaching staff and teacher…
Descriptors: Arabic, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Betty Lanteigne – TESL-EJ, 2006
Many English tests based on Western culture are inappropriate for regions where English use differs from that of Europe and North America. In these non-Western settings, it is desirable that English assessments be based on real-world English use. Therefore, identifying tasks of non-Western English language use is a beginning step in developing…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Usage, Semi Structured Interviews