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Direct linkShin, Joan Kang; Kim, Woomee – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
Using Desimone's (2009) framework for studying the effects of teacher professional development (PD), this qualitative study examines the effectiveness and impact of a 10-week professional development course on 31 foreign language (FL) instructional faculty and staff in a U.S. Government language school. Data sources included 31 K-W-L reflections,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Faculty Development
Duong, Quynh P. T.; Pham, Thinh N. – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2022
There is a paucity of opportunities for Vietnamese EFL students to use and practise English speaking skills both inside and outside the classroom, attributing to students' lack of interest and motivation in improving their speaking skills. Given that learning can be distributed across a multitude of formal and informal settings, the social and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Communities of Practice
Wu, Junjie Gavin; Miller, Lindsay – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2021
This article reports the study of a novel way of raising tertiary-level students' native cultural awareness (NCA) via an informal mobile learning community. Through two cycles of action research at a teacher-education university in East China, the study drew upon the Community of Practice (CoP) theory to form a synchronous English chat group.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Download full textMejang, Areerug; Suksawas, Wannaprapha – English Language Teaching, 2021
This study examines the impact of a teacher-training program on the development of teachers' knowledge, skills, and attitudes towards English reading teaching. The training program was implemented in combination with the use of LINE (a message application) and the teachers' participation in school-based professional learning communities. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Cunico, Sonia – Research-publishing.net, 2019
Language tandem exchanges offer students valuable opportunities for autonomous learning and authentic intercultural communication encounters. This paper will discuss the key principles of tandem language exchange, and in particular online ones, and then present the EU-funded European University Tandem (EUniTa) project which was developed by…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Motzo, Anna – Research-publishing.net, 2016
Motivation is one of the most important factors which influences second language learning (Dörnyei, 1998; Gardner & Lambert, 1972). A support mechanism which reinforces student motivation through encouragement, social interaction, feedback, sound learning environments and good teaching is crucial for ensuring successful learning. This is…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement, Program Effectiveness
Przymus, Steve Daniel – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2016
When educators do not facilitate English language learners' (ELLs) social integration in schools, this can perpetuate ELLs' marginalized status and the plateauing of ELLs' English language development. This study highlights a program for secondary ELLs called the ELL Ambassadors program, which partnered ELLs with non-ELLs based on shared…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, English Language Learners, Communities of Practice
Hoffman, Patricia; Dahlman, Anne; Zierdt, Ginger – School-University Partnerships, 2009
This article details a strategic planning model and concurrent 3-year research study focusing on the benefits of preK-16 professional development school learning communities for the participating preK-16 educational leaders in a midwestern school-university partnership network. Results of the study, along with the strategic plan's success at…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Professional Development Schools, School Readiness, Academic Achievement
