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Pawlak, Miroslaw; Kiermasz, Zuzanna – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
Although multilingualism has become a fact of life in the last few decades, this phenomenon has largely failed to find a reflection in research on language learning strategies. Even when scholars have addressed this issue, it has mostly been done with the purpose of proving the advantage of multilingualism over bilingualism, and scant attention…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Majors (Students), Second Language Learning
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Turula, Anna – Teaching English with Technology, 2016
The article revisits the question of the good language learner, with special regard to the contemporary digital learner of English as a foreign language. It focuses on the learner who can certainly be called "successful" based on the considerably high level of language proficiency s/he has reached (B2-C1). The question considered…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, College Freshmen
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Turula, Anna – Teaching English with Technology, 2017
The article looks at language learner autonomy as a social construct in relation to the context and its user based on the example of "Italki", a social networking site for tandem language learning. Considering the two foci--the context and the learner--the study is divided into two parts, both carried out from the perspective of online…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Second Language Learning, Ethnography, Social Networks
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Kruk, Mariusz – The EUROCALL Review, 2017
The paper discusses the results of a study which explored advanced learners of English engagement with their mobile devices to develop learning experiences that meet their needs and goals as foreign language learners. The data were collected from 20 students by means of a semi-structured interview. The gathered data were subjected to qualitative…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, English (Second Language)
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Rokita-Jaskow, Joanna – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
This paper reports on the qualitative part of a project investigating parental educational aspirations as manifested by enrolling their children (aged 3-6) into very early L2 instruction. The concept of educational aspirations is widely studied in educational psychology as well as in sociology and pedagogy. In SLA, these aspirations can fit in the…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Self Efficacy
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Glówka, Danuta – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2014
This study examined the impact of gender on students' achievement in learning English as a foreign language in secondary and higher vocational schools in Poland, as well as teachers' and students' opinions concerning the importance of this influence. The collected data provided ample evidence that girls achieved significantly better results than…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Secondary School Students