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Xue, Mei; Saffari, Narges; Motevalli, Saeid – English Language Teaching, 2022
This paper reviews the literature on English for Specific Purposes (ESP) research in 15 CSSCI foreign language journals in China's CNKI database over the last two decades. The data have been quantified and visualized with Citespace. This paper analyzes research advances and themes, and then puts forward suggestions based on the current situation…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Masters Theses
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Lopez-Pinzon, Margarita; Ramírez-Contreras, Odilia; Vargas-Orozco, Luisa Fernanda – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2021
This article reports on a mixed-methods research study in five English Language Teaching Master's programs in Colombia. The purpose was to identify trends in research techniques, curricular and pedagogical interventions that MA candidates and alumni dealt with in their theses. This study identified prevalent research methods, techniques, and…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Goldberg, David; Looney, Dennis; Lusin, Natalia – Modern Language Association, 2015
SINCE 1958, the Modern Language Association (MLA) has gathered and analyzed data on undergraduate and graduate course enrollments in languages other than English in United States colleges and universities. The previous survey examined language enrollments in fall 2009; here the MLA presents its twenty-third survey in the series, describing trends…
Descriptors: Language Enrollment, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Enrollment Trends
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Pinto, Susana; Araújo e Sá, Maria Helena – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
Higher education plays a fundamental role in the construction of a European citizenship that demands the development of plurilingual competences. Although the Bologna Process highlights that development (relating it to mobility, employability and lifelong learning), language education does not seem to be a priority in the agenda of higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Multilingualism, Student Mobility, Employment Potential
Davis, Jessica W.; Bauman, Kurt J. – US Census Bureau, 2008
This report discusses school enrollment levels and trends in the population aged 3 and older based on data collected in 2006 by the U.S. Census Bureau in the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Current Population Survey (CPS). Historically, the CPS has been the only data source used to produce school enrollment reports. This is the first…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Females, Dropouts, Geographic Location
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Hufman, Dale K. – ADFL Bulletin, 1998
A national survey of German professors in the United States investigated their ideas of appropriate or desirable graduate preparation for careers in the field of German. Based on the results, eight recommendations are made to graduate students in German concerning the language-teaching profession and the need to consider alternative career paths.…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Planning, College Faculty