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Malik, Sameena; Qin, Huang; Oteir, Ibrahim – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
Speaking and communicating in English language can be a traumatic experience for many Chinese EFL university learners in class and in public. In many situations, they prefer to remain silent and passive listeners. This study aims to detect linguistic, psychological, socio-cultural hindrances and lends a sympathetic ear to Chinese university EFL…
Descriptors: Barriers, Anxiety, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Proficiency
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Araki, Naoko – Qualitative Research Journal, 2021
Purpose: Japanese school teachers are facing challenges under the new curricula reform, and there is still a lack of preparation to guide them to a successful implementation. Dilemmas related to teaching English language in primary schools were seen among participant teachers in a program of professional learning. This study aims (1) to identify a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Turgut, Refika; Sahin, Elif Adibelli; Huerta, Margarita – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2016
Preparing general education preservice teachers (PSTs) to work with English language learners (ELLs) effectively is of critical importance given the continually increasing number of these students in mainstream classrooms in the United States. In this qualitative study, we investigated the impact of a semester-long course on teaching ELLs on…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Attitude Change, English Language Learners
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Abdel Latif, Muhammad M. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2015
High levels of apprehension cause students to have writing difficulties. This study attempted to identify the sources of Egyptian university students' English writing apprehension. The study made use of both quantitative and qualitative data. The scores of 57 students on a writing apprehension scale were compared to their scores on another scale…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, English (Second Language), Writing Attitudes
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2013), October 22-24, 2013, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), co-organized by The University of North Texas (UNT), sponsored by the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes, Short Term Memory