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Chen, Teresa – Journal of International Students, 2018
This qualitative case study sought to understand the experiences of international college students who were involved in the acquisition of academic literacies (via an English-as-a-Second-Language writing class). Data sources included observation field notes; messages posted in an online discussion forum; transcripts of interviews with five focal…
Descriptors: Grammar, Cultural Pluralism, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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Ebrahimi, Alice; Faghih, Esmail; Dabir-Moghaddam, Mohammad – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2017
This study reports on a mixed methods study which explored 32 Iranian pre-service teachers' perceptions of attending online asynchronous discussion forums during two seven-week online introductory courses in corpus linguistics. Data were collected through a questionnaire, discussion forum entries and online text-based semi-structured interviews.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Case Studies, Student Attitudes, Mixed Methods Research
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Bouazid, Tayeb; Le Roux, Cheryl S. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
This article examines the challenges experienced by Arabic-speaking students and lecturers at meeting the proposed learning outcomes in English Literature (EL) at a residential university in Algeria. An overview of the history of foreign languages (French and English) in the curricula in Algerian schools and tertiary education institutions has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Literature, Achievement Need, Etiology
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Romero Archila, Yuranny Marcela – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2014
The purpose of this research was to identify the types of interaction that emerged not only in a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) but also in face-to-face settings. The study also assessed the impact of the different kinds of interactions in terms of language learning. This is a qualitative case study that took place in a private Colombian…
Descriptors: Interaction, Blended Learning, English Language Learners, Virtual Classrooms
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Chao, Chin-chi – Language Learning & Technology, 2015
Behind CALL teacher education (CTE) there is an unproblematized consensus of transfer, which suggests a positivist and tool-centered view of learning gains that differs from the sociocultural focus of recent teacher education research. Drawing on Beach's (2003) conceptualization of transfer as "consequential transition," this qualitative…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Praxis, Theory Practice Relationship
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Yeh, Hui-chin – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2013
This study investigates how a teacher study group collectively examined problems in their current English curriculum and redesigned the curriculum into theme-based lessons for various grades. Comprised of seven elementary school teachers and a teacher educator, the teacher study group met bi-weekly for three hours for a total of eight meetings.…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)