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Nathan Michael Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
International students have comprised a steadily growing demographic in America's colleges and universities for the past seventy-five years. Over the many years and decades, the proportion of international students whose first language is not English has also increased. Subsequently, American higher education has come to rely on an important…
Descriptors: International Education, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Amber Zepper – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study seeks to examine how core practices pedagogy is being developed and refined for use in world language teaching methods classes. It analyzes how one teacher educator (TE) approaches teaching core practices in three iterations of her methods class, offering a close view of how this work is being carried out and what adaptations the TE…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Teacher Educators
Qiong Wu – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The Conceptual Metaphor Theory (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980) started a new approach to viewing metaphors in languages. Traditionally, metaphor is considered as one of the rhetorical devices. Conceptual metaphor, however, is an approach for us to understand abstract notions in terms of relatively concrete concepts. The HEART metaphor in Chinese…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Figurative Language, Chinese, English (Second Language)
Xin Sun – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Early childhood language experiences influence how a child's mind and brain process language and acquire literacy. For children growing up bilingual, their two languages interact in their minds, and these cross-linguistic influences can lead to unique neurocognitive mechanisms for language and reading compared to monolinguals. In this…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Literacy, Neurology
Culpeper, Jonathan; Kan, Qian – Applied Linguistics, 2020
This article investigates the communicative styles of three different peer mentors in the context of online language learning, and considers their effect on student engagement. A key objective is to show how an innovative corpus-based technique, keyword analysis, can be used as a first step towards identifying communicative styles. We view…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Interpersonal Communication, Learner Engagement, Peer Relationship
Salih, Omar Abid – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2020
This study aims to investigate the effect of hot seat (HS) on the reading comprehension (RC) of 1st intermediate students during the academic year 2019-2020. To achieve the purpose of the study, it is hypothesized that there is no difference between the students' mean of the experimental group which is exposed to HS and that of control group which…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, English (Second Language)
Yu, Xiaoru; Janse, Esther; Schoonen, Rob – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
Little research has been done on the effect of learning context on L2 listening development. Motivated by DeKeyser's (2015) skill acquisition theory of second language acquisition, this study compares L2 listening development in study abroad (SA) and at home (AH) contexts from both language knowledge and processing perspectives. One hundred…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Listening Comprehension, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students
Nguyen, Cam Thi Ngoc; Nguyen, Tu Thi – Arab World English Journal, 2020
The English language is one of the international languages used for communication and learning worldwide. In Vietnam, English is taught as a second language in schools from elementary to advanced levels. In learning a certain foreign language, the autonomy of learners has become a vital subject for the past 30 years. This research surveys the…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Nonmajors
Dirix, Nicolas; Vander Beken, Heleen; De Bruyne, Ellen; Brysbaert, Marc; Duyck, Wouter – Reading Research Quarterly, 2020
The authors investigated how eye movements are influenced by different reading goals in participants' first (L1) and second language (L2). Participants read or studied the contents of texts while their eye movements were recorded. One group was asked to read L1 and L2 texts as they would read any expository text (informational reading). Another…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Eye Movements, Second Language Learning, Reading Motivation
Aljumah, Fahad Hamad – English Language Teaching, 2020
Research shows many problems and ambiguities of second language acquisition (SLA), which have made learners and readers worldwide unsatisfied. Therefore, this study attempts to highlight theories and research that have comprehensive explanations of the problems and ambiguities of second language acquisition, which learners of English as a Foreign…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Research, English (Second Language), History
Han, Ligang – International Education Studies, 2020
With the research on fostering and cultivating learner autonomy in foreign/second language teaching and learning, teacher autonomy has gained momentum in the research of foreign language teacher education. There have been many theoretical research and discussions about the definitions of learner autonomy. Many researchers acknowledge that language…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Personal Autonomy, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
González-Carriedo, Ricardo; Weiller, Karen; Boyd, Rossana – NABE Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Recent research in the area of physical activity points to the benefits that kinesthetic activity has on learning. The use of movement during the school day has benefits for the cognitive processes of learners, including language learning. This article focuses on dual language programs, where students learn acquire literacy skills and learn…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Bilingual Education, Second Language Learning, Language Skills
Mitchell, Rosamond; Tracy-Ventura, Nicole; Huensch, Amanda – Modern Language Journal, 2020
For L2 learners from English-dominant societies, study abroad (SA) is an especially significant opportunity for linguistic, sociocultural, and personal development. Less is known about the durability of these SA-related developments, once Anglophone language specialists complete their home studies and then progress to graduate careers. This…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, College Graduates
Sauro, Shannon; Buendgens-Kosten, Judith; Cornillie, Frederik – Foreign Language Annals, 2020
At a time when many language teachers are looking for research-based teaching materials that can be modified to support their students in online or digital learning, existing teaching and assessment materials developed through European grant-funded projects can provide valuable and ready-to-use resources. This paper reports on the published and…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Instructional Materials
Kordia, Stefania – ELT Journal, 2020
The article discusses ELF-aware pedagogy as a possible way to integrate English as a lingua franca (ELF) in English language classrooms and explores the extent to which task-based language teaching (TBLT) could contribute to this end. ELF-aware pedagogy involves enriching teaching practices with appropriate metalinguistic and reflective activities…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Official Languages