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Hsieh, Yi-Jung Teresa – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2023
For refugee migrants, proficiency in the language of their host country is a significant factor affecting their chance of integration and employment in their new society. For this reason, many Western nations provide host-country language training for such migrants. Australia thus offers English language training within its Vocational Education…
Descriptors: Refugees, Migrant Education, Work Experience, Employment Qualifications
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Norro, Soili – Language and Education, 2023
Societal language ideologies affect language education policy implementation through teachers' beliefs, which in turn influence their pedagogical decisions and practices. Understanding the relationship between language ideologies and teachers' beliefs is crucial in multilingual contexts in postcolonial countries such as Namibia. This study…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, English (Second Language), Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Buchanan, Beverly J.; Pirone, John S.; Pudans-Smith, Kimberly K.; Leffler, Brian W.; Cohen, Brad S.; Simmons, Paul K.; Ballentine, Pauline M.; Venable, Tabitha; Soza, Karen – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
American Sign Language (ASL) education is a relatively new field. Thus, further research is necessary, especially regarding developing assessment tools. The goal of this study was to determine the types of assessment tools ASL level 1 teachers use in the classroom and how those teachers measure students' language progression. This study is…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Language Teachers
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Sull, Errol Craig – Distance Learning, 2023
In this "Distance Learning" Special Issue, Errol Craig Sull introduces the "Try This" series of articles to assist In The Classroom. Sull notes, where once the idea of offering ESL (English as a second language) assistance and courses was a minor afterthought in postsecondary education, it has become crucial, for it recognizes…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), College Students
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Nguyen, Nhung Thi Hong; Singh, Michael – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2023
This paper reports on a multi-site case study of work-integrated learning (WIL) in language teacher education. Using learning trajectories as a lens for understanding the connection between the workplace and campus-based learning, this study explores what preservice teachers learn from real-world work experience. The data used for this study…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Workplace Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ching-Yi Liao; J. B. Ganz; Kimberly J. Vannest; Sanikan Wattanawongwan; Lauren M. Pierson; Valeria Yllades; Yi-Fan Li – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Caregiver involvement plays a critical role in the development of communication in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual/developmental disability (IDD). However, culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) families usually do not receive sufficient culturally and linguistically appropriate support due to language and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Second Language Learning, Caregivers
Jia Lin; Gengsong Gao; Ting Huang – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2023
Strategic reading is an important consideration in the L2 reading classroom. This study investigated the effects of a Chinese as a Second Language (CSL) strategies-based reading instruction program, in which participants were explicitly taught ten top-down reading strategies. Thirty-four students enrolled in an advanced-level Chinese class…
Descriptors: College Students, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Reading Instruction
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Jody H. Cripps; Russell S. Rosen; Aimee M. Sever-Hall; Sheryl B. Cooper; Ronald Fenicle – Language Learning, 2023
Foreign language classrooms have historically used classroom lecture-based approaches for instruction. However, the flipped pedagogical approach was recently introduced into foreign language and other classrooms. Studies of the flipped classroom approach in spoken L2 classrooms have generally found a positive impact on student learning outcomes,…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Student Attitudes, Student Experience, Conventional Instruction
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Pliatsikas, Christos; DeLuca, Vincent; Voits, Toms – Language Learning, 2020
Recent years have seen an expansion in the research related to structural brain adaptations related to the acquisition and processing of additional languages. However, the accumulating evidence remains to a great extent inconsistent, with a large variety of cortical, subcortical, and cerebellar effects reported in various studies. Here we propose…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Experience, Brain, Second Language Learning
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Beccia, Ashley – Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2020
A fundamental distinction in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) is route versus rate of acquisition (or L2 development). While the former has traditionally referred to developmental sequences of learning, the latter denotes the speed with which learners progress through developmental trajectories (Muñoz, 2006). A second distinction at…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Aptitude, Children, Adults
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Nobuhiro Kamiya – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
This study investigated to what extent the scores of two English tests are correlated to each other, namely, the English test of the "Common Test for University Admissions" (Common Test, henceforth) in Japan and the "TOEIC Bridge", a commercially available English test developed by "Educational Testing Service" (ETS)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Qing-Ke Fu; Di Zou; Haoran Xie; Gary Cheng – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Automated writing evaluation (AWE) plays an important role in writing pedagogy and has received considerable research attention recently; however, few reviews have been conducted to systematically analyze the recent publications arising from the many studies in this area. The present review aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Automation, Writing Evaluation, Feedback (Response)
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Fatemeh Faryabi; Mohammad Rahimi; Kristin J. Davin – TESOL Journal, 2024
The present study adopted a praxis orientation to second language (L2) research and pedagogy to explore the professional development needs of three English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers after their first attempt at implementing dynamic assessment (DA) of essay writing. To date, few studies have examined how teachers learn to implement DA,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Hashmatullah Tareen; BaoHui Zhang; Mohammad Tahir Haand – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2024
Autonomous learning is extensively acknowledged as a desirable goal in undergraduate education as it is found to comply with learner-centered approaches and enable learners to pursue life-long learning. However, very few empirical researchers have closely examined the actual practices of autonomous learning in the Afghan context. Therefore, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personal Autonomy, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language)
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Lisa MacDonald – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study considered the songs currently in use in Gaelic groups for 0-3 year olds in Scotland, whilst investigating how practitioners use them in the groups. In this article, I argue that Gaelic Early Years practitioners insufficiently understand the potential of song in relation to Gaelic language acquisition with young children and their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition, Indo European Languages, Singing
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