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Direct linkDippold, Doris; Heron, Marion; Gravett, Karen – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2022
This paper offers a reconceptualisation of international students' transitions into and through UK higher education. We present two case studies of students which explore their transitions in terms of their academic speaking skills from pre-sessional courses into their disciplinary studies. Students describe how the development of their confidence…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, Speech Skills, Academic Language
Daniel R. Isbell; Dustin Crowther; Hitoshi Nishizawa – Language Testing, 2024
The extrapolation of test scores to a target domain - that is, association between test performances and relevant real-world outcomes - is critical to valid score interpretation and use. This study examined the relationship between Duolingo English Test (DET) speaking scores and university stakeholders' evaluation of DET speaking performances. A…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Higher Education, Stakeholders
Eylem Oruç – European Journal of Education, 2024
The article examines an action research of negotiated curriculum in a university-level EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classroom. Drawing on critical pedagogy, this study is best suited to action research as negotiated curriculum can be explored with a deeper understanding through action-oriented research. The research details how negotiated…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Curriculum Development
Download full textMisnah Mannahali; Femmy Angreany; Rosmaladewi Rosmaladewi – International Journal of Language Education, 2024
This study aims to obtain data and information about the effectiveness and practicality of YouTube in learning German speaking for second-semester students of the German language education study program in terms of learning outcomes and student responses. This study was experimental research, and the experimental model used was a pre-experimental…
Descriptors: Speech Skills, Skill Development, German, Video Technology
Baker, Lewis; Heron, Marion – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2023
A key purpose of the Foundation Year provision is to prepare students, often from a widening participation background, for their undergraduate study. Research has established that access to academic discourse and disciplinary knowledge is, to a large extent, dependent on students' academic language and literacy skills, including oracy skills.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Transitional Programs, College Preparation
Shepard, Christopher; Rose, Heath – Language and Education, 2023
This research project involved a mixed-methods study investigating language-related challenges of first-year students at an English Medium Instruction (EMI) university in Hong Kong. The two-phased sequential study employed a questionnaire survey and semi-structured student interviews. The survey and interview findings indicate that first-year…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Reham Ahmad Montasser; Abeer Sultan Althaqafi – Journal of Education and Learning, 2023
Globalisation has made English a dominant language both in education and in manpower recruitment worldwide. Due to globalisation and Vision 2030 in Saudi Arabia which enhanced the involvement of Saudi youth in the work force, the study of English language, especially English for Specific Purposes (ESP), has become increasingly important in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Miranda N. Rouse – Basic Communication Course Annual, 2024
Procedures and practices that are ableist in the educational system have been long overlooked. Speakers having differing abilities than neurotypical or able-bodied individuals is often not something that is considered in basic course assessment tools. This is important to address because although there are institutional policies and procedures in…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Public Speaking, Persuasive Discourse, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Ayse Taskiran – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2023
This study describes how online courses were designed and delivered based on the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework and how this influenced the online interaction in a Sino-American university in Wenzhou, China during the pandemic. The courses were English composition and Academic oral discourse, and Canvas was used as the learning management…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Inquiry, COVID-19
Smith, Angela; Rubio-Rico, Lourdes; McClelland, Gabrielle Tracy; Monserrate-Gómez, Sílvia; Font-Jiménez, Isabel; de Molina-Fernández, Inmaculada – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
This paper presents the process of co-design, co-production, piloting, evaluation and revision of an Integrated Digital Literacy and Language Toolkit for Vulnerable Migrant Students (VMs) in Higher Education (HE). The language element focuses on academic language skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking required for effective involvement…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Pilot Projects, Higher Education, At Risk Students
Marina Orsini-Jones – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
This article discusses Vietnam Virtual EXchange for English Language Teaching (ViVEXELT), a project funded by the British Council -- Vietnam (Digital Learning Innovation Fund Pilot -- Response to COVID-19). It makes a substantial contribution to the theorization of Virtual Exchange as a fertile and inclusive knowledge-sharing Third Space. ViVEXELT…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Computer Mediated Communication, Foreign Countries
Attou, Amal Ben, Ed.; Ciddi, M. Lutfi, Ed.; Unal, Mevlut, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2022
"Proceedings of International Conference on Studies in Education and Social Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Studies in Education and Social Sciences (ICSES) which took place on November 10-13, 2022, in Antalya, Turkey. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
