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Min Zhang; Qiang Jiang; Weiyan Xiong; Qi Li; Wei Zhao – Educational Technology & Society, 2024
Self-directed learning with mobile technology (SDLMT) is critical to students' learning success. However, only minimal research has been conducted on the manner by which significant aspects (e.g., selfefficacy, student engagement) are related to SDLMT. This study analyzed the answers of 485 Chinese students (seventh to ninth grades) who were…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Predictor Variables, Secondary School Students, Independent Study
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Bing Liu; Jing Liu; Qianrong Yang – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2024
This study explores online self-regulated learning skills among high school students in three schools in China's EAST City Y using questionnaires. Results reveal the online self-regulated learning skills of high school students are positioned at an intermediate level, showcasing noteworthy disparities across distinct cohorts of high school…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Student Attitudes, Metacognition, Independent Study
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Zhong, Yunsheng – English Language Teaching, 2008
With the variety of environment and method of English learning, Autonomy English learning on the Internet is playing a more and more important role in modern English learning. It challenges the traditional learning approach, and also is forwardness. This paper points out that autonomy English learning on the Internet facilitates the improvement of…
Descriptors: Internet, English (Second Language), English Instruction, Learning Strategies
Pu, Minran – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between college EFL students' autonomous learning capacity and motivation in using web-based Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in China. This study included three questionnaires: the student background questionnaire, the questionnaire on student autonomous learning capacity, and…
Descriptors: College English, Independent Study, Learning Motivation, Questionnaires
Baurain, Bradley, Ed.; Ha, Phan Le, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2010
The benefits and advantages of classroom practices incorporating unity-in-diversity and diversity-in-unity are what "Multilevel and Diverse Classrooms" is all about. Multilevel classrooms--also known as mixed-ability or heterogeneous classrooms--are a fact of life in ESOL programs around the world. These classrooms are often not only…
Descriptors: Television Commercials, Multilingualism, Cartoons, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
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Zhu, Ming; Bu, Jiemin – English Language Teaching, 2009
This study explores the centrality of the technology integration to Chinese EFL students' experiences in College English instruction. Students involved in this qualitative and quantitative study described the effectiveness of Web-based instructional environments (WBIEs) facilitated by the WebNing course management systems. Sources that were used…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Asians, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Smith, Ann F. V., Ed.; Strong, Gregory, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2009
"Adult Language Learners: Context and Innovation" presents instructional practices that are particularly successful with adults. Adult language learners are goal oriented and direct their learning to fulfill particular needs or demands: to advance their studies, to progress up the career ladder, to follow business opportunities, to pass…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Personal Autonomy, Foreign Countries
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Chia, Christian Shyh Chiuan – Educational Media International, 2005
Students from the People's Republic of China enrolled in an "English for academic purposes" (EAP) programme at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore is strongly encouraged to take an active role and be independent to some extent in its learning. For this purpose a self-access centre (SAC) was set up where students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Materials, Internet, Independent Study