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Yuying Liu; Wei Ren – Language Teaching Research, 2024
This study examines university teachers' beliefs and practices related to task-based language teaching while teaching English as a foreign language. Task-based language teaching (TBLT) has become a prominent topic for researchers and practitioners in recent decades. It is also advocated by the Chinese Ministry of Education for college English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, College Faculty
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Hua, Mengyuan – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2022
The 2021 release of Reimagining Our Futures Together: A New Social Contract for Education by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization was a reaction to a number of serious problems discovered in worldwide educational reforms. It sought to establish a new social compact for education to fulfill its unmet promise in the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Environmental Education
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Yanmin Zhao; James Ko – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to explore vocational teachers' perceptions regarding workplace learning that align with students' training models and collaborative teaching involving specialised professionals within the context of industry-university collaboration. Design/methodology/approach: Using a qualitative approach, the study conducted nine…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Workplace Learning
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Hong, Yi – Prospects, 2023
Global citizenship education (GCE) advocates global interdependency and interconnectedness, encouraging students to actively defend social justice, equity, and sustainable development at both local and global levels. When putting GCE into use, educators need specifications to transform it from normative ideals into knowledge suitable for…
Descriptors: Global Education, Citizenship Education, Secondary School Curriculum, Secondary Schools
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Kessler, Matt; Solheim, Ian; Zhao, Mengfei – TESOL Journal, 2021
This article explores a long-standing criticism of the task-based language teaching (TBLT) approach regarding the applicability of TBLT to curricula in English as a foreign language (EFL) settings and, specifically, whether authentic tasks can be designed for EFL learners. To further investigate this issue, the authors explored the EFL context of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, College Students
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Chuanfang Shi; Asiah Kassim; Noor Raha Mohd Radzuan – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
Traditional English education in China, with its emphasis on grammatical proficiency and written accuracy, often neglects public speaking, resulting in a notable deficiency in practical language application. This study investigated the potential of project-based learning to address this problem by promoting more interactive, student-centered…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Proficiency
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Lian, Jingjing; Chai, Ching Sing; Zheng, Chunping; Liang, Jyh-Chong – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic demanded pedagogical transformation that could engage Chinese English learners in a technology-mediated authentic language learning environment, which in turn challenged learners to develop both self-directed and collaborative learning skills in order to achieve meaningful learning. To understand students' meaningful online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Authentic Learning, Second Language Learning
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Sun, Fu-Rong; Pan, Long-Fei; Wan, Rong-Gen; Li, Hui; Wu, Shu-Jing – Interactive Learning Environments, 2021
This research aims to explore the latent effect of elementary student engagement in a Spherical Video-based Virtual Reality (SVVR) environment for a school-based course on higher level competence development. Student engagement and higher level competence development were investigated using a valid sample of 324 students from five elementary…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Elementary School Students, Computer Simulation, Skill Development
Ying Mimi Guan Kasner – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this participatory action research project (PAR) was to study how a group of teachers designed and implemented strategies with the intent of amplifying joyful learning experiences for Chinese English Language Learners (ELLs). The research focused on four classroom teachers in an elementary school as Co-Practitioner Researchers (CPR)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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El-Abd, Maria; Chaaban, Youmen; Du, Xiangyun; Wang, Li – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2021
The present quantitative study explored pre-service teachers' perspectives regarding the quality of their Teacher Education Programme (TEP) in Lebanon, Qatar, and China. The sample consisted of 326 pre-service school teachers who completed a survey designed to examine their perception of the following indicators of TEP quality: (1) a shared vision…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
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Wang, Mengdi; Devitt, Ann; Hodgins, Garreth; Bauer, Ciarán – Research-publishing.net, 2021
This descriptive study presents the first research cycle with four synchronous telecollaborative language learning sessions on Zoom between Irish and Chinese teenagers. Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (ISS) post-questionnaire results show that the mean of interaction enjoyment scale is the highest compared to the other four categories, which…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Speakers
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Li, De-An; Zhao, Qin; Yang, Xiao-Qi; Li, Wan-Mei; Dai, Rui; Xiao, Yang; Yu, Bing – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2021
Previous studies on students' conceptions of learning science (COLS) have focused primarily on formal environments. In these studies, students' COLS were positively associated with their approaches to and outcomes for science learning. However, little research has been conducted to explore students' conceptions of learning science in informal…
Descriptors: Science Education, Informal Education, Educational Environment, Student Attitudes
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Zheng, Xiaoli – English Language Teaching, 2022
This study explored young Chinese learners' beliefs about English as an international language through project-based language learning in a Chinese rural school. Three English teachers and 102 Grade 6 Chinese EFL learners participated in two separate phases. Phase 1 explored how teachers implemented the project-based language learning via…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes
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Shadiev, Rustam; Xueying, Wang; Huang, Yueh Min – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
Virtual reality (VR) technology makes it possible to create an authentic virtual environment that benefits immersive learning. We designed an intercultural learning activity and applied VR technology to support it. Then, we investigated students' perceptions of the learning activity, VR technology, and intercultural competence (IC) development…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Learning Activities, Technology Integration, Foreign Countries
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Wang, Jianlan; Li, Qiqi; Luo, Ying – Research in Science Education, 2022
High-stakes testing (HST) is critical in the educational system of East-Asian countries like China, and the ongoing standards-based reform in many Western countries like the USA. HST has been criticized for corrupting an educational system through means like disengaging students from authentic learning. It seems that students' affective learning…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, High Stakes Tests, Science Tests
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