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Direct linkBian, Yongwei – L2 Journal, 2022
This is an action research report about the making of three dialogic learners, Cindy, Yori, and Leo at an arts-oriented university in China. It draws inspiration from Gao's dialogical communicator (2014), which is constructed on Bakhtin's dialogic theory (1981). These students, with their struggles and efforts, will hopefully become open-minded…
Descriptors: Action Research, Dialogs (Language), Educational Theories, English (Second Language)
Li, Dongying; Zhang, Lian – Language Teaching Research, 2022
Teacher scaffolding plays a crucial role in shaping the quality of classroom learning, yet little is known about the effective features of scaffolding in classes using content language integrated learning (CLIL), especially in terms of its effects on learners' language and cognitive development. To address this issue, the study adopts a classroom…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
Download full textBadger, James – Higher Education Studies, 2019
The attention to fostering learners' critical thinking and creativity skills in secondary school and college students is growing in Western and non-Western countries. This study investigated the integration of a creativity and critical thinking course in an Intensive English Programs (IEP) to determine how the same course may contribute to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Foreign Students
Ke, Sihui – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2022
This research compared the contributions of lexical inferencing, decoding, and listening comprehension to reading comprehension in Chinese-speaking learners of English as a second language (ESL) enrolled in university bridging programs in the U.S. and Chinese-speaking university learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) in mainland China.…
Descriptors: Chinese, Native Language, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)
Lai, Chun; Qi, Xuedan; Lü, Chan; Lyu, Boning – Language Teaching Research, 2020
This study compared the effectiveness of deductive instruction and guided inductive instruction for developing semantic radical knowledge of Chinese characters. The evaluation was conducted through a quasi-experimental 3-week intervention involving 46 intermediate learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL). The results indicated that guided…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Wilken, Jayme Lynn – CALICO Journal, 2018
Learner perceptions toward and utilization of L1 glossed feedback in an automated writing evaluation (AWE) program were investigated in an Intensive English Program (IEP) class. This small case study focused on two Chinese students who responded to weekly surveys, semi-structured interviews, and screen capture videos of their revisions over a…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Case Studies, Student Surveys
Ling, Guangming; Powers, Donald E.; Adler, Rachel M. – ETS Research Report Series, 2014
One fundamental way to determine the validity of standardized English-language test scores is to investigate the extent to which they reflect anticipated learning effects in different English-language programs. In this study, we investigated the extent to which the "TOEFL iBT"® practice test reflects the learning effects of students at…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Computer Assisted Testing
Christine A. Farrugia; Rajika Bhandari; Patricia Chow – Institute of International Education, 2012
"Open Doors" is a comprehensive information resource on the 764,495 international students in the United States in 2011/12 and on the 273,996 U.S. students who studied abroad for academic credit in 2010/11. The Institute of International Education (IIE), one of the largest and most experienced higher education exchange agencies in the…
Descriptors: International Educational Exchange, Foreign Students, Study Abroad, Undergraduate Students
Zhang, Lawrence Jun – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2008
The study explored English as a Second Language (ESL) learner development. In particular, it focused on investigating learners' understanding of reading and their willingness to be engaged in strategic reading in participatory classroom activities. It also examined possible effects of such pedagogy on reading performance. The context was a…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), English (Second Language), Experimental Groups, Control Groups
