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Direct linkMoranski, Kara; Ziegler, Nicole – Language Learning, 2021
Multisite research (MSR) offers the key advantages of greater statistical power and external validity via larger and more diverse participant pools. In second language acquisition (SLA) research, recent developments in meta-analysis have created a robust foundation for MSR. Although logistical and financial obstacles can complicate expansion…
Descriptors: Validity, Language Research, Second Language Learning, Meta Analysis
Chaka, Chaka; Lephalala, Mirriam; Ngesi, Nandipha – Perspectives in Education, 2017
This paper reports on a desktop review study of undergraduate and postgraduate English studies (both English literature and English language) module offerings (n = 48) of 24 English departments at 17 South African higher education institutions (HEIs) conducted in 2017. The review focused on the presence and purpose of the term, decolonisation, in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Graduate Study, Foreign Policy, English Departments
Plonsky, Luke; Gonulal, Talip – Language Learning, 2015
Research synthesis and meta-analysis provide a pathway to bring together findings in a given domain with greater systematicity, objectivity, and transparency than traditional reviews. The same techniques and corresponding benefits can be and have been applied to examine methodological practices in second language (L2) research (e.g., Plonsky,…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Second Language Learning, Language Research, Research Methodology
Download full textLewandowska, Elwira – Research-publishing.net, 2019
The present contribution discusses the importance of communicative strategies in introducing English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). A brief meta-analysis of the research conducted in the area of pragmatics reveals that one of the most salient elements of using ELF is the users' ability to conduct meaningful exchanges through various communicative…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Official Languages
Al Othman, Fadel H. M.; Shuqair, Khaled M. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2013
Numerous studies have shown that motivation is positively linked to success in learning the English language or any other second language. Generally, motivation and attitude work together to ensure learners' successful acquisition of a second language; hence, various motivational theories and models have been formulated to examine and explain this…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Theory Practice Relationship
de Mejía, Anne-Marie – Language and Education, 2017
Despite Colombia's official recognition of its ethnic and cultural diversity, it has yet to develop in practice an inclusive educational vision involving the recognition of diversity, as well as promoting the country's insertion within the global market. Garcia et al. acknowledge the importance of "cultivating" students' diverse…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction
