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Kharlay, Oskana; Bagheri, Martin; Philips, Jeremy D. – English Language Teaching, 2019
This study investigated multiple learning motivation aspects of Chinese university students in Macau majoring in Spanish and Portuguese. A mixed methods research was employed by using questionnaires and interviews. 181 learners (96 Portuguese and 85 Spanish majors) were surveyed about ten language-learning motivation dimensions by using a…
Descriptors: Spanish, Portuguese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
De Paleville, Daniela Terson – Advances in Physiology Education, 2019
The purpose of this outreach program was to promote elementary school students' understanding of human physiology and exercise science. I conducted this outreach event for 421 pre-kindergarten through grade 5 students attending a Spanish-immersion elementary school within a large, urban public school district in Kentucky. To meet the needs of the…
Descriptors: Physiology, Elementary School Students, Immersion Programs, Spanish
Ulloa Salazar, Gemalli; Díaz Larenas, Claudio – HOW, 2018
Conducted in a semi-public school in Chile, this action research study aims at determining the change in 18 English as a foreign language young learners' performance regarding their understanding of instructions after being exposed to an audiovisual materials-based teaching strategy. With the use of a lesson observation report for assessing the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Rubio, Jesse W. – Journal of Pedagogy, 2020
Beginning in the 1970s, education has responded to the rise of neoliberalism across macro-, meso-, and micro-level contexts through shifts in practice and structure. Meanwhile, language learning is often promoted as an instrument in job attainment and transnational business communication. For example, in language education, courses in language for…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Svalberg, Agneta M. -L.; Askham, Jim – Language Awareness, 2020
At some UK universities, non-credit bearing courses for the general public are offered in a wide range of languages, often taught by hourly paid staff. Ensuring similar, high quality learning experiences and learning outcomes across languages can be a challenge. This study inquired into the viability and value of a consciousness-raising approach,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grammar, Task Analysis
Pleines, Christine – Distance Education, 2020
Online learning environments afford opportunities for participation and equally offer a new perspective on engaging vicariously. Drawing on the concept of vicarious learning and taking account of the roles of input and interaction for language development, this paper reports on an enquiry into students' retrospective use of recorded group…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Online Courses, Blended Learning, Educational Practices
Ferrada, Donatila; Del Pino, Miguel – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2020
The main objective of this research was to explore communication competence traits deemed as essential for initial teacher training of schoolteachers of language -- in both the Spanish and "Mapuzugun" -- by primary school teachers and university teachers who are familiar with linguistic diversity in the southern-central area of Chile in…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Spanish, Biculturalism, Preservice Teacher Education
Montecinos, Carmen; Cortez, Mónica; Zett, Isabel; Chávez, Sofía – European Journal of Education, 2023
The qualitative study on which this article reports explored how senior leaders, mathematics and Spanish language teachers (N = 72) in four high-performing, high-poverty, public secondary schools in Chile enact performance-based accountability policies related to standardised assessments. These four public schools were selected because prior to…
Descriptors: Accountability, High Achievement, Institutional Characteristics, Foreign Countries
Lee, Lina – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
The article reports on a study that explored the affordances and challenges of the flipped classroom model for an advanced language course, involving the implementation of a four-skill integration approach and the use of various digital tools. Eighteen advanced language students participated in the study over the course of one semester. Students…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Public Colleges
Ordoñez, Daniela; Siqués, Carina; Esteban-Guitart, Moisés – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
The aim of this paper is to describe the process of designing and implementing a teaching unit that links a curricular subject -- in this case, Spanish language -- with the identity of students as a strategy aimed at improving engagement and learning. The teaching unit was implemented in a Shared Education Unit in Catalonia (Spain) for at-risk…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish, Self Concept
Marichal, Nidza; Roldán, Arelis Rosario; Coady, Maria – Rural Educator, 2021
This paper describes the personal and professional journey taken by one secondary Spanish teacher to implement the Seal of Biliteracy (SoBL) for English Learners (ELs) in a rural Florida school district. The teacher's goal was to promote bilingual pride among her ELs and to validate and build their bilingual abilities, which had been frequently…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Literacy, Bilingualism, School Districts
Martí Arnandiz, Otilia; Portolés Falomir, Laura – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2022
Empirical research on L3 teachers' beliefs has gained momentum in the last decade since teacher cognition is paramount for understanding teaching practices in multilingual settings. Yet, many of these works deal with experienced language practitioners (e.g. [Otwinowska, A. (2017). English teachers' language awareness: Away with the monolingual…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Matsu, Saime – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Adult learners often have difficulty reaching high proficiency levels in a foreign language, and curriculum experts are on a constant quest for innovative practices in foreign language learning. The problem addressed by this study was that even with the implementation of different pedagogical approaches, including immersion and technology…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish, Indonesian
Frederiksen, Karen-Margrete, Ed.; Larsen, Sanne, Ed.; Bradley, Linda, Ed.; Thouësny, Sylvie, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2020
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the EUROCALL society succeeded in holding the 28th EUROCALL conference, EUROCALL2020, on 20-21 August as an online, two-day gathering. The transition process required to make this happen was demanding and insightful for everyone involved, and, in many ways, a logical consequence of the core content and purpose of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Videoconferencing
Kangasvieri, Teija – Language Learning Journal, 2019
The aim of this study is to explore whether latent classes, i.e. subgroups of students, representing specific motivational profiles can be found among learners of different foreign languages (L2s) in Finnish comprehensive schools. The focus is on whether motivational profiles are different for learning a compulsory foreign language (English) or an…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, German