Most colleges require students to take at least one foreign language course in order to graduate. Some students tend to put this requirement off to the end of their program due to language learning anxiety, and attrition rates in these courses are high. This study asks the follo…
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This dissertation presents a theory of teaching derived from the production and reception of translations, with a particular focus on the neophyte. The neophyte is described as either an individual who through the process of literary translation deepens his or her understanding …
The study examines instrumental and integrative motivations among undergraduate Libyan students of English as a foreign language (EFL). It investigates whether EFL Libyan students are instrumentally or integratively motivated to study English. The study also looks at the relatio…
Hands-on concordancing is often described as the future of computer assisted language learning, but first there are two problems. Its benefits have been hard to validate empirically, and it is conceived for advanced learners while the majority receiving formal language instructi…
This qualitative investigation examined the perceptions of the low-achieving English as a Second Language (ESL) students of their language learning at the National University of Malaysia. It investigated the views that these students hold of their ESL learning experiences as rel…
The field of language learning motivation has traditionally been a 'self'-centred one, characterising the individual learner as subject to influence by, but essentially separate from, the sociocultural environment. Models of language learning motivation have been concerned with …
Three EFL classrooms in primary schools in Greece were introduced to dyslexia friendly practices so as to explore whether dyslexic pupils’ inclusion was enhanced. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the dyslexia friendly practices on dyslexic and non-dyslexic …
The aim of this PhD thesis is to develop a framework for adaptive intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) in the domain of Modern Standard Arabic language. This framework will comprise of a new approach to using a fuzzy inference mechanism and generic rules in guiding the learning pr…
This thesis investigates changes in Chinese undergraduate students’ language learning motivation during the transition from their home cultural setting to the host cultural setting, while studying on a China-UK 2+1 collaborative programme at the University of Bedfordshire. Since…
This study identifies and compares the language learning strategies and beliefs about language learning of 166 university students learning Persian (Farsi), a strategic less commonly taught language. The data were collected from three settings in the United States; the Universit…
Multimedia technology is advancing in a rapid and continuous manner providing numerous opportunities for independent language learning and practice. Despite the vast research about the impact of multimedia on language learning inside language classrooms, little is known about th…
Oman is a country of mystery and was closed to the world until 1970, when His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed assumed power. Its first priorities became education, healthcare, and overall modernization of the country. One of the results of modernization was a desire for the peop…
An ethnographic case study of the impact of globalization, language policy, and language learning on identity construction was carried out at a public high school (Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri [SMAN]) 1 Balada in Bima Regency, Indonesia mainly during June, July, and August of 20…
The purpose of this study is to explore some effects of language and cultural distance (including transfer) on the acquisition and production of lexical items in second/foreign language. This study investigates lexical/semantic output of learners of English as a second language …
This study of the motivation to learn English as L2 (as a second/foreign language) provides a local model of L2 motivation which employs a new contextualised perspective. It is based on the socio-cultural backgrounds of the learners and their social relations. This model not onl…
Historically, the native speaker (NS) has long been used as a model when it comes to language teaching and learning. However, to date, the discussion of the native speaker teacher (NST) and non-native speaker teacher (NNST) has been primarily limited to English as a second langu…
This ethnographic study focuses on a small group of Iranian young adults, four brothers and recent immigrants living in a small city in New England. I used North American popular texts from a variety of sources as content to assist them in developing English language proficiency…
This work examines how Tunisians construct understandings of the local and global, and how these understandings are contested and manipulated. The theoretical focus is not on globalization per se, but on perceptions of globalization, using the lens of foreign language learning. …
In this dissertation, I examine rote learning from a language socialization perspective, reframing it as social practice for apprenticing novices into language and other domains of cultural competence. This practice, which I call Guided Repetition, entails modeling by an expert,…