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Safipour, Jalal; Wenneberg, Stig; Hadziabdic, Emina – Journal of International Students, 2017
In this essay, we investigate the learning and teaching experiences in the international classroom from both the teachers and the students' perspectives. The findings of this study showed that language barriers are one of the difficulties, but academic cultural differences seem to play a more important role that can impact on the learning outcomes…
Descriptors: International Education, Educational Background, Foreign Students, Stereotypes
Is the Role of Cultural Capital in Student Achievement in South Korea Different? A Systematic Review
Choi, Yeonsoo; Kim, Sung won; Hong, Won-Pyo – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2019
Empirical studies focused on cultural capital only emerged since the 2000s in South Korea. This article is the first to conduct a systematic review aiming to shed light on how the theory of cultural capital has been applied in South Korea. Our main goal is to understand: how the cultural capital-students' achievement association in South Korea…
Descriptors: Role, Cultural Capital, Academic Achievement, Parenting Styles
Valverde Zambrana, José María – International Journal of English Studies, 2020
The purpose of this paper is to assess the most commonly used L2 learning strategies, especially those of communicative type, of undergraduate students and how these strategies are related to their language performance. Additionally, this study also aims to examine the effect of gender on the type of strategies they use and how this fact affects…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Second Language Learning, Cross Cultural Studies, Learning Strategies
Wim J. C. M. van de Grift; Seyeoung Chun; Okhwa Lee; Deukjoon Kim – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2024
What are the differences in teaching quality in countries with large cultural and economic differences, such as Nicaragua, South Korea, and the Netherlands? Can these differences be bridged with training programmes? In Nicaragua, South Korea, and the Netherlands, respectively 271, 407, and 144 English and mathematics teachers in secondary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Economic Factors, Mathematics Teachers
Moon, Chi Yun; Zhang, Shuai; Larke, Patricia J.; James, Marlon C. – Journal of International Students, 2020
This qualitative study explored the experiences of six Chinese and South Korean graduate students in the United States. Semistructured interviews and an interpretive phenomenological approach were used in which three major themes emerged: (a) academic challenges and acculturation, (b) academic support from host institute, and (c) cultural and…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Graduate Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Phenomenology
Moon, Seonghye – Language and Education, 2011
Increasing numbers of Korean sojourner families are moving to an English-speaking country on a short-term basis in the hope of improving educational and linguistic outcomes for their children. This study reports the findings of an ethnographic case study of 10 families in southern England. The motivation for the move to the UK is explored, paying…
Descriptors: Observation, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Jung, YeonJoo; Kim, YouJin; Lee, Hikyoung; Cathey, Robin; Carver, Julie; Skalicky, Stephen – Language Teaching Research, 2019
Recently, second language (L2) instruction has benefitted from the development of instructional technology such as synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC). The present study was conducted to investigate learner perception of the effectiveness of SCMC interactions for L2 learning and building intercultural competence. Students (n = 55)…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Predictor Variables
Kim, Tae-Young; Kim, Yoon-Kyoung; Zhang, Qian-Mei – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2014
This mixed-methods study investigates the differences in demotivation between Chinese and Korean English teachers. A questionnaire on demotivation was conducted on 58 Chinese and 94 Korean in-service teachers to find out the dominant factors in teacher demotivation. Follow-up interviews with teachers were conducted to explore the reasons as to why…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Teacher Motivation, Language Teachers
Pooley, Aaron William; Midgley, Warren; Farley, Helen – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2019
Mobile technologies and platforms that facilitate communication across different languages are increasingly relevant in a world characterised by the global flows of diverse populations and disparate digital environments. This qualitative study explores communication between native and non-native speakers of Korean, mediated through mobile instant…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Students
Lee, Sun-Min – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2012
This study aims to introduce the distance learning class model for a foreign language in university-level education context, and to prove that this class model is effective in cultivating the motivation and interest of university students for learning a foreign language. This distance learning lesson consists of two parts: Online chatting session,…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Cultural Differences, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Kang, Hyeyoung; Kim, Hoe Kyeung – Middle Grades Review, 2017
This research explored Korean early study abroad students' school adjustment in the United States, as well as how their microsystems (family, peer, school) affect their experiences. To understand their experience, we posed two research questions: 1) What are Korean early study abroad students' experience like in adjusting to American middle…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Study Abroad, Student Adjustment
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Mitchell, Rosamond; Lee, Jenny Hye-Won – Language Teaching Research, 2003
Provides a comparative study of two different cultures of learning--the Korean and the British. Data are case studies of teaching and learning at the mainstream beginner level: English in Korea and French in Britain. Focuses on how the notion of communicative is interpreted, the idea of "good language learner," and whole-class…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences
Oh, Kevin; Nussli, Natalie – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
This case study explored the short-term international experience of pre-service teachers to create and enhance global perspectives. These teachers (n = 5), all female graduate students at a university in the U.S., were fully immersed in a foreign culture for three weeks while teaching English to primary and secondary students in Korea. Pre-,…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Preservice Teacher Education
Lee, Hikyoung – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2008
The Korea Waseda Cross Cultural Distance Learning Project (KWCCDLP) is an endeavor to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural differences of speakers from different backgrounds through the medium of English. The project fully utilizes a student centered approach to learning where learners are the agents. This project aimed at university level…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Second Language Learning, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Leppisaari, Irja; Lee, Okhwa – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
A new generation of young learners often described as digital native school children are attitudinally and technically equipped to employ social media as a social process in learning. However, few international virtual learning projects have been implemented and researched. This article examines a trial which aimed to combine viable technology…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Environmental Education, International Cooperation, Foreign Countries
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