This paper reports a qualitative study on the Chinese language learning trajectories of non-native Chinese instructors as successful Chinese language learners. While some literature has been found on studying good learners of English and other languages, there is a lack of research on studying good learners of the Chinese language, especially on their life-long Chinese learning process. Six act...

The present study was conducted to investigate how EFL learners with distinct levels of emotional intelligence might benefit from Critical Thinking-based instruction and use different language learning strategies. A further concern of this study was to investigate the relationship among critical thinking, language learning strategy, and emotional intelligence of EFL learners. To this end, 88 EF...

Personalization in learning management systems (LMS) occurs when such systems tailor the learning experience of learners such that it fits to their profiles, which helps in increasing their performance within the course and the quality of learning. A learner’s profile can, for example, consist of his/her learning styles, goals, existing knowledge, ability and interests. Generally, traditional L...

Cognitive disequilibrium and its affiliated affective state of confusion have been found to positively correlate with learning, presumably due to the effortful cognitive activities that accompany their experience. Although confusion naturally occurs in several learning contexts, we hypothesize that it can be induced and scaffolded to increase learning opportunities. We addressed the possibility...

linguistic/cultural differences of learners’ native language with english as a foreign language, gender and english proficiency level are among those numerous variables which affect english learning and its quality in iranian context. the present study was an attempt to illuminate the effects of these variables on performing integrative approach of general english tests (cloze test and recall t...

this study aimed to design a questionnaire including characteristics of successful iranian efl teachers and substantiate its construct validity. based on the guidelines laid down by efl professors (n=5), teachers (n=11), learners (n=46), and suwandee's (1995) questionnaire about the characteristics of effective language teachers, a questionnaire (likert scale) consisting of 47 items, was d...

BACKGROUND With the increasing use of competency-based evaluations we now have more and better ways to identify performance deficiencies in our learners. Yet the emphasis placed on identifying deficiencies appears to exceed that given to improving these deficiencies. AIMS Here we describe the program at the University of Calgary for mentoring students with repeated performance deficiencies. W...

A crucial aspect of cognitive control and learning is the ability to integrate feedback, that is, to evaluate action outcomes and their deviations from the intended goals and to adjust behavior accordingly. However, how high-learners differ from low-learners in relation to feedback processing has not been characterized. Further, little is known about the underlying brain connectivity patterns d...

The four-week Business Start-up Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is the first MOOC designed at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Calgary, Canada. This work in progress paper discusses the author’s experience designing the course through digital storytelling in partnership with seven successful Canadian entrepreneurs using powerful digital tools, including 2D whiteboard video...