A study of the barriers to learning English as a Second Language (ESL) experienced by students in Sri Lankan universities and pedagogical strategies used by their teachers - Dataset

Data were collected from three state universities in Sri Lanka. The main data collection instruments were focus group interviews with ESL learners, one-to-one semi-structured interviews with ESL teachers and ESL classroom observations. Accordingly, 12 Focus group interviews with ESL learners, 12 one-to-one interviews with ESL teachers and 20 classroom observations were conducted representing the three universities selected. This dataset contains audio recordings and interview transcripts of focus group interviews with ESL learners and one-to-one interviews with ESL teachers.

本数据集的数据采集自斯里兰卡的三所国立大学。本次研究采用的核心数据采集工具包括面向英语作为第二语言（English as a Second Language，简称ESL）学习者的焦点小组访谈、面向ESL教师的半结构化一对一访谈，以及ESL课堂观察。据此，针对本次遴选的三所高校，研究团队共开展了12场ESL学习者焦点小组访谈、12场ESL教师一对一访谈，以及20次课堂观察。本数据集包含上述ESL学习者焦点小组访谈与ESL教师一对一访谈的音频录音及访谈转录文本。