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dos Santos, Jardel Coutinho; Ramírez-Ávila, María Rossana – TESL-EJ, 2022
This quasi-experimental research aimed to examine if and to what extent the adaptation of the 4/3/2 technique and self-assessment contributes to the improvement of students' speaking fluency. 24 ninth graders ranging from 11 to 13 years old were separated randomly into control and experimental groups, each having 12 participants. The data were…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Comparative Analysis, Teaching Methods, Feedback (Response)
Chen, Howard Hao-Jan; Wu, Jian-Cheng; Yang, Christine Ting-Yu; Pan, Iting – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
The development of collocational knowledge is important for foreign language learners; unfortunately, learners often have difficulties producing proper collocations in the target language. Among the various ways of collocation learning, the DDL (data-driven learning) approach encourages the independent learning of collocations and allows learners…
Descriptors: Chinese, Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Computational Linguistics
Isazadeh, Parya; Makui, Selma Mohammad Zadeh; Ansarian, Loghman – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2016
The study delved into the effect of instructional video materials vs. authentic video materials on vocabulary learning of extrovert and introvert Iranian EFL learners. To this end, Nelson proficiency test was administered to one hundred eighty (n = 180) language learners. Considering 1 standard deviation above and below the mean score, one hundred…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Bernhard, Judith K.; Winsler, Adam; Bleiker, Charles; Ginieniewicz, Jorge; Madigan, Amy L. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2008
This article evaluates the utility of the Early Authors Program, a 12-month early literacy intervention emphasizing highly meaningful language interactions that was implemented in childcare facilities in an ethnically and linguistically diverse, urban, low-income community. Children learn to be writers and readers by creating their own…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Intervention, Poverty
O'Hara, Susan; Pritchard, Robert H. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2008
According to recent demographic data, over 1.5 million English learners (EL) attend public and private schools in California. This number is expected to exceed two million by 2015, thus greatly increasing the number of students in need of language and literacy development in English. The situation is similar in many other states where changing…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Teacher Education Programs, State Legislation, Second Language Learning
Salabarria, Elina – 1982
A practicum program using art activities to help eight Hispanic immigrant kindergarten children learn English was developed and implemented over a period of 10 weeks. Rather than relying on one learning mode, program designers used activities to stimulate visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile senses in order to teach color, relative length,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Classroom Research, Concept Formation, Hispanic Americans
Green, Anthony – Assessing Writing, 2006
The washback effect of tests on teaching has attracted considerable attention over recent years, but the critical question of how this translates into washback on learning remains under-explored. To address this issue, questionnaires relating to academic writing instruction were distributed to 108 learners from mainland China preparing for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English for Academic Purposes, Writing Instruction, Academic Discourse

Borich, Jeanette – National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, 2003
This unit was created and first taught by the author in the children's demonstration class that was part of the 1995 Teacher Educator Partnership Institute sponsored by the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. The mission of the NFLRC is to improve student learning of foreign languages in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Units of Study, Second Language Learning, Thematic Approach