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Mudzingwa, Calisto – BC TEAL Journal, 2020
Since the inception of the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Program in 1992, the Canadian federal government, through the ministry responsible for immigration, has diligently sought to bring consistency to the program through a variety of government initiatives. These include operational bulletins, curriculum guidelines,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Immigrants, Foreign Countries
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Desyatova, Yuliya – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2020
While the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) document has been a milestone in supporting the teaching of English as an additional language to adults in Canada, few studies examined practitioners' experiences with the language standard. The expectation of ongoing use of the CLB by teachers in the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC)…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Benchmarking, Standards, Immigrants
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Liu, Huan; Brantmeier, Cindy; Strube, Michael – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2019
Recent research on the relationship between reading and writing in foreign language (FL) context is limited. However, an examination of the issue is critical for FL literacy curriculum design. The present study, contextualized in an English as a foreign language (EFL) test preparation program in China, explores the reading-writing relationship by…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Writing Relationship
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Sugarman, Julie; Fee, Molly; Donovan, Anne – Language Teaching, 2015
The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) is a private, nonprofit organization with over 50 years' experience in the application of research on language and culture to educational and societal concerns. CAL carries out its mission to improve communication through better understanding of language and culture by engaging in a variety of projects in…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Adult Education
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Kim, Hyun Jung – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2015
Human raters are normally involved in L2 performance assessment; as a result, rater behavior has been widely investigated to reduce rater effects on test scores and to provide validity arguments. Yet raters' cognition and use of rubrics in their actual rating have rarely been explored qualitatively in L2 speaking assessments. In this study three…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Comparative Analysis, Evaluators, Second Language Learning