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Download full textBinterová, Helena; Šulista, Marek – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2013
This paper presents results of a research study focusing on the analysis, comparison, and description of students' attitudes towards the teaching of mathematics lessons presented in a foreign language (English) using the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) method in three elementary schools. It also highlights the difference between…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Courseware, Mathematics Instruction
Direct linkJohnson, Afra Kaletta – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this quasi-experimental study examines the effects of reading interventions for bi-lingual and bi-dialectal Broward County School District middle school children using research-based strategies combined with metacognitive and meta-comprehension frameworks. The experimental study reports findings on the effects of an 8-week…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement
Lin, Chih-Cheng; Chan, Hsin-Jung; Hsiao, Hsien-Sheng – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2011
The present study was intended to explore EFL students' perceptions of learning vocabulary collaboratively with computers. We recruited 91 eighth-graders from three intact classes in a junior high school in Taiwan, assigning one class to learning individually without computers, another learning collaboratively without computers and the other…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Courtney, Robert H. – Multicultural Education, 2015
In 2005, a group of concerned parents who had arrived in the United States as refugees from war-torn Somalia received approval from their local school district to establish the Iftin Charter School (ICS). The K-8 school continues to engender hope and intellectual strength in its students and parents. ICS finds itself uniquely equipped to meet the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Charter Schools, Second Language Learning
Herrera Mosquera, Leonardo – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2012
The methodology of Task-based teaching (TBT) has been positively regarded by many researchers and language teachers around the world. Yet, this language teaching methodology has been mainly implemented in English as a second language (ESL) classrooms and in English for specific purpose (ESP) courses; and more specifically with advanced-level…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Middle School Students, Teaching Methods
Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2012
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Inclusion of "Deeper Learning" Competencies Varies in State Waiver Applications, New Alliance Report Finds: Report Argues That…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning, Public Education, Achievement Gap
Peiser, Gillian; Jones, Marion – Language Learning Journal, 2013
This study has been prompted by a concern that the term intercultural understanding (IU) has appeared in English curriculum policy texts in order to address macro issues with scant pedagogical attention to its effective implementation at the micro level in the modern foreign languages (MFL) classroom. The article investigates pupils' perceptions…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Modern Language Curriculum, Foreign Countries
Commissaire, Eva; Duncan, Lynne G.; Casalis, Severine – Journal of Research in Reading, 2011
This study explores the nature of orthographic processing skills among French-speaking children in Grades 6 and 8 who are learning English at school as a second language (L2). Two aspects of orthographic processing skills are thought to form a convergent construct in monolingual beginning readers: word-specific knowledge (e.g. "rain-rane") and…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Reading Difficulties, Monolingualism, Literacy
Hinde, Elizabeth R.; Osborn Popp, Sharon E.; Jimenez-Silva, Margarita; Dorn, Ronald I. – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2011
The "GeoLiteracy for English language learners" (ELLs) program is a curriculum that enhances reading and writing skills while teaching geography content for US students in kindergarten through eighth grades. The program includes 85 lesson plans that address all US national geography standards, a quarter of which address environmental…
Descriptors: Geography, Literacy, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Clark, Douglas B.; Touchman, Stephanie; Martinez-Garza, Mario; Ramirez-Marin, Frank; Drews, Tina Skjerping – Computers & Education, 2012
Research over the past fifteen years has investigated and developed online science inquiry environments to support students engaging in authentic scientific inquiry practices. This research has focused on developing activity structures and tools to scaffold students in engaging in different aspects of these practices, but relatively little of this…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Academic Discourse, Second Language Learning, Grade 8
De Angelis, Gessica – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2012
The present article examines the effect of population distribution on L1 (Italian) and L2 (German) acquisition in the multilingual context of South Tyrol, Italy. Population distribution is regarded as a central variable to assess the impact of two factors included in willingness to communicate (WTC) theory: (1) Fear of assimilation to the L2…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Native Speakers, Foreign Countries, Multilingualism
Cok, Lucija; Pertot, Susanna – Comparative Education, 2010
The paper focuses on education language policy in Slovene Istria and of Slovenia in Italy. On both sides of the Slovene-Italian border there is an ethnically mixed population of Italians and Slovenes, an Italian minority in Slovenia, and a Slovene minority in Italy. On both sides of the border apparently similar systems of bilingual education have…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Bilingual Education, Language of Instruction, Knowledge Level
Lindholm-Leary, Kathryn; Hernandez, Ana – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2011
This article examines the language proficiency and achievement outcomes of Latino students enrolled in a dual language programme who varied by language proficiency (Native English speakers, Current English Language Learners--ELLs, Fluent English Proficient/Previous ELLs). Most previous research has not disaggregated Latino students, especially…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Second Language Learning
Maxwell, Lesli A.; Shah, Nirvi – Education Week, 2011
Following a push to make "the nation's report card" better reflect the academic performance of all children in America's schools, most states boosted the numbers of students with disabilities and English-language learners who participated in the 2011 reading and math tests that are part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Testing, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Tests
Bassiri, Dina; Allen, Jeff – ACT, Inc., 2012
Under the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), public schools must show consistent improvement in achievement for all students including English language learners (ELL) and students with disabilities. The assessment of ELL students and students with disabilities can present unique challenges to schools that must…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Academic Achievement, Educational Indicators, Accountability
