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Hu, Yuhang; Plonsky, Luke – Second Language Research, 2021
Statistical tests carry with them a number of assumptions that must be checked. Failing to do so and to report the results of such preliminary analyses introduce a potential threat to the internal validity of a study and to our ability as consumers to put faith in study findings. This article systematically examines the reporting of checks on…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Periodicals, Language Research
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Nozhovnik, Oleh; Harbuza, Tetiana; Starosta, Hanna; Radchenko, Yuliia; Zatserkovnyi, Oleh – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2022
The purpose of the study was to identify and categorise the criteria-specified instructional approaches to fostering undergraduates' cross-cultural skills involving training them in foreign languages and to evaluate their effectiveness and feasibility. It was a systemic review of the effectiveness type. The descriptive content analysis was used as…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Undergraduate Students, Cultural Awareness, Teaching Methods
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Belal, Yamina; Ouahmiche, Ghania – Arab World English Journal, 2021
Given the acknowledged and undeniable advantages of literature in language education, it has been integrated into EFL curricula for undergraduate students as an essential subject. In the Algerian English departments before the reform introduced in the last two decades (the Licence, Master, doctorate system), literature used to have a privileged…
Descriptors: English Literature, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Rios-Aguilar, Cecilia; Gonzalez-Canche, Manuel; Moll, Luis C. – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2010
In this study a representative sample of 880 elementary and secondary teachers currently teaching in 33 schools across the state of Arizona were asked about their perceptions of how their ELL students were faring under current instructional policies for ELL students. Teachers were surveyed during the Spring of 2010. Overall findings show that most…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Labeling (of Persons), Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
Burgoyne, Ursula; Hull, Oksana – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2007
This document presents the methodology and literature review for the research report "Classroom Management Strategies to Address the Needs of Sudanese Refugee Learners" (ED499673), which examined the extent to which English language, literacy and numeracy teachers used classroom management strategies to meet the needs of adult Sudanese…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Foreign Countries, Refugees, Research Methodology
Barrera, Manuel; Liu, Kristi; Thurlow, Martha; Chamberlain, Steve – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2006
English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities struggle with reading and the reasons for their struggles are not well understood owing to little knowledge about the impact of disability on language development in either the first or second language (Klingner et al., 2006). Nevertheless, this difficulty in reading achievement historically has…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reading Difficulties, Educational Strategies, Reading Comprehension
Anderson, Michael E.; Minnema, Jane E.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Hall-Lande, Jennifer – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2005
This report examines this state-level knowledge base to determine the challenges that state educational agencies face when including English language learners with disabilities in statewide assessments and the solutions they have identified. To do this telephone interviews were conducted with state department personnel in the areas of assessment,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Disabilities, English (Second Language)
Blanche, Patrick – RELC Journal, 1988
Summarizes the literature on self-evaluation of foreign language skills and points out that, although some research results are contradictory, both teachers and researchers could benefit from the use of Krashen's Monitor Model/theory that influences students' motivation and self-estimates of foreign language ability. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Skills, Linguistic Theory, Literature Reviews
Minnema, Jane E.; Thurlow, Martha L.; VanGetson, Gretchen R.; Jimenez, Rene – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2006
The National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) has for the past four years conducted research on large-scale assessment and instructional issues for English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities, but neither NCEO's research nor any other research study has yet described large-scale assessment experiences at the local school level for…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Second Language Learning, Outcomes of Education, Educational Objectives
Miller-Whitehead, Marie – Online Submission, 2005
The purpose of this paper was to compare attitudes and behaviors of respondents toward members of other cultural groups. This paper presents the results of a Multicultural Attitude Survey conducted with a random sample of 122 respondents ranging in education level from grade 9 to university graduate students. The survey was adapted from a similar…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Teaching Methods, Outreach Programs
O'Brien, Maureen – 1996
This report describes a semester of teaching a group of non-native English-speaking students, aged 17 to 40 years and how the instructor identified three elements that appeared to be necessary for a task-based, advanced English speaking class. The three elements were: (1) ongoing needs assessment; (2) collaboration between instructor and students…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Group Activities
Worsley, Peter – 1994
The report on the status of the Indonesian and Malay languages in Australia documents the history of those languages in Australian education, within selected communities, in international trade, and among high school students. The first chapter gives a brief history of the Indonesian and Malay languages and comments on their place in the life of…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Educational History, Educational Needs
Sullivan, Nancy; And Others – 1996
This paper reports on a study done with Anglos and Hispanics in Texas, focusing on the pending English Only legislation and their awareness of and attitudes towards it and what biases these attitudes were based upon. A 1-page, 2-sided, questionnaire was distributed to 328 Anglo and Hispanic subjects in a predominantly Hispanic city. Forty-seven…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, English Only Movement, English (Second Language), Ethnic Groups
Kuntz, Patricia S. – 1996
Research on beliefs about second language learning based on a model designed by Elaine Horwitz is reviewed. The model is incorporated in the Beliefs About Language Learning Inventory (BALLI) developed for students of English as a Second Language, college students of commonly taught languages (French, German, Spanish), and college teachers of…
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Faculty, College Students, Educational Attitudes
Minnesota State Board of Education, St. Paul. – 1992
This publication presents recommendations for improving educational success, excellence, and equity for Hispanic American students in Minnesota's public schools. The document describes the actions that established the Minnesota State Board of Education Hispanic Learner Task Force (HLTF), the procedures for developing the recommendations, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Elementary Secondary Education
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