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Kuzu, Esat; Tural, Pinar; Bektas Çetinkaya, Yesim – Participatory Educational Research, 2022
Modular systems, which involve several self-contained modules where skills and knowledge are developed in separate units throughout the program, are gaining popularity in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). This qualitative study aimed to reveal language instructors' and administrators' experiences and opinions about an online modular…
Descriptors: Educational Change, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Garcia, Ofelia; Kleifgen, Jo Anne – Teachers College Press, 2010
This comprehensive and insightful book shows how present educational policies and practices to educate language minority students in the United States ignore an essential characteristic--their emergent bilingualism. In one accessible guide, the authors compile the most up-to-date research findings to demonstrate how ignoring children's…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Alternative Assessment, Second Language Learning, Educational Change
Altman, J. R.; Lazarus, S. S.; Quenemoen, R. F.; Kearns, J.; Quenemoen, M.; Thurlow, M. L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2010
This report summarizes the twelfth survey of states by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) at the University of Minnesota. Results are presented for all 50 states and 8 of the 11 unique states. The purpose of this report is to provide a snapshot of the new initiatives, trends, accomplishments, and emerging issues during this…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning
Jacobs, George M.; Farell, Thomas S. C. – Online Submission, 2003
The call to change seems to be a constant in education. In second language education, a constellation of changes have been proposed and, to some extent, implemented. This constellation of interconnected changes can perhaps best be termed a paradigm shift, with this paradigm fitting under the general umbrella of Communicative Language Teaching…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Personal Autonomy