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Ngo, Thu Thi Bich – Babel, 2014
Evaluation is an important aspect in communication in any language as it not only functions to express language users' evaluative stance but also to construct and maintain relations between interactants. In the teaching of languages in addition to English, paying attention to evaluative language contributes to an understanding of the…
Descriptors: Vietnamese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, National Curriculum
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Heppt, Birgit; Haag, Nicole; Böhme, Katrin; Stanat, Petra – Reading Research Quarterly, 2015
Academic language is frequently assumed to be especially challenging for students from families of low socioeconomic status (SES) and even more so for language-minority students. Due to their often especially disadvantaged position regarding socioeconomic background and exposure to the language of instruction, language minority students are…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Language Minorities, Minority Group Students, Low Income Groups