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A Case Study of the Use of Newsela PRO among Adult, Emergent Bi/Multilingual Learners in a Precollege Program

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Housel, David A.; Oranjian, Nevair – Adult Learning, 2021

Adult literacy and English as an Additional Language (EAL) programs are often challenged to find suitable and authentic reading texts and instructional materials for their students. Newsela PRO, an entirely online resource, provides high-interest fiction, timely news articles, and other nonfiction texts in both English and Spanish that focus on…

Descriptors: Adult Students, Reading Materials, Instructional Materials, Usability

Action Research Remodelled in a Competitive, Profit-Oriented Sector: Teachers' and Managers' Perspectives

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Edwards, Emily; Ellis, Neville John – Educational Action Research, 2020

Action research has enjoyed phenomenal growth in the field of education as a catalyst for teacher professional learning with a view to school improvement, but it is commonly remodelled across various local settings. Adopting a Schatzkian perspective, this study investigates the experiences of a range of teachers engaging in an action research…

Descriptors: Action Research, Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning

Pedagogical Gestures as Interactional Resources for Teaching and Learning Tense and Aspect in the ESL Grammar Classroom

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Matsumoto, Yumi; Dobs, Abby Mueller – Language Learning, 2017

This study investigated the functions of gesture in teaching and learning grammar in the context of second language (L2) classroom interactions. The data consisted of video-recorded interactions from a beginner- and an advanced-level grammar classroom in an intensive English program at a U.S. university. The sequences of talk-in-interaction…

Descriptors: English Language Learners, Second Language Instruction, Grammar, Nonverbal Communication

ESL Student Performance: English STAAR and TELPAS, 2016-2017. Research Educational Program Report

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Houston Independent School District, 2017

The Houston Independent School District offers two different English as a Second Language (ESL) programs for students whose native language is not English and who need to develop and enhance their English language skills (English Language Learners, or ELLs). The Content-Based ESL model (CB-ESL) consists of an intensive program of English…