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Fabre-Merchán, Paolo; Torres-Jara, Gabriela; Andrade-Dominguez, Francisco; Ortiz-Zurita, Ma. José; Alvarez-Muñoz, Patricio – English Language Teaching, 2017
Throughout our experience within the English Language Teaching (ELT) field and while acquiring a second language in English a Foreign Language (EFL) and English as a Second Language (ESL) settings, we have noticed that one of the main perceived challenges for English Language Learners (ELLs) is to effectively communicate. Most of the time, this…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Bantis, Alexandros Merkouris – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of task based writing instruction (TBwI) on English language acquisition and differentiated instruction for minority language students during the Independent Work Time instructional component of the Open Court Reading program. One teacher and 10 third grade students (8-9 years old)…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Individualized Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Podcameni, Abelardo; Salies, Tania Gastao – 2001
The demise of the behaviorist paradigm and the rise of the social, cognitive, and interactionist models of second language acquisition (SLA) have led to the understanding that constructivist mechanisms are part of the process. Given the variety of empirical findings and understandings research in the field has yielded, this study attempts to offer…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures