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Beisbart, Claus – Language Learning, 2021
Does complexity make multilingualism special? Since there is no unequivocal notion of complexity on which researchers agree, several characteristics that have been considered crucial for complexity are brought to bear on multilingualism. While multilingualism is fairly complex in some senses, for instance, because it requires that many variables…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Bilingualism, Systems Approach
Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2021
This fact sheet reports data from the 2017-18 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), a biennial survey of nearly all public schools and school districts, including charter schools, in the United States. It explores information about identified English learners (ELs) who attended charter schools in school year (SY) 2017-18. Graphics include: (1)…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Charter Schools
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Jonathon Reinhardt; Yiting Han – Educational Linguistics, 2021
This chapter discusses the informal practice of learnful L2 gaming, that is, playing a vernacular (commercial, non-educational) game for the intentional, sometimes incidental purpose of L2 use and practice. The introduction discusses the reasons for this widespread practice and the background section surveys associated theory and research,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Game Based Learning, Informal Education, Program Effectiveness
Madeleine Oakley – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The goal of this dissertation is to better understand the targets of vowels in speech production. Three experiments investigate vowel production in non-native speech, probing how new vowel categories, and thus targets, are formed. Three research questions are addressed: (1) Do vowels have articulatory targets (as predicted by Browman &…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Vowels, Second Language Learning, Acoustics
Gokgoz-Kurt, Burcu; Durukan, Dilek – Online Submission, 2023
Learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) attach different values to learning EFL depending on their goals. Regardless of their perceived value, a multitude of studies have shown that learners tend to experience anxiety when learning EFL; however, little research has been conducted within the context of distance education. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Anxiety
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Le, Nguyen Thi; Nguyen, Duong Tuan – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: In response to internationalization and globalization, especially in higher education, universities in non-English-speaking countries have implemented English as a medium of instruction (EMI). The purpose of this study is to assess the satisfaction of students in terms of dimensions of EMI courses and examine the relationship between…
Descriptors: Student Satisfaction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Cheng, Junyu; Matthews, Joshua; Lange, Kriss; McLean, Stuart – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2023
This study quantifies second language (L2) knowledge of aural single words and aural phrasal verbs (PVs) and investigates their relationship with L2 listening comprehension. An aural first language (L1) meaning recall test format was used to measure knowledge of 81 single-word and 81 PV target items (with equivalent frequencies of occurrence)…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Listening Comprehension, Aural Learning, Verbs
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Fleming, Mike – Language Teaching Research, 2023
This article is structured around four questions related to the arts, language and intercultural education. Are the claims for the value of the arts over-stated? Does the use of the arts in the service of non-art outcomes run the risk of distorting the art form itself? Is there a danger that incorporating the arts in language education will…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Art, Risk, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Dykstra, Shelley; Sánchez-Gutiérrez, Claudia; Marcos Miguel, Nausica; Alins Breda, Diego – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
While the literature on second language reading agrees that exposing students to graded readers (GRs) is beneficial, little is known about how students perceive them. This study explores students' anxiety and overall experiences in a reading program (RP) using GRs in a large first-year Spanish language program. Data are based on 312 students' pre…
Descriptors: College Students, Second Language Learning, Spanish, College Second Language Programs
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Özdemir, Osman – Turkish Journal of Education, 2023
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the genre-based writing method in distance education courses. In this study, where action research was chosen as a research method, the researcher examined the use of the genre-based writing method in writing lessons of 8 foreign students at the B2 level who took a Turkish course over a 7-week…
Descriptors: Literary Genres, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Distance Education
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Hancock, Charlotte R.; Adams, Mary J.; Kissau, Scott – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
Over past decades, there has been a paradigm shift in WL instruction, moving away from traditional, grammar-based programs and toward instruction that promotes student proficiency in the target language. Despite this growing attention to proficiency-based instruction, few studies have investigated the relationship between proficiency-based…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Language Proficiency, Oral Language, Outcomes of Education
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Reigh, Emily; Miller, Emily Adah; Simani, Maria Chiara; Severson, Alice – Science and Children, 2023
Since the "Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS) were released, K-12 science teachers have been figuring out how to extend related learning opportunities to all students, including multilingual learners (MLLs) who are new to speaking English. Elementary schools often prioritize math and English language arts, the subjects that are…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, English Language Learners, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning
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Qiu, Xing-yue; Chiu, Chuang-Kai; Zhao, Lu-Lu; Sun, Cai-Feng; Chen, Shu-jie – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
This paper systematically reviews 150 (VR/AR)-supporting language learning articles from 2008 to 2019 and summarizes the development trends. The definition of VR/AR is given firstly, and then the model of VR/AR supporting learning is proposed. This model's language types, research participants, learning devices, learning goals, research issues,…
Descriptors: Trend Analysis, Computer Simulation, Technology Uses in Education, Second Language Learning
Maraf, Baya; Vanci Osam, Ulker – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2023
The present study provides an insight into foreign language policy endeavour in Algeria. It responds to the concept of an English 'tidal wave' (Spolsky [2004]. "Language policy." Cambridge University Press), and uses Spolsky's ([2009]. "Language management." Cambridge University Press) social approach and Djité's ([1994].…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Planning
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Bovolenta, Giulia; Williams, John N. – Language Learning, 2023
Second language implicit learning research has shown that a variety of linguistic features can be acquired without awareness. However, this research overwhelmingly uses comprehension tests to measure implicit learning. It remains unclear whether newly acquired implicit knowledge can also be recruited for production. To address this question, we…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cues, Recall (Psychology)
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