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Nashaat-Sobhy, Nashwa; Llinares, Ana – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
The ability to manage specific forms of disciplinary expression - Languages of Schooling - is regarded as a factor of academic success (Council of Europe recommendations - Council of Europe CM/Rec. [2014]. "Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the Importance of Competences in the Language(s) of Schooling for Equity…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Grade 6
Paola Uccelli – Written Communication, 2023
Analytical writing poses particularly challenging, yet often overlooked, language demands that need attention in educational research and practice. In this article, I discuss the Core Analytical Language Skills (CALS) construct and its relevance for school reading and writing. CALS refer to the set of learners' school-relevant language resources…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Reading Materials
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Sperry, Douglas E.; Sperry, Linda L.; Miller, Peggy J. – Child Development, 2019
In response to Golinkoff, Hoff, Rowe, Tamis-LeMonda, and Hirsh-Pasek's (2018) commentary, we clarify our goals, outline points of agreement and disagreement between our respective positions, and address the inadvertently harmful consequences of the word gap claim. We maintain that our study constitutes a serious empirical challenge to the word…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Language Acquisition, Child Development, Definitions
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Isaacs, Talia – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2018
This article brings to the fore trends in second language (L2) pronunciation research, teaching, and assessment by highlighting the ways in which pronunciation instructional priorities and assessment targets have shifted over time, social dimensions that, although presented in a different guise, appear to have remained static, and principles in…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Pronunciation Instruction, Educational Trends, Student Educational Objectives
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Frankel, Katherine K.; Becker, Bryce L. C.; Rowe, Marjorie W.; Pearson, P. David – Journal of Education, 2016
In their 1985 report, "Becoming a Nation of Readers: The Report of the Commission on Reading," Anderson, Hiebert, Scott, and Wilkinson defined reading and proposed five principles that guide its successful enactment: (1) reading is a constructive process, (2) reading must be fluent, (3) reading must be strategic, (4) reading requires…
Descriptors: Reading, Literacy, Educational Principles, Reading Processes
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Morganna, Ruly; Sumardi; Tarjana, Sri Samiati – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
"The status quo" of English as the world lingua franca (Choi, 2016; Fang, 2017; Kusumaningputri & Widodo, 2018; Liu & Fang, 2017), the increasing role of English as an additional language for nowadays Indonesian generation (Lauder, 2008), and the nature of Indonesian EFL students as multicultural people (Hamied, 2012; Sukyadi,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Kertz-Welzel, Alexandra – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2016
Internationalization and globalization have created a global music education community which is not only linked by similar ideas, but also shares a common language. English functions as a global language and facilitates the international discourse in music education. While it is good to have a common language supporting international dialogue, it…
Descriptors: Music Education, English (Second Language), Official Languages, Language Role