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The Effectiveness of Using Interactive White Boards in Improving the Arabic Listening Skills of Undergraduates Majoring in Arabic Language at Kuwaiti Universities
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Aldhafiri, Mohammad D. – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
This study sought to investigate the effectiveness of interactive whiteboards (IWB) on students' Arabic listening skills at Kuwaiti universities during the second semester of the 2018/2019 academic year. A review of the literature indicates that interactive whiteboards support the language learning, as well as to improve students' achievement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Visual Aids, Educational Equipment, Interactive Video
The Effect of Spanish and English Narrative Intervention on the Language Skills of Young Dual Language Learners
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Spencer, Trina D.; Petersen, Douglas B.; Restrepo, M. Adelaida; Thompson, Marilyn; Gutierrez Arvizu, Maria Nelly – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2019
Standards of academic performance place a high demand on students' English language. To help Spanish-speaking preschoolers who are developing English as a second language meet these demands, researchers recommend strengthening their first language to facilitate development of their second language. Head Start teachers and research assistants…
Descriptors: Spanish, Spanish Speaking, Bilingualism, English (Second Language)
Is Learning a Standard Variety Similar to Learning a New Language?: Evidence from Heritage Speakers of Arabic
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Benmamoun, Elabbas; Albirini, Abdulkafi – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
This study examines heritage speakers' knowledge of Standard Arabic (SA) and compares their patterns of SA acquisition to those of learners of SA as second/foreign language (L2). In addition, the study examines the influence of previously acquired language varieties, including Colloquial Arabic (QA), on SA acquisition. To this end, the study…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction