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Okhee Lee; Scott Grapin – Science Education, 2024
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) provide a vision for contemporary science education with all students, including the fast-growing population of multilingual learners in the United States K-12 context. The shifts heralded by the NGSS have resulted in significant changes to English language proficiency (ELP) or English language…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Science Education, English (Second Language), Multilingualism
Abigail Parrish – Journal of Education Policy, 2024
Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) as a secondary school subject is affected by two policies, namely the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) and Progress 8, which contribute to the measurement of performance in exams at age 16 (GCSEs). In this paper, I discuss the concept of performance measurement in schools and the purpose it purportedly serves, before…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Second Language Learning, Language Tests
Nelson Flores; Mark Lewis – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2024
At the core of contemporary U.S. language education policy is the dichotomous dividing of bilingual students into English Learners (ELs) who are entitled to extra support and non-ELs who are not entitled to this support. In this article, we genealogically trace the normative assumptions that go into this framing of the issue. We begin by examining…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Legislation, Bilingual Education, Second Language Learning
Nhi Hoa Mai; Nam Nhat Lien; Nguyen Huynh Trang – SAGE Open, 2024
English textbooks are the most pivotal learning materials in the EFL context. However, in Vietnam, English textbooks for general education are randomized by schools, which arouses a problem of whether they are equivalent for students to gain the same proficiency. This study attempts to report the differences in lexical demands and features,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 10, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Nick Ott – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2025
Second language acquisition (SLA) research emphasizes the role of imagination in language learning, with learners often envisioning themselves engaging with native speakers. However, learners' language preferences may differ from those of native-speaker communities. For example, while regional language is used in native-speaker communities to…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Native Speakers, German, Second Language Learning
Elizabeth Huntley – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Sociolinguistic variation (SLV) entails that language is affected by social context (i.e. register, pragmatics). Interest in the acquisition of sociolinguistic variation in a second language (L2-SLV), as a key component of communicative competence, has grown exponentially over the past thirty years (Geeslin & Long, 2014). Researchers have…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, Vocabulary Development
Jie Zhang; Yue Peng – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
This study explores how teachers construct and enact agency in professional learning from an activity theory perspective. Through a qualitative case study of three language teachers' experiences within a professional development (PD) program focusing on China's Standards of English Language Ability (CSE), this research identifies agency…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Jessica Vega-Abarzúa; Marco Morales; Constanza Olivo; Francisca Rubilar; Eduardo Gutiérrez-Turner – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2025
This mixed-methods study examined preservice teachers' perceptions of C1 English proficiency, focusing on their linguistic competence, understanding, attitudes, and challenges. Conducted at a university in Ñuble, Chile, with 13 participants, data were gathered through a closed-ended questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. Findings suggest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language)
Yuxia Ma – European Journal of Education, 2025
The benefits of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in enhancing second language (L2) learning are well established. However, these advantages can only be realised if learners are willing to adopt the technology. This study, grounded in the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), investigated the factors influencing the behavioural intention to…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education
Jifeng Wu; Xiaofei Lu; Renfen Hu; Yun Lin; Fengkai Liu – Modern Language Journal, 2025
The adjustment of syntactic and phraseological complexity is a key consideration in text adaptation. However, research on this topic in the context of Chinese as a second language (CSL) remains limited. Using 700 CSL reading texts graded following the newly issued Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education,…
Descriptors: Syntax, Phrase Structure, Grading, Standards
Yousra Abourehab – Applied Linguistics, 2025
This article examines teacher ideologies and multilingual practices in teaching Arabic as a heritage language in the USA. Using indexicality and its nexus to language ideologies, it identifies the key index values assigned to Standard Arabic (SA) and how these shape teacher positioning for teaching Arabic heritage. The article also analyzes the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Language Attitudes, Heritage Education, Arabic
Gregory De La Piedra – Dimensions, 2025
Free listing tasks are a common data collection method used by cultural anthropologists, language historians and linguists (Nolan, 2002; Ryan et al., 2000; Weller & Romney, 1988; Wolfram & Schillings-Estes, 1998). These tasks are interviews in which a researcher asks groups of respondents to list words or expressions that come to mind for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Data Collection, Anthropology
Laura Rocío Ávila Ávila; Rosa Alejandra Medina Riveros – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2024
Conversation clubs are excellent resources for practicing a new language. They bring together individuals with diverse perspectives and backgrounds to engage in enriching language activities and discussions that promote intercultural consciousness and intercultural skills. While previous studies have emphasized the importance of conversation…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Computer Mediated Communication
Apisak Sukying; Jessie S. Barrot – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2025
There is an ongoing concern regarding the alignment of textbooks with curriculum standards across different subjects. Such studies have emphasized the critical, yet complex, role of textbooks in bridging pedagogical practices with curricular reforms. The present research builds upon these discussions, by examining not only the alignment but also…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, National Curriculum
Mason A. Wirtz; Simone E. Pfenninger; Irmtraud Kaiser; Andrea Ender – Modern Language Journal, 2024
The present study takes a variationist perspective to explore the varietal repertoires of adult learners of German as a second language (L2), that is, their variable use of standard German, Austro-Bavarian dialect, and mixture varieties. Forty L2 learners completed a virtual reality task involving interactions with dialect-speaking and…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Second Language Learning, Language Variation, German