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Barbara Jones; Molly Faulkner-Bond; Jennifer Blitz – Region 15 Comprehensive Center, 2024
This brief is part of a series that highlights key features of high-quality instruction for English learners and the role formative assessment plays in their success. Formative assessment supports teachers to enact these features by providing them with tools to gauge and react to student learning in real-time. These practices also support students…
Descriptors: English Learners, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
Mikel Gartziarena; Nerea Villabona; Beñat Olave – Language and Education, 2024
This study investigates the beliefs of primary school teachers about multilingual language teaching and learning approaches and examines the relationship between these beliefs and the current ideas on multilingualism. This paper reports key elements of the multilingual educational reality in the Basque Country, where a minority language (Basque),…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Multilingualism, Teaching Methods
TESOL Writing Team – TESOL Press, 2024
The 6 Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners® is a core set of principles for English language teaching and learning. The 6 Principles are targets of excellence that provide teachers with the knowledge to make informed decisions to improve instruction and assessment. This second edition of "The 6 Principles for Exemplary…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
A. Mehdi Riazi; Hessameddin Ghanbar; Fahimeh Marefat; Ismaeil Fazel – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
We report the results of a bibliometric study of 696 empirical articles (EAs) published in "TESOL Quarterly" (TQ) over its lifespan (1967-2019). We report overall and periodic reviews (1967-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019) concerning the following themes: (1) contexts and participants, (2) research foci and theoretical…
Descriptors: Periodicals, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Prediger, Susanne; Neugebauer, Philipp – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2023
Language-responsive instructional approaches are intended to enhance the mathematics learning of students with low academic language proficiency, mostly by enriching mathematical content trajectories with systematic language-learning opportunities. However, little is known about their effects (and in particular differential effects) in…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Education
Ritz, Catherine; Sherf, Nicole – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
This large-scale study used a survey to collect data on K-12 world language classrooms in Massachusetts public schools, focusing on core instructional practices, curriculum, and assessment. The study resulted in 383 individual teacher completed responses, representing 188 districts, which was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results indicate…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Kindergarten
Veronika Timpe-Laughlin; Bianca Roters; Yuko Goto Butler – ETS Research Report Series, 2024
Originating in adult education, the approach of task-based language teaching (TBLT) has been promoted in young language learner (YLL) education. However, its application often encounters challenges due to varying interpretations of what constitutes a "task." Previous research has repeatedly highlighted gaps in teachers' understanding of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities
Milica Savic; Anders Myrset; Maria Economidou-Kogetsidis – Multilingual Matters, 2024
This book introduces the main concepts of pragmatics as they relate to the young English language learner classroom and research with young second language learners (YLLs). It considers the speech acts which are particularly relevant to YLLs and presents research findings on learners' development of speech act perception and production. It…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, Pragmatics, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers
Zhang, Yanhong; Xi, Jiao – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2023
Research into metacognition has found it to facilitate self-regulation and correlate to learners' L2 writing level. Following Lee & Mak's (2018) framework of Metacognitive Instruction (MI) for L2 writing classrooms, this study applies Dynamic Assessment (DA) to writing MI (MI-DA) in a rural middle school EFL class in China. A one-semester…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Correlation
Tomáš Kos – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2025
An increasing body of research has explored patterns of interaction and peer support among young learners. Although some studies suggest that young learners can engage in collaboration when interacting on tasks, other studies indicate the opposite. Moreover, despite the claims that peer collaboration is conducive to learning, studies have not paid…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Öz, Gülsah; Köroglu, Zeynep Çetin – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2023
The aim of the current research is to investigate the language assessment literacy perceptions of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers working at state primary, middle, and high schools in Turkey. Another purpose of the study was to investigate how EFL teachers adapted their language assessment skills to the online teaching context during…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
Muanchan Utthavudhikorn; Kittitouch Soontornwipast – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
The aim of this study is to investigate teachers' experiences with the utilization of scaffolding techniques, such as translation, modeling, feedback, group work, activating prior knowledge, pre-teaching vocabulary, and visual aids, in elementary school classrooms. The primary objectives are to gain insights into the techniques employed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), English (Second Language)
Marium Abugasea Heidt – NECTFL Review, 2025
As language programs are endangered in K-16 contexts due to low enrollments, and for budgetary reasons, it is more important than ever to find enduring ways to help promote the study of languages and to make studying languages enjoyable for everyone. For sustainable language education, we need to focus on and promote the true purpose of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Programs, Declining Enrollment
Ratteera Ruksil; Somkiet Poopatwiboon; Pilanut Phusawisot – Journal of Education and Learning, 2025
Pronunciation is a crucial component of language acquisition, vital for achieving clarity and fluency in communication. This study, utilizing cycles of action research, aimed to evaluate the impact of songs on the pronunciation skills of Thai EFL learners. Additionally, this study explored the participants' perceptions of using songs in their…
Descriptors: Singing, Music Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Schulz, Johannes; Hamilton, Catherine; Wonnacott, Elizabeth; Murphy, Victoria – Review of Education, 2023
This systematic review reports on research investigating the impact of multi-word unit (MWU) input on young learners' second language (L2) attainment in instructed settings. Recent findings suggest that L2 learners can generalise from MWU input, abstract patterns and employ such schemata productively via slot-filling, indicating that MWUs are key…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Phrase Structure, Second Language Instruction, Elementary School Students