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Download full textMokhtarnia, Shabnam; Ghaffarzadeh, Nasrin – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2020
Reading is an essential skill for second and foreign language learners. It is the heart of all formal learning. Students 'success or failure in reading at early grades resonates throughout the rest of their lives. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between reading anxiety and reading strategy use of Iranian elementary…
Descriptors: Correlation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Direct linkHedman, Christina; Magnusson, Ulrika – Multicultural Education Review, 2021
Through the study of pedagogic discourse and practice in "introductory classes" (ICs) aimed at new migrant students at a linguistically diverse primary school in Sweden, we discuss pedagogic principles and power dynamics, drawing on Bernstein's conceptual frame. Our ethnographic data consist of teacher interviews and observational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Introductory Courses, Immigrants, Teaching Methods
Karousou, Alexandra; Nerantzaki, Theodora – Second Language Research, 2022
Recent studies highlight the important contribution of phonological working memory (PM) in the early stages of both native and foreign language development. However, research on the effects of PM training on language development is very limited. This study aimed at assessing the effectiveness of a PM training educational intervention as a means of…
Descriptors: Memory, Phonology, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Balabakgil, Burcin; Mede, Enisa – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The purpose of this research study is to find out and compare the use of L1 as a teaching strategy by native and nonnative instructors in elementary level EFL classrooms at a preparatory program of a foundation (non-profit, private) university in Istanbul, Turkey. Specifically, the study aims to investigate the perceptions of native and non-native…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Adoniou, Misty – Language and Education, 2013
Writing is the dominant mode through which most learning and assessment is mediated in schools. It is through writing that learners are most often asked to demonstrate their understanding of learned concepts and share their understandings of these concepts. If English language learners are to succeed in English medium schools, they must become…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Writing Skills, Skill Development, Freehand Drawing
Karbalaei, Alireza; Negin Taji, Tania – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2014
The present study aimed to determine the compensation strategies used by Iranian elementary EFL learners across the speaking skill. The participants of this study were a sample of 120 EFL elementary male and female learners whose ages ranged between 11 and 25 at a language institute in Rostam, Iran. The main participants were homogenized through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Morgan, Steven Gene – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study set out to determine if English can be taught effectively to Japanese children through a content-based instruction program that uses vocal music as the content area. A total of 240 children participated in the study. The treatment group at a private elementary school in Tokyo received weekly vocal music lessons taught in English for one…
Descriptors: Singing, Music Education, Immersion Programs, Control Groups
Herrera Mosquera, Leonardo – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2012
The methodology of Task-based teaching (TBT) has been positively regarded by many researchers and language teachers around the world. Yet, this language teaching methodology has been mainly implemented in English as a second language (ESL) classrooms and in English for specific purpose (ESP) courses; and more specifically with advanced-level…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Middle School Students, Teaching Methods
Garcia, Margie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this content analysis study was to examine how reading comprehension was addressed in professional literacy texts used with preservice teachers at five universities in Texas. The universities for the study were selected based on the number of teachers graduating with their initial EC-4 teaching certificate between September 1, 2007…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Reading Comprehension, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum
Keesee, Elizabeth – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1960
The growing practice of beginning instruction in a modern foreign language in the elementary school has created a need for many classroom teachers to become oriented to a whole new field of foreign-language teaching methodology and materials. Since teachers tend to think of language instruction in terms of the English-language arts, the language…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Age, Second Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension
