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Nel, Norma Margaret; Krog, Soezin – Participatory Educational Research, 2021
Mandarin has been added to the list of second additional languages (SAL) that South African learners can choose from. The researchers proactively conducted research pertaining to SAL (Mandarin) since it is a dynamic phenomenon in South Africa. The research question was formulated as follows: "Do factors such as 1) phonemic differences between…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phonetics
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Bailey, Alison L.; Huang, Becky H. – Language Testing, 2011
English language development or proficiency (ELD/P) standards promise to play an important role in the instruction and assessment of the language development of English language learner (ELL) pre-K-12 students, but to do so effectively they must convey the progression of student language learning in authentic school contexts for authentic academic…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Textbooks, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)