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Video Research in Language Classrooms: Activities and Target Language Use in Early Language Learning
Kaisa Hahl; Konsta Lehtovuori; Maija Pietarila – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2025
A compulsory foreign language in Finland starts now in Grade 1 instead of Grade 3. The change has forced teachers to adopt new teaching methods. As young learners are not yet literate, teaching should focus on oral skills and awareness of diversity. Video data from 19 early foreign language lessons of five English, German, or French teachers in…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Usage
Wiphawee Dongsanniwas; Apisak Sukying – Journal of Education and Learning, 2024
Vocabulary acquisition is a fundamental element of mastering the English language, necessitating a comprehensive lexicon that evolves through experiential learning to facilitate accurate comprehension and production of language. The current study examined the impact of Total Physical Response (TPR) tasks on the vocabulary acquisition of Thai…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Students, Second Language Instruction
Deepti Bora; Priyanka Patel; Maria Psyridou; Jenni Ruotsalainen; Ulla Richardson; Minna Torppa – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
Foundational literacy is a key lever for achieving higher levels of learning and societal wellbeing. However, with an enrolment of over 250 million children in schools, India is currently challenged by learning deprivation. Growing uptake of English-medium education along with less-than-optimal English literacy instruction practices present an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Second Language Learning
Rikito Hori; Makoto Fujii; Takaaki Toguchi; Steven Wong; Masayuki Endo – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
There is a lack of research evaluating the effects of digital textbooks and digital apps on learning for early elementary school learners. Therefore, this study conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate how an iPad application for learning English as a foreign language impacted children's grammar understanding, satisfaction, persistence,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Elementary School Students
Tzagkourni, Evangelia; Chlapana, Elissavet; Zaranis, Nicholas – Education and Information Technologies, 2021
The purpose of this present study is to explore the effect of an instructional approach that utilizes Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) and is based on Van Hiele's levels of geometric thought and Hoffer's skills that describe them, for the instruction of the English Alphabet. The sample of the present research consisted of Greek…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Intervention
Khasawneh, Mohamad Ahmad Saleem – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2021
This study aimed at exploring the level of cognitive flexibility of students with learning disabilities in the English language in Irbid Governorate and its relationship with the variables of gender and school grade. The study sample consisted of (380) male and female students in the elementary stage. The study used the descriptive approach and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Grade 2, Elementary School Students, Learning Disabilities
López Vélez, Jean Carlos; Villafuerte Holguin, Jhonny Saulo – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
This work aims to improve the practices of English as a foreign language of early children through the articulation of Neuroeducation and the Total Physical Response methodology. This work subscribes to the postmodern paradigm and the mixed educational research approach. The participants were thirty-five students from the second grade of primary…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Zhongdi Wu; Eric Larson; Makoto Sano; Doris Baker; Nathan Gage; Akihito Kamata – Grantee Submission, 2023
In this investigation we propose new machine learning methods for automated scoring models that predict the vocabulary acquisition in science and social studies of second grade English language learners, based upon free-form spoken responses. We evaluate performance on an existing dataset and use transfer learning from a large pre-trained language…
Descriptors: Prediction, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Jackie Eunjung Relyea; James S. Kim; Patrick Rich – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
The current study replicated and extended the previous findings of content-integrated literacy intervention focusing on its effectiveness on first- and second-grade English learners' (N = 1,314) reading comprehension, writing, vocabulary knowledge, and oral proficiency. Statistically significant findings were replicated on science and social…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Curriculum, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Rodrigues, Monyka L.; Kozak, Stephanie; Martin-Chang, Sandra – Reading Psychology, 2023
The Matthew effects suggest that children who struggle when learning to read are less likely to read for pleasure later in life compared to children who ease into reading quickly. One aspect of early literacy instruction that might hamper reading progress is learning to read simultaneously in two languages. Despite the long-lasting and widespread…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Literacy Education, Learning Theories, Reading Difficulties
Sonia Renee Alvarado – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this design-based research study was to provide a holistic perspective on the pedagogical and contextual factors of interactive mobile technology on English learners and investigate the theoretical potential of audio-video software interventions for second language acquisition. Specifically, the study explored current virtual…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices, Holistic Approach, Interaction
Lin, Tzu-Jung; Chen, Jing; Lu, Monica; Sun, Jing; Purtell, Kelly; Ansari, Arya; Justice, Laura – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
The purpose of this study was to examine how classroom language contexts characterized by peer language skills and proportions of dual language learners (DLL) influenced English language development for DLL and non-DLL children. Participants were 2,131 children from 135 classrooms across preschool through Grade 3. Children were classified into…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Yastibas, Ahmet Erdost – International Online Journal of Primary Education, 2021
Peace education is a significant aspect of education as it aims to teach individuals to deal with violence and conflicts in a peaceful way. A literature review indicated that peace education can be integrated into English language teaching (ELT) and learned by students while they study English in middle and high schools and at universities, but…
Descriptors: Peace, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, English Language Learners
Geraldine S. Wakat; Freda B. Paulino; Sherene T. Cagaoan; Mark B. Ulla – Cogent Education, 2023
This qualitative study examined the inclusive strategies in language teaching that teachers (ties) employed to cater to the different linguistic backgrounds (tongues) of the primary learners in the Philippines. It also explored the effects of these inclusive strategies on the pupils' learning. Five teachers teaching in a classroom with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Diversity, Language Usage, Second Language Instruction
Brown, Sally – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2020
There is a need to gain insight into the ways technology positively impacts the literacy development of young children learning English as a new language given public scrutiny about the use of technology in early childhood classrooms. When thinking about the future, being multiliterate is important and requires learners to make, remake, and…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Technology Uses in Education