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Maria de Lourdes Marisol Irwig – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this comparative study is to determine whether the linguistic input approach based on Krashen's (1989) comprehensible input (CI) and supported by Kolb's (2015) experiential learning (ELT) and Siemens' (2005) connectivism theory (CT) to improve eighth graders' Spanish speaking and writing linguistic proficiencies. Previous research…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
Rashmi Ranjan Behera; Chirashree Srabani Rath; Amulya Kumar Acharya; Trupti Subhrajyoti; Sujata Acharya; Rajesh Kumar – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2024
Prompted by the challenges faced by teachers in balancing grammar and content in English classes, coupled with the poor English proficiency of rural Odia medium school students, the study aimed to devise an intervention that could balance content and grammar, thereby enhancing the grammar competency and content comprehension of eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Grammar, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Wang, Hsin-Cheng; Hsiao, Cheng-hua – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2022
This study investigated the effects of advance organizers on Taiwanese middle school students' English listening comprehension after they watched videos. The participants were 82 eighth-graders in Taiwan, and they were randomly assigned to one of three groups: a control and two experimental groups. Two language proficiency levels- low-to-medium…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Lee, Tzu-Yin; Ho, Yun-Chi; Chen, Che-Han – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2023
Intercultural communicative competence (ICC) has been widely acknowledged as a core element of today's foreign language education. However, even though the importance of intercultural language teaching is commonly recognized among adult learners and at the post-secondary level, teachers of adolescent English learners often find it hard to…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Orejuela, Jerome G.; Tolin, Marife R.; Soreta, Myla O.; Ocampo, Darrel M. – Online Submission, 2022
The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of gamifying instruction in the English language proficiency of Grade 8 Filipino ESL students in one University in Bicol, Philippines, that offers Junior High School. The quasi-experimental single pretest-posttest design was used in the study. The researcher-made test which underwent series of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Vallorani, Cecilia Maria; Gibert, Isabel; Tuffnell, Christopher – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2022
This study examines the use of gamification as an innovative assessment approach to foreign language learning with 12-14-year-old students. A mixed methodology has been applied. Quantitative data have been collected from formative non-gamified and gamified assessments. Qualitative data was collected from a student questionnaire. The results were…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Games, Game Based Learning
Awada, Ghada; Ghaith, Ghazi; Diab, Nuwar Mawlawi – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
We argue for a transformation in the current learning and literacy education of marginalized and nondominant groups of English-as-a-Foreign Language (EFL) refugee learners in Lebanon. This paper describes the process of combining Third Space (TS) and Literature Circles (LC) to develop an instructional model of a transformative pedagogy for…
Descriptors: Literature, Teaching Methods, Transformative Learning, Disadvantaged
Ozaki, Sachiko; Ueda, Isao – JALT CALL Journal, 2020
This experimental study examined how VSTF (Visual-Syntactic Text Formatting)-based text benefits reading speed, reading comprehension, reading efficiency and retention for middle and high school students. Prospective within-subjects tests were conducted in Japan on a total of 132 students: 76 high school students from 12th grade and 56 middle…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Diaz-Zamora, Jennifer – Online Submission, 2014
There is a sizable number of English Language Learners (ELL) that are not succeeding in schools and are academically "falling through the cracks." The purpose of this thesis is to gather information that identifies reasons why students are not succeeding academically and which strategies individual teachers can implement to help these…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods, Middle School Teachers
Probyn, Margie – Language and Education, 2015
This paper reports on the classroom languaging practices of a group of science teachers in rural and township schools in South Africa where the majority of learners learn through the medium of English, despite the fact that it is the home language of only a small minority; and learners' poor English proficiency frequently restricts their access to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Code Switching (Language), Language Proficiency, Science Instruction
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
Lwo, Laurence; Lin, Michelle Chia-Tzu – ReCALL, 2012
This study aims to explore the impact of different captions on second language (L2) learning in a computer-assisted multimedia context. A quasi-experimental design was adopted, and a total of thirty-two eighth graders selected from a junior high school joined the study. They were systematically assigned into four groups based on their proficiency…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Sentences, Layout (Publications), Grade 8
Mady, Callie; Arnott, Stephanie; Lapkin, Sharon – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2009
This mixed-method study examines the proficiency in and perceptions of French language learning of Grade 8 students who were exposed to an instructional approach called the Accelerative Integrated Method (AIM). Six AIM classes (n = 125) and six non-AIM classes (n = 135) were observed and their students tested using a four-skills French as a second…
Descriptors: Interviews, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Grade 8
Herman, Joan L.; Abedi, Jamal – US Department of Education, 2004
The Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) underscore both the mandate and the challenge of assuring that English Language Learners (ELLs) achieve the same high standards of performance that are expected of their native English speaking peers. The intent indeed is laudable: states, districts, schools, and teachers…
Descriptors: Limited English Speaking, Educational Opportunities, Federal Legislation, Student Evaluation
Rhodes, Robert L.; Ochoa, Salvador Hector; Ortiz, Samuel O. – Guilford Publications, 2005
This is the first book to present a practical, problem-solving approach and hands-on tools and techniques for assessing English-language learners and culturally diverse students in K-12 settings. It meets a crucial need among practitioners and special educators working in today's schools. Provided are research-based, step-by-step procedures for…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Psychoeducational Methods, Guidelines, Acculturation
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