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Biebricher, Christine; East, Martin; Howard, Jocelyn; Tolosa, Constanza – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2019
Intercultural capability, or the ability to relate comfortably with people from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, is increasingly recognised as a key twenty-first century competency. The importance of its development in the context of learning a language has long been acknowledged in the literature. However, practitioners worldwide…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Cultural Awareness, Consciousness Raising
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Li, Lexi Xiaoduo – Cogent Education, 2022
This study aims to examine how Chinese learners develop in their use and misuse of English modal verbs from Grade 7 to 9. Specifically, it examines form-function connections and explores the factors behind learners' development. The main focus is on the modal verbs "can," "could," "will," "would,"…
Descriptors: Verbs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
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Johnson, Angela – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2019
English learners (ELs) lag behind their peers in academic achievement and attainment, partly due to limited exposure to academic content. Prior studies that examine high school course-taking find significant course access gaps between ELs and non-ELs but provide little information on the relation between course-taking and time spent as an EL. This…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Course Selection (Students), High School Students, Spanish Speaking