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Lily An; Zach Branson; Luke Miratrix – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Sometimes a treatment, such as receiving a high school diploma, is assigned to students if their scores on two inputs (e.g., math and English test scores) are above established cutoffs. This forms a multidimensional regression discontinuity design (RDD) to analyze the effect of the educational treatment where there are two running variables…
Descriptors: Hierarchical Linear Modeling, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Sandy I-Ching Wang; Eric Zhi-Feng Liu – SAGE Open, 2025
This study examined the effectiveness of teaching phoneme categorization and segmentation to EFL underachievers using songs and rhymes as instructional materials. Two distinct groups of 11th-grade EFL underachievers from Taiwan participated in this quasi-experimental study. The instructional materials consisted of lyrics sourced from online…
Descriptors: Singing, Phonemes, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Kuhi, Davud; Aghrabaei-Fam, Yousef; Rezaei, Shirin – International TESOL Journal, 2022
Metaphor analysis has been used as a cognitive tool to raise awareness about assumptions and beliefs held by teachers and learners about the process of learning and teaching. Motivated by such an ambition, this study conducted with a quantitative and descriptive design examined the metaphors produced by Iranian high school students in an EFL…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Figurative Language, English (Second Language)
Manuel Vazquez Cano – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This three-article dissertation examined how policy choices in three key policy areas -- initial enrollment, service provision, and reclassification -- impact English learner (EL)-classified students. The first article examined the national landscape of state statutes, regulations, and state education agencies' (SEA) guidance that support…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Immigrants, Classification
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Yung, Kevin Wai Ho; Chiu, Ming Ming – Language Teaching Research, 2023
As many students worldwide receive second language (L2) English private tutoring (EPT) that shadows school curricula, examining student perceptions of it is essential to understanding their L2 learning. From the L2 Motivational Self perspective, students' "ideal L2 self," "ought-to L2 self" and "L2 learning…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Language of Instruction, Chinese
Ilana M. Umansky; Nami Shin; Karen D. Thompson; Janette Avelar; Jaclyn Bovee – National Research and Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners at WestEd, 2024
This policy brief explores the extent to which students classified as English learners (ELs) are excluded from core content in high school. Using statewide data from Oregon (2013/14-2018/19) and Michigan (2011/12-2014/15), the percentages of current, former, and never ELs enrolled in any class in each core content area were tabulated and gaps in…
Descriptors: English Learners, Access to Education, Course Selection (Students), Track System (Education)
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Royaei, Nahid; Ghonsooly, Behzad; Ghapanchi, Zargham; Ahanchian, Mohammad Reza – MEXTESOL Journal, 2023
In today's educational system, teachers are highly accountable for implementing policy-driven changes in student learning and the development of the quality of educational institutions. The present study aimed to expand this research area by investigating the contributors as well as the manifestations of teachers' professional agency. To this aim,…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Sutami, Ni Kadek; Santosa, Made Hery; Mahendrayana, Gede – Journal of English Teaching, 2022
This study aims to investigate students' and teachers' challenges in learning EFL in a distance learning context for 162 eleventh-grade students and one English teacher in SMK Nusa Dua Toya Anyar Kubu, Karangasem in the academic year of 2020/2021. This study used a mixed-method as the data were collected through questionnaires for the quantitative…
Descriptors: Distance Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Zia Tajeddin; Ali Malmir – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
Learners' acquisition of pragmatic competence in additional languages has received mounting attention since the 1990s. However, although studies on general learning strategies have proliferated since Oxford's (1990) influential inventory was published, studies on pragmatic-specific learning strategies contributing to the acquisition of this…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies
Huseyin Uysal – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Long-term English learners (LTELs) are students who were identified as English learners (EL) when they entered U.S. schools and continue to be ELs for 5 or more years. Although many factors influence LTEL status, student performance on standardized language and achievement tests particularly shape their trajectory through school. Yet, little is…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests
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Fahmi Gunawan; Lidya Eka Saputri; Batmang; Muslihin Sultan; Saad Boulahnane – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2024
Textbooks are often used to disseminate attitudes, values, and knowledge to reconstruct a discourse narrative. This study examines the neoliberalism values in the Indonesian textbooks of the Arabic language using Ghunter Kress's multimodal theory and the perception of Arabic language teachers in Madrasah Aliyah in Indonesia. The data was collected…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Arabic, Information Technology, Textbooks
Manuel Vazquez Cano; Janette Avelar; Ilana M. Umansky; Karen D. Thompson – National Research and Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners at WestEd, 2023
This brief explores the potential to leverage specialized teacher preparation to support students classified as English learners (ELs) in access to core content. Teachers with specialized preparation for working with EL-classified students were identified, using data from the Oregon Department of Education from 2013-14 through 2018-2019.…
Descriptors: English Learners, Teacher Education Programs, High School Students, Classification
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Chikiwa, Clemence – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
This study's focus was two-fold, first to look at forms of gestures teachers of multilingual mathematics classes use during teaching; and second to find out how teachers of multilingual mathematics classes utilize learners' home language, language of learning and teaching and gestures to foster understanding in the teaching of mathematics. This…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Speech Communication, Semiotics, Figurative Language
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Hopkins, Megan; Weddle, Hayley; Lavadenz, Magaly; Murillo, Marco A.; Vahdani, Tara – Peabody Journal of Education, 2022
Under federal civil rights law, U.S. school districts have a dual obligation to provide students identified as English learners (ELs) with designated English-language development (ELD) instruction and integrated ELD support during core content instruction. Drawing on an analysis of interviews with 96 educators in two large California districts, we…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, School Districts, Teacher Attitudes, Access to Education
Yolanda K. Jimenez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research captures the experiences of high school graduates who were labeled English Learners while they were enrolled in a public high school in the greater Sacramento area of California. The study examined what these bilingual high school graduates report as beneficial and detrimental experiences faced while completing the course…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Labeling (of Persons), High School Graduates, Educational Experience
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