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Mahmoud Mostafa, Shaimaa Shaban – Online Submission, 2021
The present study aimed at investigating the effect of a project based program on developing EFL conversation for primary school students. Literature and related studies dealing with project based learning in EFL teaching and conversation were reviewed. A list of conversation components was prepared by the researcher as a guide for the design of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Active Learning
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Jackie E. Relyea; Dennis Davis; Corrie Dobis; Becky Huang; Courtney Samuelson – Journal of Educational Research, 2025
This study evaluated the feasibility of the Knowledge, Language, and Inquiry (K.L.I.) intervention, designed to support Grades 3-5 multilingual students classified as English learners (ML-ELs) in building content knowledge, language skills, and reading comprehension through inquiry-based small-group instruction. Feasibility was examined across…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Stoffelsma, Lieke – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2019
Background: South African learners have performed consistently poorly in reading assessments. This paper addresses two key components in improving reading literacy: vocabulary development and teacher knowledge and skills required for quality vocabulary instruction. Aim: This small-scale exploratory study reports on the English vocabulary teaching…
Descriptors: Slum Schools, Vocabulary Development, Reading Tests, English (Second Language)
Lileana Rios-Ledezma – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine the impact of a literacy-infused, inquiry-based science curriculum on English learners' (ELs') English oral language expressive skills as measured by the Woodcock Munoz Survey-Revised subtests: Picture Vocabulary and Verbal Analogies (Woodcock-Munoz-Sandoval, Ruef, & Alvarado, 2005). In…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Science Curriculum, English Language Learners
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Aguirre-Muñoz, Zenaida; Pantoya, Michelle L. – Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Background: Little is understood about how kindergarten students respond to literacy-enriched engineering activities and how engineering-centered literature (picture and story books) can be used to support engineering engagement and content understanding. Purpose: This study sought to understand the effect of engineering-centered literature and…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Engineering Education, Learner Engagement, Kindergarten
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Montebello, Matthew, Ed. – IGI Global, 2020
Education has gone through numerous radical changes as the digital era has transformed the way we as humans communicate, inform ourselves, purchase goods, and perform other mundane chores at home and at work. New and emerging pedagogies have enabled rapid advancements, perhaps too rapidly. It is a challenge for instructors and researchers alike to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Information Technology, Educational Research, Electronic Learning
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Alshareef, Fahd Majed – English Language Teaching, 2016
The study aimed to reveal the effectiveness of the use of certain classroom language activities in teaching English language in the development of oral linguistic performance and decision-making among intermediate third-grade students in Makah, and it revealed a statistically significant correlation relationship between the averages of the study…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Quasiexperimental Design, Class Activities, Decision Making
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Akerson, Valarie, Ed.; Shelley, Mack, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Social and Education Sciences (IConSES)-www.iconses.net which took place on October 21-24, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Experiential Learning, Skill Development, Teaching Methods
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Fragoulis, Iosif; Tsiplakides, Iakovos – English Language Teaching, 2009
This article deals with implementing project work in the teaching of English as a foreign language in Greek state primary schools. Theoretical foundations for project-based learning are presented and applied in the classroom, difficulties encountered are discussed, and benefits resulting from student participation in project work are suggested.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Student Projects, Second Language Instruction
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Alkon, Ivette – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2004
This article describes a project on chickens and eggs undertaken by 5-year-old children in a bilingual school in Mexico City. It describes the three phases of the project and includes photographs and other documentation of the children's work.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingual Students, Student Projects, Animals