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Kemaloglu-Er, Elif – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2023
English preparatory programs at English medium instruction (EMI) universities aim to help students gain the necessary competence in English so that they can fulfil their academic and communicative goals at the international level. Preparatory students may experience different psychological situations including feeling in-between. Being neither a…
Descriptors: College Preparation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ahmad Ali Al-Zahrani – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2023
This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of remedial programs on the performance of low achievers in English language departments at Yanbu English Language Institute and Preparatory Year Program (YELIPYP). The purpose of the current paper seeks to highlight the key elements of the role of remedial programs and subsequently aims to develop…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Remedial Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Önal, Nezih; Çevik, Kerim Kürsat; Senol, Veysel – Interactive Learning Environments, 2022
The aim of this study is to demonstrate effectiveness of mobile game called SOS Table in the context of the subject "Tenses in English" within the framework of mobile learning tools acceptance, learning language motivation and mobile learning attitude of the students. The target group of the research consists of preparatory class…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Computer Games, Teaching Methods
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Sinclair, Jeanne; Jang, Eunice Eunhee; Vincett, Megan – Reading Research Quarterly, 2019
This study examined the literacy profiles of students from diverse home-language backgrounds and tracked those profiles from grade 6 to grade 10. The authors also investigated the predictive relations of students' immigration background, gender, and participation in two instructional programs. The results from latent class and latent transition…
Descriptors: Literacy, Profiles, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
McArdle, Fiona, Comp.; Teare, Robert, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2016
This regional dossier aims at providing a concise description of and basic statistics on minority language education in a specific region of Europe--the Isle of Man. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements, and support structures, as well as quantitative…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Elementary Education
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Jacobs, Joanne – Education Next, 2016
Ninety-five percent of students at Redwood City's Hoover School, in San Mateo County, California, come from low-income and working-class Latino families, and nearly all start school as English language learners (ELLs). The elementary and middle school piloted the Sobrato Early Academic Language (SEAL) program in 2009 in hopes of raising reading…
Descriptors: Accountability, Common Core State Standards, College Preparation, Low Income Students
Favilli, Franco; Maffei, Laura; Peroni, Roberto – Online Submission, 2013
The recent reform act for the Italian upper secondary school has ruled the gradual introduction, from the 2012-2013 school year onwards, of the CLIL (content and language integrated learning) methodology in the "Licei" and technical schools. While CLIL clearly offers students great opportunities for developing their skills and abilities…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Questionnaires
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Tanielian, Adam R. – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2014
Thailand boasts a robust ESL system in both public and private schools, where students learn various subjects from native speakers in the English language. Foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) is a subject that is relevant to ESL instruction and learning. This study assesses associations between FLCA and academic performance in English and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Programs