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Download full textHelen Lepp Friesen – TESL-EJ, 2023
With business relations and international travel on the rise between China and English-speaking countries, the need for English teachers in China has also increased. One method of teaching English in China occurs through summer English camps. The research presented here examines the teacher, camp coordinator, student, and parent experience with a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Summer Programs, Camps, English (Second Language)
Direct linkGu, Hui; Yao, Jijun; Zhou, Longjun; Cheung, Alan C. K.; Abrami, Philip C. – ECNU Review of Education, 2021
Purpose: This study explores the effectiveness of a A Balanced Reading Approach for Children Always Designed to Achieve Best Results for All (ABRACADABRA; hereinafter, ABRA)--a web-based literacy program designed by Concordia University in Canada--on third-grade students in Nanjing, China. Design/Approach/Methods: Participants comprised 999…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Courseware, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Gu, Hui; Yao, Jijun; Bai, Ping; Zhou, Longjun; Cheung, Alan C. K.; Abrami, Philip C. – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2021
ABRACADABRA (abbreviated as ABRA) is a software developed by Concordia University in Canada that focuses on natural spelling and aims to improve English reading ability. This research is based on 129 first graders, 213 second graders, and 275 third graders in the elementary school of Lianyungang Ganyu Huajie Bilingual School. We carried out a…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Spelling
Bear, Donald R.; von Gillern, Sam; Xu, Wei – TESOL International Journal, 2018
This study investigates the English spelling of students in grades 2 through 8 in Mainland China. A review of spelling and cross-linguistic research in spelling is presented. The orthographic development of 273 students was assessed "with validated spelling inventories" (Sterbinsky, 2007) to sample developmental features across three…
Descriptors: Spelling, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Literacy Education
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
He, Xiaojun – English Language Teaching, 2015
This paper will focus on the effective review of English in the third grade of primary school. In the first part, the author introduces the importance of improving the effective review of English in the third grade of primary school. Analyzing from the aspects of theories, teachers have to get a good knowledge of language theories and analyze it…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Teachers
Huang, Xiaodan; Trube, Barbara; Yi, Chunlan – Frontiers of Education in China, 2011
This article reports a study on the China-Canada-United States English Immersion (CCUEI) Moral Education and Social Studies (MESS) curriculum materials for elementary classes (Grades 3-6) with the aim of learning how the curriculum addressed the dual goals of MESS content and English language learning. An analysis comparing the CCUEI third grade…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Textbooks, National Standards, Teacher Surveys
Chen, Xi; Xu, Fen; Nguyen, Thien-Kim; Hong, Guanglei; Wang, Yun – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
The present investigation consists of two studies examining the effects of cross-language transfer on the development of phonological awareness and literacy skills among Chinese children who received different amounts of English instruction. Study 1 compared Chinese students in regular English programs (92 first graders and 93 third graders) with…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Phonology, Phonological Awareness, Grade 3
Knell, Ellen Shipley – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The present study investigated the efficacy of early English immersion in the Shi Da Fu Elementary School in Xi'an, China. Three hundred and fifty one students were tested in Grades 1-6. There were two main purposes that motivated this longitudinal and cross-sectional study. The first goal was to compare the L1 and L2 language and literacy…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Immersion Programs, Oral Language, Phonological Awareness
Eastburn, Mark – Learning Languages, 2007
In this article, the author presents three themes that can form the basis for exciting world language instruction in Spanish, French, and Chinese at any grade level. These three themes (the prehistoric world; endangered species; and space exploration) use basic science as a context for communication that generates student excitement and enthusiasm…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Second Language Instruction, Spanish, French
