Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 3 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 3 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 6 |
Descriptor
Source
| Curriculum Journal | 1 |
| Language Learning and… | 1 |
| Language Teaching Research | 1 |
| New Horizons in Education | 1 |
| RELC Journal: A Journal of… | 1 |
| World Englishes | 1 |
Author
| Paran, Amos | 2 |
| Tsang, Art | 2 |
| Au, Terry Kit-fong | 1 |
| Chan, Brian Hok-Shing | 1 |
| Lau, Wilfred W. F. | 1 |
| Wu, Manfred Man-fat | 1 |
| Yung, Kevin Wai-Ho | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 6 |
| Reports - Research | 5 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 2 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
| Secondary Education | 3 |
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Grade 1 | 1 |
Audience
| Teachers | 1 |
Location
| Hong Kong | 6 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkTsang, Art; Paran, Amos; Lau, Wilfred W. F. – Language Teaching Research, 2023
Set against the backcloth of increasing recognition and attention to literature in foreign language education (FLE) globally, this article reports part of a large-scale study of 1,190 secondary-level learners' views of the benefits of literature, as instantiated by short stories (ShS) and poems and songs (PS) in their English-as-a-foreign-language…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language)
Tsang, Art; Paran, Amos – Curriculum Journal, 2021
Literature has been gaining growing attention in second language (L2)/foreign language (FL) education globally. In a number of places such as Hong Kong, literature has recently been given greater emphasis in the L2/FL curricula. This article reports part of a large-scale study examining learners' views of two English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL)…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Secondary School Students
Yung, Kevin Wai-Ho – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2023
Literature has long been used as a tool for language teaching and learning. In the New Academic Structure in Hong Kong, it has become an important element in the senior secondary English language curriculum to promote communicative language teaching (CLT) with a process-oriented approach. However, as in many other English as a second or foreign…
Descriptors: Singing, Music Education, Test Preparation, Language Tests
Au, Terry Kit-fong – Language Learning and Development, 2013
Children cannot learn to speak a language simply from occasional noninteractive exposure to native speakers' input (e.g., by hearing television dialogues), but can they learn something about its phonology? To answer this question, the present study varied ambient hearing experience for 126 5- to 7-year-old native Cantonese-Chinese speakers…
Descriptors: Singing, Linguistic Input, Phonology, Sino Tibetan Languages
Download full textWu, Manfred Man-fat – New Horizons in Education, 2012
Background: There has been a lack of research on exploring how beliefs about language learning (BALLs) and out-of-class language-learning activities are related. BALLs and out-of-class language-learning activities play an important role in influencing the learning behaviours of learners and learning outcomes. Findings of this study provide useful…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Class Activities, Learning Activities, Self Efficacy
Chan, Brian Hok-Shing – World Englishes, 2009
Code-switching research has focused on spontaneous conversation, and code-switching has often been seen as a consequence of bilinguals attending to and extending the "macro" status and functions of the two languages in society, attitudes towards these languages, and their cultural connotations, for instance, the "we-code" vs.…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Popular Culture, Foreign Countries, French
