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Grace Hui Chin Lin – Online Submission, 2024
The primary goal of this project is to assess the students' better communication attainment after applying a series of five interactive strategies to an experiment group of subjects. This class will be compared with a control group of other participants, and in their class, the interactive approaches are not emphasized and practiced openly. The…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Pieterse, Efrat; Greenberg, Riki; Santo, Zahava – Communications in Information Literacy, 2018
Information literacy is an essential proficiency for success in academic studies, yet many first-year students find it hard to use information sources efficiently and to develop academic information literacy. This study reports findings from first-year students' self-estimation of their information skills according to two information literacy…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Cultural Pluralism, Multilingualism, Semitic Languages
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Inbar-Lourie, Ofra; Donitsa-Schmidt, Smadar – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
Though the relevance of language teachers' native/non-native (N/NN) background has been researched extensively, little is known about its applicability to cases where the lecturer uses English as the medium of instruction (EMI). This study's purpose, which was conducted in Israeli higher education institutions, was to elicit students' perceptions…
Descriptors: Jews, Native Language, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Prior, Anat; Zeltsman-Kulick, Rita; Katzir, Tami – Journal of Research in Reading, 2020
The current study examined the proficiency of Israeli adolescents in reading single words in English, which is taught as a foreign language, and what language skills predict individual variability. Parallel measures of word reading, phonology, decoding, morpho-syntax and vocabulary in Hebrew and English were administered to 217 adolescents in 8th…
Descriptors: Word Recognition, Reading Processes, Elementary School Students, Language Proficiency
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Fanta-Vagenshtein, Yarden – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2011
Language proficiency is a crucial factor for immigrants to integrate successfully in the new society in all aspects of life, especially in the labor market. As a result, there is great importance in acquiring the new language as quickly and effectively as possible. Several factors affect second language acquisition, including motivation, age,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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Spector-Cohen, E.; Kirschner, M.; Wexler, C. – English for Specific Purposes, 2001
Presents the complementary Pyramid Syllabus Design (CPSD), developed at the Division of Foreign Languages, Tel Aviv University, Israel. The CPSD is a principled four-pronged approach to an English for Academic purposes reading course design employing elements of a Type A syllabus, one that focuses on the discrete elements of language. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, English (Second Language), English for Special Purposes, Foreign Countries
Krashen, Stephen – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1996
Describes how an English-as-a-Second-Language program can move as painlessly as possible from conversational to academic English in order to cover the use of English in business, politics, and science. The article focuses on helping students progress in their acquired language, in the absence of native speakers, after the program is over. (12…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English (Second Language), English for Special Purposes, Foreign Countries
Woo, Jeong-Ho, Ed.; Lew, Hee-Chan, Ed.; Park, Kyo-Sik Park, Ed.; Seo, Dong-Yeop, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2007
This second volume of the 31st annual proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference presents research reports for author surnames beginning Alc- through Hal-. Reports include: (1) How Do Your Students Think about Proof? A DVD Resource for Mathematicians (Lara Alcock); (2) Teachers' Conceptions of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Education, Teacher Effectiveness