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Ferrari, Federica; Picciuolo, Mariangela; Bigi, Daniele – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
Purpose: This paper is a proposal for improving ESL text comprehension by merging a multimodal perspective on language (Kress et al. [2005]. "Urban Classrooms, Subject English: Multimodal Perspectives on Teaching and Learning." London: Routledge Falmer.) with an integrated psychological (or 'metacognitive') approach to language learning…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Multimedia Instruction
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Paola Palladino; Eugenio Trotta; Aurora Bonvino; Leonardo Carlucci; Milvia Cottini – Metacognition and Learning, 2025
Recent investigations have suggested that both metacognition and emotions play important roles in second language (L2) learning. However, the majority of these studies focused on negative emotions, such as anxiety, or considered high school or university students, neglecting primary school age students, which is frequently the starting period in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes
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Valentina Carbonara; Andrea Scibetta; Jacopo Torregrossa – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
The present study investigates whether exposure to multilingual pedagogies enhances emergent bilingual children's narrative abilities. These abilities are among the most reliable indicators of children's literacy skills. We compare two groups of emergent bilingual children with migrant background attending the fourth and fifth grade of a public…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Teaching Methods, Educational Benefits, Native Language
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Hofer, Barbara – Language Awareness, 2017
This paper looks at multicompetence aspects of multilingual learning and offers a new conceptual framework for the discussion of multicompetence. The paper takes Cook's multicompetence theory as the point of departure and proposes a reconceptualisation thereof which is broader in scope and keyed to a dynamic systems and complexity theory…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Guidelines, Qualitative Research, Teaching Methods
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers