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Almuhammadi, Anas – English Language Teaching, 2017
This paper explores the professional development literature in the educational setting. The different literature pieces are aligned to a framework that requires effective professional development to focus on three concepts: content, context, and process. The content focuses on the "what" question in the programs while the context aims to…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Models, Faculty Development, Program Content
The Cost of Providing an Adequate Education to English Language Learners: A Review of the Literature
Jimenez-Castellanos, Oscar; Topper, Amelia M. – Review of Educational Research, 2012
This article systematically reviews the cost study literature as it relates to the treatment of English language learners (ELLs). Despite the substantial number of costing out studies that have been conducted over the past several decades, the school finance literature has failed to focus on ELLs--the fastest growing segment of the school-age…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Finance, Second Language Learning, Journal Articles

Goldenberg, Claude; Quach, Sara Rutherford – ERS Spectrum, 2010
Although schools and districts are increasingly required to provide various supports and instructional programs for English Language Learners (ELLs), standardized measures of these students' academic achievement continue to be low. This article summarizes key findings of two major reviews of the research on educating ELLs that were completed in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), English, Meta Analysis
Orlova, Irina A.; Kennedy, Jelane A. – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2009
This article examines available literature on college English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. The literature available on college ESL programs falls into three categories: (1) research reports and articles, (2) recent theoretical discussions on ESL teaching, and (3) thought pieces discussing college ESL curriculum development and assessment…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language), Literature Reviews, Research Reports
Faulkner-Bond, Molly; Waring, Sara; Forte, Ellen; Crenshaw, Rhonda L.; Tindle, Kathleen; Belknap, Bridget – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2012
In 2010, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) contracted with Synergy Enterprises, Inc. and edCount, LLC, to complete a study titled Language Instruction Educational Programs (LIEPs): Lessons From the Research and Profiles of Promising Programs. This study includes a review of the foundational literature related to LIEPs, case studies…
Descriptors: School Districts, Case Studies, Vocational Education, Literature Reviews

Cumming, Alister – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1987
A review of the literature concerning second language program evaluation looks at definitions of program evaluation, approaches taken to it, and the purposes that evaluation has fulfilled. Use of program evaluation to educate those working in or with second-language programs is recommended. (MSE)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Literature Reviews
Bolton, John K. – 1987
A review of prevailing patterns of sponsorship of college and university English as a second language (ESL) programs indicates that in community colleges, they tend to be housed in English departments. In four-year institutions they are generally in semi-autonomous units or institutes. The argument for departmental sponsorship is based on data…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Faculty, Departments, English (Second Language)
Read, John – International Journal of English Studies, 2007
This paper surveys some current developments in second language vocabulary assessment, with particular attention to the ways in which computer corpora can provide better quality information about the frequency of words and how they are used in specific contexts. The relative merits of different word lists are discussed, including the Academic Word…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Programs, Vocabulary, Educational Development
Prapphal, Kanchana – 1990
Three research studies conducted at Thai universities involving language testing and courses in General English and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) are discussed. The first study examined the predictive validity of different types of language tests on academic achievement in General English and EAP courses. It found that the test format, as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, English for Academic Purposes, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Palmer, Adrian – 1991
A discussion of second language program evaluation focuses on the interpretability of test scores as a criterion in program evaluation. It looks at both test design and research design issues. First, eight method-comparison, program evaluation studies that compare acquisition-based and analysis/practice based methods are described. Acquisition…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
MacWhinney, Brian – 1994
Drawing on recent psychological and neurological research on how individual differences might interact with learning a particular language, the study examines how psycholinguistic research and theory can help in assigning military personnel to language training and to a given language. Using the Defense Language Institute's Defense Language…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Difficulty Level, English