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Genevieve M. Henricks; Michelle Perry; Suma Bhat – Computer-Based Learning in Context, 2021
Discussion forums are important components of online courses because of the collaboration and community they foster, and the language used within the discussion forums may be influential in this development. In particular, studying the gendered language patterns of discussion forums can help gain insight into students' state of mind and propensity…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Online Courses, Science Instruction, Group Discussion
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de Larios, Julio Roca; Coyle, Yvette; García, Vanessa – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
The present study analyzed how a group of young Spanish-speaking English as a foreign language (EFL) learners in a content and language integrated learning (CLIL) science class responded to an instructional unit integrating attention to functional language and an inquiry-oriented approach to science. Working in cooperation with the researchers, a…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Spanish Speaking
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Amin, Tamer; Badreddine, Diala – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
Science education in the Arab world is conducted in various multilingual contexts. When science is taught in Arabic, diglossia -- the coexistence of the formal language of literacy alongside a local spoken variety -- constitutes a multilingual setting the pedagogical implications of which need to be understood. This study compares teacher--student…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Grade 1, Semitic Languages
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Seah, Lay Hoon; Clarke, David J.; Hart, Christina E. – Science Education, 2011
This study attends to the possibilities of analyzing students' writings at a lexicogrammatical level in terms of their use of linguistic resources, and the insights afforded by this approach into the challenges students faced when they employed the language of school science related to the phenomenon of expansion. For the purpose of this study,…
Descriptors: Assignments, Language Patterns, Linguistics, Grade 7
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Loyson, Peter – Journal of Chemical Education, 2010
This article describes the use of Latin-derived words and terms used in chemistry, and explores the meaning of these words, so as to lead to a better understanding of these words, so commonly used in the teaching of chemistry. As the article shows, there are many such words, and with some elementary knowledge, a greater meaning is given to these…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Education, Vocabulary Development, Latin
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O'Toole, John Mitchell; King, Robert A. R. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2010
This quantitative study intends to better understand the impact of the location of the first deleted word upon the estimation of text difficulty yielded by successive cloze tests based on random deletion from a single passage. The variation in sampling of language features across five cloze tests based on the same passage is random and thus not…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Readability, Nouns, Figurative Language
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Ha, Eunsun; Song, Jinwoong – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
The purpose of this study is to investigate patterns of linguistic communication in learning and teaching science and to find out how the formation of each pattern was related with the classroom, particularly in Korean middle school context. For this, we observed science classes in three middle schools in Seoul and collected data during lessons…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Student Attitudes, Video Technology, Foreign Countries
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Milligan, Jerry L.; Orlich, Donald C. – Science Teacher, 1981
Describes the linguistic approach for improving science vocabulary skills. Its efficiency lies in the fact that mastery of a relatively small number of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots unlocks a vast treasure of scientific terminology. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Biology, Language Patterns, Linguistics, Reading Improvement
Descamps, Jean-Luc – Francais dans le Monde, 1980
A method is provided for teaching reading comprehension of scientific or technical texts in a foreign language. The method involves analyzing language patterns and using some memorization for terminology. (MSE)
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Languages for Special Purposes, Memorization, Reading Instruction
Coelho, Elizabeth – TESL Talk, 1982
Language for success in curricular and extracurricular contexts shows a range and complexity beyond the scope of most secondary school ESL programs in Canadian schools. The subject-specific language structure, rhetoric, and vocabulary for secondary level geography, history, and science are used as examples. (MSE)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction
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Jacobs, George M.; Ward, Christopher – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2000
This paper offers insights on how to facilitate student-student interaction in the science classroom. These insights derive from the education and the linguistics literature. Cooperative learning research offers a means of understanding what helps groups of students interact successfully. Systemic functional linguistics provides tools for…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning