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Download full textNamdar, Sara; Bagheri, Mohammad Sadegh – English Language Teaching, 2012
Speaking proceeds under the constraint of time. While speaking, speakers are under constant pressure to follow the message being received and to formulate rapid responses to their partners. In the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Speaking Test, the communicative nature of the interview creates an ideal situation for applicants…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Tests, Experimental Groups, Language Proficiency
Condelli, Larry; Cronen, Stephanie; Bos, Johannes; Tseng, Fannie; Altuna, Jacklyn – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2010
To help improve research-based knowledge of effective instruction for low-literate ESL (English as a second language) learners, the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance of ED's (U.S. Department of Education's) Institute of Education Sciences contracted with the American Institutes of Research (AIR) to conduct a Study of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Skills, Low Achievement
Maxfield, Jennifer; Gozali-Lee, Edith; Mueller, Dan – Wilder Research, 2010
Project Early Kindergarten (PEK) aims to improve the school-readiness of Saint Paul children and help close the achievement gap through offering high-quality educational experiences for preschool children. This report comes at the conclusion of the sixth year of PEK. Following an initial planning year (2004-05), PEK has served children through the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Public Schools, Preschool Children, Kindergarten
Direct linkGhaith, Ghazi; El-Malak, Mirna Abd – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2004
The present study examines the effect of the cooperative Jigsaw II method on improving literal and higher order reading comprehension in English as a foreign language (EFL). Forty-eight ( n = 48) students of EFL participated in the study and a pretest-posttest control group experimental design was employed. The results indicated no statistically…
Descriptors: Research Design, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Reading Comprehension
McNabb, Mary – National Geographic Society (NJ1), 2006
Purpose: A pilot study of the "Language, Literacy, & Vocabulary!" program was conducted by Learning Gauger, Inc., for National Geographic School Publishing, in spring 2006. The program evaluation examined the classroom adoption approaches used by participating teachers and the subsequent impact of the "Language, Literacy, &…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Program Evaluation, Literacy, Control Groups
