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Download full textSchwarzer, David; Acosta, Christian – Journal of Multilingual Education Research, 2014
The purpose of this article is to re-conceptualize the role of the monolingual teacher in mainstream K-12 classrooms in the United States who work with students who are mostly multilingual and transnational. The proposed role for monolingual teachers is to incorporate at least some of the resources available in students' native languages, even if…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Multilingualism, Monolingualism, Second Language Learning
Jarvis, Huw; Achilleos, Marianna – TESL-EJ, 2013
This article begins by critiquing the long-established acronym CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning). We then go on to report on a small-scale study which examines how student non-native speakers of English use a range of digital devices beyond the classroom in both their first (L1) and second (L2) languages. We look also at the extent to…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Criticism
Foy, Pierre, Ed.; Drucker, Kathleen T., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2013
This supplement describes national adaptations made to the international version of the PIRLS/prePIRLS 2011 background questionnaires. This information provides users with a guide to evaluate the availability of internationally comparable data for use in secondary analyses involving the PIRLS/prePIRLS 2011 background variables. Background…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Databases, Media Adaptation, Technology Transfer
Direct linkChang, Kuo-En; Lan, Yu-Ju; Chang, Chien-Mei; Sung, Yao-Ting – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2010
The work described in this paper explores the feasibility of using of a wireless handheld system (WHS) that supports the individual and co-operative reading activities of students and helps teachers implement reading strategy instruction in Chinese language classes. The experimental findings demonstrate that the WHS benefits students applying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Reading Instruction
De Coster, Isabelle – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2009
This document talks about immigrant children, who are defined here as either children born in another country (within or outside Europe) or children whose parents or grandparents were born in another country. So the term "immigrant children" used here covers various situations, which can be referred to in other contexts as…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Refugees, Minority Groups, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedGarner, Mark; Collins, Peter – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teacher's Association, 1980
Reports on the results and implications of a study intended to discover the causes of students' resistance to learning grammar as a subject. The study was based on an optional course in traditional grammar for second-year education students preparing to become English teachers. (MES)
Descriptors: Elective Courses, English, English Teacher Education, Grammar
Cazabon, Benoit; Frenette, Normand – 1980
This is a study of the instructional practices, programs, and teacher education in French language schools located in French-speaking communities in Ontario. The five chapters of the study deal with the following aspects of the question: (1) theoretical presuppositions for the teaching of French as a native language, including methodology,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education, French
