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Taguchi, Etsuo; Gorsuch, Greta; Lems, Kristin; Rosszell, Rory – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2016
Reading fluency research and practice have recently undergone some changes. While past studies and interventions focused on reading speed as their main goal, now more emphasis is being placed on exploring the role prosody plays in reading, and how listening to an audio model of a text while reading may act as a form of scaffolding, or aid, to…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Reading Instruction
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Conger, Dylan – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2013
Many English Language Learners (ELLs) migrate to the United States at older ages and administrators must choose a grade in which to place these new entrants as soon as they register for school. In this study, I estimate the effect of grade placement on the short-term academic performance of ELLs who enroll in the Miami-Dade County Public School…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Academic Achievement, Instructional Program Divisions, Enrollment
Schneyderman, Aleksandr – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2013
This is the 2011-2012 annual report on the academic progress of English language learners in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The purpose of the report is to: (1) Describe the demographic characteristics of students classified as English Language Learners (ELL) in Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS); (2) Provide data regarding ELL students'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Repetition, State Standards, Public Schools
Shneyderman, Aleksandr – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2012
This is the 2010-11 annual report on the academic progress of English language learners in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The purpose of the report is to: (1) Describe the demographic characteristics of students classified as English Language Learners (ELL) in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS); (2) Provide data regarding ELL…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Repetition, State Standards, Public Schools
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Morrison, Keith; No, Anna Ieong On – Educational Studies, 2007
This paper examines whether having school students repeat a year improves their performance, focusing on learning English as a foreign language. It takes students' English examination results from five years from a Chinese-medium school, together with data on their learning styles and learning strategies. Drawing on local cultural and pedagogic…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Gender Differences
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Cabaroglu, Nese; Basaran, Suleyman; Roberts, Jon – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2010
This study compares pauses, repetitions and recasts in matched task interactions under face-to-face and computer-mediated conditions. Six first-year English undergraduates at a Turkish University took part in Skype-based voice chat with a native speaker and face-to-face with their instructor. Preliminary quantitative analysis of transcripts showed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Computer Mediated Communication, Native Speakers
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1982
The evaluation design for the Austin Independent School District 1982 summer school program for elementary retainees is described. The evaluation is meant to focus on short-term skill mastery in reading and mathematics and the long-term achievement growth of the participants. Separate reading objectives and materials in Spanish and English…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Data Collection