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Direct linkDalton-Puffer, Christiane; Faistauer, Renate; Vetter, Eva – Language Teaching, 2011
This overview of six years of research on language learning and teaching in Austria covers a period of dynamic development in the field. While all the studies reviewed here illustrate research driven by a combination of local and global concerns and theoretical frameworks, some specific clusters of research interest emerge. The first of these…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Language Tests, Standardized Tests, Foreign Countries
Wigglesworth, Gillian; Simpson, Jane; Loakes, Deborah – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2011
The National Assessment Program--Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assessments are designed to assess literacy and numeracy of all Australian school children in years 3, 5, 7 and 9, and to act as diagnostics as to whether children are meeting intended educational outcomes. Tests began in May 2008, and have been run annually since then. Results of the…
Descriptors: Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, Indigenous Populations
Aguilera, Dorothy; LeCompte, Margaret D. – Journal of American Indian Education, 2007
This article examines the experiences of three Indigenous communities with language immersion models in preschool through 12th grades to revitalize and preserve their native languages through ethnographic research design and methods. The history and implementation of language instruction in three Indigenous communities are summarized. The analysis…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Research Design, Standardized Tests, Ethnography
Schaad, Olivia; Breckenfeld, Cristina – 1983
The academic achievement of 144 second, third, and fourth graders in two Tucson elementary school bilingual education programs was measured by pre- and post-test scores on the California Achievement Test (CAT) and California Test of Basic Skills-Spanish (CTBS) in the fall and spring of the 1982-83 school year. The study was undertaken to examine…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Poedjosoedarmo, Gloria – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2004
English has been an important language of education in Brunei since the inception of public education there but, as is often the case when a language becomes a second language within a country, it is taking on some unique local characteristics, despite official condemnation of such developments. Can the desired balance of roles between English and…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Foreign Countries, Public Education, Language of Instruction
Peer reviewedPalmer, Deborah K.; Garcia, Eugene E. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2000
Reactions of 30 bilingual teachers and 20 administrators to implementation of Proposition 227 match those of educators throughout California. Teachers worry about the erosion of primary language programs, the imposition of English-only standardized testing, and the lack of clear leadership on policy implementation. Administrator concerns include…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Bilingual Education, Educational Change, Elementary Education
