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Attitude and Perception of Teachers towards Inclusion of Children with Hearing Impairment in Mainstream Schools in Karnataka, India
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S. Akshatha; Mayur Bhat; Rohit Ravi – Deafness & Education International, 2024
In most developed nations, there is a general trend of enrolling hearing-impaired children with special education needs in regular schools. Inclusive education refers to children with special education needs becoming part of a mainstream school like typically developing peers. A good method for evaluating the success of such programs is to assess…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Students with Disabilities
How Frequency and Intensity of Exposure to a Foreign Language Boosts Its Emotional Resonance
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Jean-Marc Dewaele; Yasser Alsuhaibani; Sultan Altalhab; Wejdan Alghamdi – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
This cross-sectional study seeks to compare levels of emotional resonance in Arabic and English and identify the effects of sociobiographical factors, the history of English language learning and the current use of English on the development of emotional resonance of English among 141 bi- and multilingual Arab pupils and students in Saudi Arabia.…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Arabic, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Multilingual Proficiencies and L1 Attitudes of Ethnic Minority Students in Hong Kong
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Hua, Congchao; Li, Yee Na; Li, Bin – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
This study examined proficiency levels and attitudes of main languages in use among ethnic minority students in Hong Kong. We surveyed 260 students from primary and secondary schools with English as the medium of instruction. They were multilingual speakers who were proficient in spoken English and Cantonese. Our results revealed asymmetric and…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Ethnic Groups, Cultural Pluralism, Self Concept
Iranian EFL University Learners and Lecturers' Attitude towards Translation as a Tool in Reading Comprehension Considering Background Variables of Age, Major and Years of Experience
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Nourinezhad, Sepideh; Kashefian-Naeeini, Sara – Cogent Education, 2020
This study was conducted to examine the Iranian EFL university learners' and lecturers' attitude towards translation as a tool in reading comprehension. A sample of 50 male and female students of Nursing, Medicine and 10 male and female lecturers at the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences were randomly selected. Using an Oxford Placement Test…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Undergraduate Students, Nursing Students
The Impact of Age and Exposure on EFL Achievement in Two Learning Contexts: Formal Instruction and Formal Instruction + Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
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Artieda, Gemma; Roquet, Helena; Nicolás-Conesa, Florentina – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
This study investigates the role of biological age and L2 exposure on the achievement of two groups of Catalan-Spanish intermediate learners of English in secondary school (Group A, Formal Instruction (FI), N = 50; Group B, FI + CLIL, N = 50) regarding receptive and productive L2 skills as well as grammatical knowledge. Learners were matched for…
Descriptors: Age Differences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Reading: Students' Attitudes and Interests in Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grades in Official Portuguese Schools in the USA (A Leitura: Atitudes e Preferencias dos Educandos do 4th, 5th, e 6th Anos de Escolaridade nas Escolas Oficiais Portuguesas nos Estados Unidos da America).
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Castanho, Maria da Graca Borges – 1993
A study investigated attitudes and preferences concerning reading among fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students in Portuguese-language schools in the United States. Extrinsic factors influencing students (parents, teachers) were also analyzed. The research took place in 10 schools in 5 states. Data were obtained using questionnaires (students)…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6