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Direct linkHudson, Catherine; Angelo, Denise – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2020
Young Indigenous students with a language background of emergent, unrecognised, and/or non-prestigious contact languages are commonly by-passed as English language learners (ELLs). Consequently, they are taught and assessed via undifferentiated mainstream pedagogy and testing, generally characterised by reported underachievement. Long-term social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Macqueen, Susy; Knoch, Ute; Wigglesworth, Gillian; Nordlinger, Rachel; Singer, Ruth; McNamara, Tim; Brickle, Rhianna – Language Testing, 2019
All educational testing is intended to have consequences, which are assumed to be beneficial, but tests may also have unintended, negative consequences (Messick, 1989). The issue is particularly important in the case of large-scale standardized tests, such as Australia's "National Assessment Program--Literacy and Numeracy" (NAPLAN), the…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Standardized Tests, National Curriculum, Testing Programs
Download full textArmijos Monar, Jacqueline Guadalupe; Fuertes Lopez, Blanca Narcisa; Delgado Altamirano, Jorge Edwin; Villa, Vicente Marlón Villa – English Language Teaching, 2018
Even though there has been a significant advancement in human rights, social justice and social practices around the world; some Ecuadorian indigenous students still struggle against many social and linguistic limitations, especially in Chimborazo province. This research was carried out with 30 Ecuadorian indigenous students who studied English as…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Language Attitudes, American Indian Students, American Indian Languages
Yu, Wei-Chieh Wayne – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2018
This study examined students' perceptions of completing an English writing class via a social networking platform. Participants were 162 aboriginal students between 18 and 23 years of age at a nursing college in southern Taiwan. Different ethnicities were defined and represented by different memberships of indigenous groups or tribes, also known…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Writing (Composition)
Moloney, Robyn; Saltmarsh, David – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
The population movement of globalization brings greater cultural and linguistic diversity (CALD) to communities and education systems. To address the growing diversity in school classrooms, beginning teachers need an expanded set of skills and attitudes to support effective learning. It is an expectation today that teachers know their students and…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Teacher Education Programs
Cuasialpud Canchala, Ruth Elena – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2010
This article reports an exploratory study carried out at a public university in Bogotá, Colombia, with two indigenous students who took a level I virtual English-course during the second term of 2008 and the first term of 2009. The aim was to analyse their attitudes towards the learning of English through the virtual modality. Interviews,…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, American Indians, English (Second Language)
