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Guerrettaz, Anne Marie; Zahler, Tara; Sotirovska, Vera; Boyd, Ashley Summer – Language Teaching Research, 2022
Many US K-12 teachers in ethnolinguistically homogenous, rural areas are not adequately prepared to meet the needs of their English language learner (ELL) students. Such educators often lack conceptual understanding of language pedagogy and affective investment in ELLs. The field of language teacher education (LTE) needs research on how to better…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Kindergarten
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Gagne, Nathalie; Parks, Susan – Language Teaching Research, 2013
Although a number of studies have investigated classroom-based peer interaction with adults and high school students, research pertaining to children in the elementary grades is scant. Drawing on sociocultural theory, the present study investigated how children in an intensive elementary level Grade 6 class for English as a second language (ESL)…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods, Grade 6, English (Second Language)
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Davin, Kristin J. – Language Teaching Research, 2013
This article explores how a primary school teacher utilized the frameworks of dynamic assessment (DA) and the instructional conversation (IC) within a Spanish as a foreign language classroom. DA was used to construct zones of proximal development with individuals in the classroom context. A menu of pre-scripted assisting prompts, used to respond…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Sociocultural Patterns, Spanish, Second Language Instruction