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Samuel S. Davidson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Automated corrective feedback (ACF), in which a computer system helps language learners identify and correct errors in their writing or speech, is considered an important tool for language instruction by many researchers. Such systems allow learners to correct their own mistakes, thereby reducing teacher workload and potentially preventing issues…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Automation, Student Evaluation, Feedback (Response)
Craig R. Jackson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Students learning English as a second language face many challenges that affect their learning outcomes. The study focused on the impact of formal assessments as a way of learning English as a second language. Many studies support proper assessment in teaching English as a second language. The research involves a quantitative approach to data…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Barriers
Jennifer George – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Researchers found dual language programs allow students to acquire a second language while building positive cross-cultural beliefs. However, there are inconsistencies between what research shows and teachers' perceptions of success. The problem was a gap in academic achievement between both English Language Learners (ELL) and non-ELL students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, English Language Learners, Second Language Learning
Milligan, Menetra Denise – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this quantitative, meta-analysis was to discover what differences in effect size exist among strategies used in face-to-face settings and/or digital teaching and learning platforms to achieve communicative competence in foreign language learners. After strategies with the largest effect sizes were identified, results were…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Effect Size, In Person Learning, Electronic Learning
Berndt, Esther Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Oral language is foundational to literacy. Because their language is under construction, emergent bilingual students have unique needs related to literacy development regardless of the language of instruction. Knowledge teachers gain through formative assessment of student oral language can guide decisions about literacy instruction. The purpose…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Knowledge Level, Formative Evaluation, Literacy Education
Hughes, Ruthanne Joy Wenger – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Nonnative English speakers are often judged based on their accent, but accent is perceived as well as produced. Race, gender, and religion interact to create complex and nuanced figures of personhood (Agha, 2005) impacting teachers' perceptions of students. Teachers' individual differences, including language proficiency, exposure to language, and…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Frederick J. Poole – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this multiple-paper dissertation is to design a digital game and stealth assessments within the game to assess young second language learners' Chinese reading proficiency. In Chapter 2 (Paper 1), I describe the game designed for this dissertation and how it was implemented in a dual language immersion classroom. This study found…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Immersion Programs, Reading Comprehension, Student Evaluation
Rock, Kristin Naomi – ProQuest LLC, 2021
With the accelerated move to online learning, writing skills have become increasingly important for managing digital genres, such as educational blogs and discussion forums. Although effective written communication via such media is important for student success, many university-level second language learners navigate these unfamiliar tasks…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing (Composition), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Le Kang – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This mixed methods study explored the development of technological, pedagogical, content knowledge (TPACK) of Chinese teachers who attended the STARTALK Chinese Teacher Institute, a 10-day residential summer professional development program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. A sequential explanatory design was adopted in which quantitative and…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Moghazy, Mohamed Abdelgelil – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Enrollment into Arabic as a second language (ASL) in Dubai has increased steadily due to the high influx of expatriates' populations. Although Arabic is the primary language in Dubai, the government has mandated that Arabic be taught in all private schools for non-native Arabic speakers from grades one to nine. This was at the time when the…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Case Studies
Wegrzecka-Kowalewski, Eva – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation examines how critical thinking skills are addressed in university-level intensive language programs for international students in the United States. The theoretical framework for this study was built upon Vygotsky's sociocultural theory. Three research questions inquired about language instructors' ability to conceptualize…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Immersion Programs, Foreign Students, Universities
Banerjee, Han-Ting Liu – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The vast development of digital technology and the widespread use of social network platforms have reshaped how we live in the world. For L2 learners to maximally utilize their language proficiency to function effectively as members of modern society, they need not only the necessary L2 knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) but also essential…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Usage, Social Networks, Information Technology
Sumin Lim – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The increasing number of English language learners (ELLs) in U.S. schools have made it so school professionals need to both ensure ELLs' academic success while also developing their English language skills. Accordingly, several issues related to assessment, identification, and disproportionate representation of ELLs in special education services…
Descriptors: English Learners, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Academic Achievement
Gandhi-Lee, Eshani N. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Because language provides the framework through which knowledge is constructed, it is crucial to consider the ways in which students with limited English proficiencies are able to express their understanding. English language learners (ELLs) make up a significant portion of the student body in the education system and represent many ethnic and…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, STEM Education, Student Evaluation, Science Tests
Okura, Eve K. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation presents the findings from interviews conducted with language nest workers, teachers, language nest coordinators, administrators of language revitalization programs, principals and directors of language immersion schools that work in close proximity with language nests, and linguists involved in language revitalization efforts.…
Descriptors: Interviews, Language Maintenance, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning
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