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Schmidt, Catarina – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2023
The importance of supporting children's reading engagement and reading comprehension from the early years is widely acknowledged, particular for children growing up in areas characterized by socioeconomic challenges. This mission is collectively shared by teachers and librarians, although with differing starting points and responsibilities. This…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Comprehension, Childrens Literature, Disadvantaged
McHolme, Lindsay – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In the United States, adult education for emergent multilingual language learners (EMLL) is governed by the American Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA). The AEFLA defines literacy as an individual's ability to read, write, and speak in "English." This definition erases the multilingual and multicultural assets that adult EMLLs…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Critical Literacy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Carolina Torrejon Capurro; Lindsey Moses; Paula Garces – Reading Teacher, 2024
As part of a large study aiming to understand how kindergarten children in Colombia used translanguaging during independent play, Paula (the teacher) along with Dr. Moses (lead researcher) co-designed a 6-week play-based intervention that included a variety of learning experiences such as partner reading, small-group reading, and supported play,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Kindergarten, Young Children
Espinosa-Cevallos, Ligia Fernanda; Cortez-Martínez, Bertha Susana; Soto, Sandy T. – MEXTESOL Journal, 2022
This study aims to explore the effects of implementing the literature circles strategy for teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in levels 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of a public university in the Amazon Region of Ecuador. For this purpose, three English language teachers conducted some action research. Two hundred fourteen students of English Arts…
Descriptors: Literature Appreciation, Student Attitudes, Group Discussion, Teaching Methods
Provitera, Janet; Provitera, Michael J.; Sayyadi, Mostafa – International Online Journal of Primary Education, 2023
We found that there are disproportionately intractable challenges such as poverty and inequality in an area of Tanzania, Eastern Africa. There was a need to identify and develop the factors critical for their success. Data were collected in rural Iringa, Tanzania on a case study basis, using a semi-structured interview and communication with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Literature, Books, English (Second Language)
Ozonder, Ozgül; Mirici, Ismail Hakki – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2021
The study focused on growing interests in the L2 Motivational Self-System (L2MSS) and its practical implications by examining some major books, book chapters, edited books, some validation and intervention studies grounded on this model. The study adopted scanning research design, and the researchers accessed the materials through the Internet and…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Second Language Learning, Self Motivation, Learning Motivation
Joël Thibeault; Ian A. Matheson – in education, 2021
As dual-language children's books are becoming increasingly popular in language and literacy education, scholars are starting to zero in on how students construct meaning as they read these books. In this paper, in light of the previously mentioned body of literature, we present a qualitative study focusing on the reading strategies that three…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, French, Immersion Programs, Foreign Countries
Garza, Raul; Eufracio, Gricelda; Jupp, James C. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2022
Our essay sketches resistant, transnational, and translanguaging traditions of the Rio Grande Valley (RGV), Aztlán and conjugates them with our critical curricular-pedagogical praxis. After an introductory section, we frame our essay between transnational intellectual traditions and critical place-based pedagogies. Following our framings, we…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Teaching Methods, Code Switching (Language), Place Based Education
Wang, Yang – Multicultural Education, 2017
In this article, the author describes how a group of teachers and teacher candidates along with a group of English as a foreign language (EFL) learners in China participated in a book club through which they read and discussed global literature books. The inquiry for this action research project was: How do American teachers and Chinese EFL…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Cross Cultural Training, English Teachers, Reading Teachers
Barrantes-Montero, Luis Guillermo – Online Submission, 2018
A summary of the book "Linguistic Imperialism," by Phillipson (1992) is presented here. The purpose is to highlight its current scope and permanent values in consonance with intuitions, criticism and alternatives proposed by Latin America Modernity/coloniality Group. Criteria of analysis are based on a re-reading of the work in the light…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Second Languages, Language Minorities, Criticism
Cheng, Liying; Sun, Youyi; Ma, Jia – Language Teaching, 2015
No area of language assessment research in the past 20 years has received a greater increase in attention than washback research. Beginning with the seminal work of Alderson & Wall (Alderson & Wall 1993; Wall & Alderson 1993), an evolving body of empirical washback studies has been conducted worldwide, especially in countries where…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Testing Problems, Second Language Learning, Language Tests
Jacqueline Nicole Ridley – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This qualitative research study examined the connections made by refugee and immigrant youth to a teacher proposed mirror text at an elementary ESL book group. Mirror texts, or books in which youth with marginalized identities can see themselves reflected, have been argued to promote text connections and reading comprehension for minoritized…
Descriptors: Books, Refugees, Immigrants, English (Second Language)
Chou, I-Chia – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2015
E-book reading is generally considered suboptimal because people engaging in e-book reading tend to browse through digital texts. As a result, studies concerning students' e-book preference in academic contexts have shown that students less prefer using e-books than hardcopy books when engaging in academic reading which is considered intensive…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reader Response, Electronic Publishing
Bitetti, Dana; Hammer, Carol Scheffner – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the home literacy environment (HLE) on the English narrative development of Spanish-English bilingual children from low-income backgrounds. Method: Longitudinal data were collected on 81 bilingual children from preschool through 1st grade. English narrative skills were assessed in the…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Literacy Education, Bilingual Students, Low Income Students
Chou, I-Chia – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
As electronic books continue to attract attention as a pedagogical tool in language classrooms, the impact that e-books are expected to have on higher education cannot be ignored. Despite the pervasiveness of e-book reading studies in higher education, most studies show that students' reactions to e-books are often negative. However, the effects…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes