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Karaman, Fatma – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
It is a known situation that knowing a single foreign language is not enough in the 21st century and that knowing a second language will give an individual privilege. Accordingly, in recent years, serious steps have been taken related to foreign language teaching in Turkey. In Turkey is beginning to be taught in basic education German as a second…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Instruction, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Han, Jinghe; Liu, Qiaoyun; Sun, Ruiyan – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
This research investigates a cohort of bilingual Chinese teachers' use of a multimodal approach in their Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) teaching. The data include the participants' CFL teaching practices and their reflections on multimodal teaching as recorded in their theses and a focus group discussion. The theoretical underpinning of this…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Chinese, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Paolo Niño Valdez; Minie Rose C. Lapinid; Von Christopher G. Chua – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2024
Lesson planning is a core skill teachers need to develop in implementing lessons effectively in the classroom. While metaphor research has been used in a range of contexts including in teacher education, metaphors associated with lesson planning among teachers in developing regions in the world remain underrepresented. Due to the importance of…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Robertson, Sally-Ann; Graven, Mellony – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2019
Immersion models require the concurrent teaching of mathematics and of a second language. Research evidence suggests that few teachers possess sufficient pedagogical knowledge and skill to manage both these tasks adequately. The argument in this position paper is that the construct of 'language-as-resource' offers a more equitable bridging pathway…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Yastibas, Ahmet Erdost – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
The new geological epoch called the Anthropocene has shown how human activities have influenced the world negatively and revealed the threat created by ongoing human activities to the sustainability of the future of the world. Therefore, what the Anthropocene has shown has to be dealt with. One way to do this is education. Therefore, the present…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Sandoval, Leonardo; Caballero, Valentina Canese – International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, 2020
The Ministry of Education of Paraguay (MEC) introduced the teaching of English in public primary education in 2012. The number of English teachers was not sufficient to meet the high demand, especially because the majority of those teachers reside in the central department of the country. In response, this qualitative research study was designed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Videoconferencing, English (Second Language)
Transitioning to Communicative Activities in a Primary-Level EFL Classroom in the Dominican Republic
Martinez Gómez, Alberto Joel – Online Submission, 2019
In the last decade the Communicative Approach has taken an important position within the English Language Teaching world. Many countries have abandoned their traditional methods and have started implementing the communicative activities as their language teaching policy. This research has as a main objective to analyze the transitioning to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Learning Activities
Karakoc, Aynur Ismayilli – English Teaching Forum, 2018
The technique provided in this article offers an integrated-skills activity. Students should be able to read the description of a visual image, describe their own visuals, read and collect information from other students' writing, and speak about what they have found. This activity can be adapted for nearly any language level. The activity can…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Listening Skills
Dang, Tu Cam Thi; Seals, Corinne – TESOL Journal, 2018
This article delves into the issue of incorporating sociolinguistic aspects of language and culture into the current primary English textbooks in Vietnam. The authors first provide an overview of primary English teaching in the Vietnamese setting and then evaluate the current primary English textbooks in relation to the objectives of foreign…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbook Evaluation, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Shuqair, Khaled; Dashti, Abdulmuhsin – English Language Teaching, 2019
The research examines the teachers' perceptions of the use and effectiveness of children's literature in their EFL classrooms in the primary public schools of the State of Kuwait. The research was conducted towards the beginning of the second semester of the academic year 2017/2018. It poses three main and interchangeable questions: 1) To what…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Childrens Literature
Bakhsh, Sahar Ameer – English Language Teaching, 2016
Over the last few decades, teaching English become a phenomenon in Saudi Arabia, especially to young learners. English is taught as a main subject in kindergarten and elementary schools. Like any other children, Saudis accept new foreign languages easily, but they get bored very fast if the teacher is teaching them using the old conventional…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Games, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language)
Chan, Cheri; Lo, Margaret – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2017
Social diversity is now commonplace in many communities in today's globalised world. This diversity can be seen in any classroom of learners, and international studies have shown the complex ways in which disabilities, race, ethnicity, gender and social class can determine a child's opportunity to succeed or fail in the education system. In Hong…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
Mak, Pauline – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2019
In the past few decades, increasing demands have been placed on developing students' autonomy and critical thinking skills. To enhance students' agency in learning, teachers have been encouraged to adopt alternative pedagogical practices. The revamp of pedagogy needs to be reflected in assessment as it is an integral part of instruction.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Teacher Competencies, Student Evaluation
McAllister, Deborah A., Ed. – Online Submission, 2018
As a part of the teacher licensure program at the graduate level at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), the M.Ed. licensure candidate is required to complete an action research project during a 3-semester-hour course that coincides with the 9-semester-hour student teaching experience or with school employment. This course, Education…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Research, Teacher Certification, Graduate Students
Güngör, Muzeyyen Nazli – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
The course "Teaching English to Young Learners" is the first stage where pre-service teachers are introduced to a child's world, developmental characteristics, needs, interests as well as teaching and learning techniques for these learners in English language teaching pre-service teacher education programmes in Turkey. This action…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education