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Persici, Valentina; Majorano, Marinella; Bastianello, Tamara; Hoff, Erika – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Environmental sources of variance in the Italian vocabulary and reading skills of bilingual primary school children from immigrant families (or language minority bilingual children (LMBC)) in Italy were investigated, and the LMBC's skill levels were compared to those of their monolingual classmates. A total of 140 children from the first, third,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 3
Hendy, Elizabeth; Cuevas, Joshua – Georgia Educational Researcher, 2020
This research examined the effectiveness that the Instructional Conversations (ICs) teaching method had on elementary-aged English Language Learning (ELLs) students. Specifically, how ICs impact student academic achievement, academic language usage, and student engagement. The study compared two first grade classrooms, 39 participants, consisting…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, English Language Learners, Grade 3, Second Language Instruction
Ysquierdo, Rachelle – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 requires high standards, but academic achievement among English Language Learners (ELL) falls below that of their peers in Texas. These students' lower academic achievement may lead to their dropping out of high school, not going to college, or being underemployed, a problem that led to this study. The…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Chan, Tracy K. S.; Wong, Simpson W. L.; Wong, Anita M.-Y.; Leung, Vina Wing-Hei – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2019
Past studies have shown that multimodal presentation of story can improve story-retelling performance in the first language. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether similar multimedia effects can be observed in second language learning and graphic novel reading. A total of 51 Chinese elementary school children, aged 7-8, who…
Descriptors: Chinese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Elementary School Students
August, Diane; Artzi, Lauren; Barr, Christopher; Francis, David – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
This study used a within-subjects design to explore two instructional conditions for developing vocabulary in second-grade Spanish-speaking English learners (ELs)--extended instruction and embedded instruction implemented during shared interactive reading. Words assigned to the extended condition were directly taught using a multifaceted approach…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, English Language Learners, Grade 2, Elementary School Students
Abu Elenein, Ayman Hassan – Online Submission, 2019
The study aimed at identifying the effect of utilizing digital storytelling on developing oral communication skills for 5th grade students at Rafah Primary schools. It adopted quasi-experimental approach. Two tools are used to collect data; a checklist of oral communication skills and a pre-post achievement test. To analyse data, the researcher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Story Telling
Dawes, Emily; Leitão, Suze; Claessen, Mary; Kane, Robert – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2019
Although children with developmental language disorder demonstrate poor inferential comprehension, few studies have evaluated the effect of interventions to improve inferencing. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of a small-group intervention designed to improve oral inferential comprehension of narrative discourse. Thirty-seven 5- to…
Descriptors: Young Children, Language Impairments, Developmental Disabilities, Oral Language
Garza, Tiberio; Huerta, Margarita; Spies, Tracy G.; Lara-Alecio, Rafael; Irby, Beverly J.; Tong, Fuhui – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2018
Academic language is critical for English learners (ELs) to succeed in the science classroom. This study analyzed the instructional practices centered around academic language taking place in eight, fifth-grade classrooms during a grant-funded project. Observational data collected through a classroom observation instrument were analyzed to…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Language Usage, Control Groups, Experimental Groups
Yenen, Emin Tamer; Dursun, Fevzi – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2019
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the active learning approach on student achievement in the learning outcomes of the 'My Town' unit in the fifth-grade English course in a secondary school. The research was organized according to a quasi-experimental design with experimental and control groups. The experimental (n=34) and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Active Learning
Papanthymou, Anastasia; Darra, Maria – Journal of Education and Learning, 2023
The main purpose of the present study is to investigate the contribution of Self-Assessment with Goal Setting (SAGS), which was implemented with the "self-directed learning" (SDL) method, to the improvement of academic performance in the context of language teaching to sixth-grade students in primary school. The research methodology…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Goal Orientation, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Chow, Bonnie Wing-Yin; Hui, Anna Na Na; Chui, Barbie Hiu-Tung – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
This study investigated the effects of creative literacy classroom activities on the acquisition of English as a foreign language. Ninety Chinese second graders were tested on reading attitude and English receptive vocabulary knowledge. They were randomly assigned to either a control group or an experimental group, which engaged in English…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Aljaraideh, Yousef Ahmad – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2020
This study aims to identify the impact of digital storytelling (DST) on academic achievement of sixth grade students in English language and their motivation towards it in Jordan. DST plays an important role in the maintenance and progress of English language. The research uses a quasi- experimental method. The sample of the study consists of (50)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Story Telling
Fleckstein, Alice; Prévost, Philippe; Tuller, Laurice; Sizaret, Eva; Zebib, Rasha – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2018
Identifying specific language impairment (SLI) in bilingual children represents a clinical challenge because of similarities in language behavior between child second language learners and monolinguals with SLI and because of the lack of standardized language tests on bilingual children. This study investigated the relevance of a LITMUS (Language…
Descriptors: Identification, Language Impairments, French, Bilingualism
Blaskova, Lenka Janik; Gibson, Jenny L. – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2023
Language disorder (LD) is a common childhood condition affecting language development, which can in turn impact children's peer relationships. Although most children with LD are included in mainstream classrooms, there is limited knowledge about the way friendships support or hinder the learning experiences of children with LD in inclusive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Language Impairments, Friendship
Celik Korkmaz, Sule; Karatepe, Cigdem – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2018
The present study aimed to investigate the effects of multisensory language teaching on 4th graders' achievement in English reading skills. Two intact groups were selected for the treatment: a control group which was taught through mainstream education, and an experimental group which was taught through MSLT including a variety of pictorial,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods