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Marta Lockiewicz; Natalia Barzowska – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
This paper presents the adaptation of the POMAS classification of spelling errors (Silliman et al., Developmental Neuropsychology 29:93-123, 2006, Bahr et al., Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research 55:1587-1599, 2012; International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 18:73-91, 2015) to Polish orthography. We identified the…
Descriptors: Spelling, Error Patterns, Polish, Elementary School Students
Chero, Cristian Alexander Chiroque – English Language Teaching, 2022
Need analysis is an essential element in the process of designing any language course as it seeks to cater for what learners need in their lessons. This study proposes a framework to analyse learners' needs for exam preparation courses. The proposed framework adopts the works of Macalister, Nation, and Brindley to address different linguistic and…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Tavarez Da Costa, Pedro; Reyes Arias, Fransheska – Online Submission, 2021
English spelling has always been described by many language researchers and teachers as a daunting task especially for learners whose first language is not English. This monograph presents the report of an investigation on the use of spelling, which includes the determining factor of grammar in the teaching of English, in it we will develop a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Spelling, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kim, Ahyoung Alicia; Tywoniw, Rurik L.; Chapman, Mark – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2022
Technology-enhanced items (TEIs) are innovative, computer-delivered test items that allow test takers to better interact with the test environment compared to traditional multiple-choice items (MCIs). The interactive nature of TEIs offer improved construct coverage compared with MCIs but little research exists regarding students' performance on…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Items, Computer Assisted Testing, English (Second Language)
Barrios, Elvira; Acosta-Manzano, Irene – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
This study investigated primary students' perceptions of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Natural Science and Social Sciences and variations in perceptions by individual and social factors. The sample comprised 524 Spanish-speaking students aged 9-13 years from bilingual Spanish-English schools in Andalusia (Spain). The study…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Difficulty Level, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Barrios Bulling, Tulio; Garay Guzmán, Nicole – Arab World English Journal, 2020
The current study inquires about the students' perception regarding their English classes at Escuela Dra Eloísa Díaz, an at-risk public school in Santiago de Chile. How do students value their English classes? What are the difficulties they have to face, and how can teachers increase students' participation are the research question that lead this…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Student Participation, Classroom Communication, Student Attitudes
Tolchinsky, Liliana – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2021
Spelling is a language problem-space, not only a school subject. Successful spelling demands going beyond letter to sound mapping and gaining access to a full representation of the orthographic structure of words. We traced bilingual Catalan/Spanish speakers' spelling performance in Catalan across elementary school in two tasks: isolated words to…
Descriptors: Spelling, Verbal Communication, Romance Languages, Bilingualism
Zaidi, Rahat; Metcalfe, Robin; Norton, Bonny – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2022
In response to Canada's growing ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity, educators in French immersion classrooms are increasingly responding with enhanced cross-linguistic initiatives, and dual language books are promising resources in the promotion of multilingualism (Zaidi, 2020; Zaidi & Dooley, 2021). This paper details a research…
Descriptors: Bilingual Instructional Materials, Multilingualism, Case Studies, French
Papageorgiou, Spiros; Xu, Xiaoqiu; Timpe-Laughlin, Veronika; Dugdale, Deborah M. – Educational Testing Service, 2020
The purpose of this study is to examine the appropriateness of using the "TOEFL Primary®" tests to evaluate the language abilities of students learning English as a foreign language (EFL) through an online-delivered curriculum, the VIPKid Major Course (MC). Data include student test scores on the TOEFL Primary Listening and Reading tests…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Shepard-Carey, Leah – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2021
Inference-making is integral to reading comprehension, defined as information 'retrieved or generated during reading to fill in information left implicit in a text'. However, there are few studies regarding the inferencing of young emergent multilinguals that account for multilingualism and culture, attend to the learning processes influenced by…
Descriptors: Inferences, Multilingualism, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension
Cho, Yeonsuk; Blood, Ian A. – Language Testing, 2020
In this study, we examined how much change in "TOEFL® Primary™" listening and reading scores can be expected in relation to the time interval between test administrations. The test records of 5213 young learners of English (aged 8-13 years) in Japan and Turkey who repeated the tests were analyzed to examine test scores as a function of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Scores
Govindarajoo, Mallika Vasugi; Chin Hui, Chow; A Aziz, Siti Farhah – Asian Journal of University Education, 2022
The purpose of this research was to identify the common errors made in English writing by Malaysian Chinese primary year 6 ESL students and to determine the extent of the influence of the first language, Mandarin in ESL writing. The Mandarin language uses a logographic writing system while the English language is written in alphabetic scripts. The…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
McNeel, Michele E. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This multiple case study examined the experiences of elementary L2 learners who received instruction in either reciprocal teaching or the think aloud strategy (TAS), and identified patterns of use that emerged from participants' employment of the strategies. The three L2 participants took a pre- test and a posttest, were recorded using the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Case Studies
Schaffler, Debbie; Nel, Mirna; Booysen, Ria – Language Learning Journal, 2021
The purpose of this study was to develop a deeper understanding of a group of South African English Second Language (ESL) Foundation Phase teachers' understanding of, skills in, and training needs to teach phonological awareness (PA) effectively. A qualitative research approach placed within an interpretative paradigm was utilised in two phases.…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Simsek, Meliha R. – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2022
Despite increased emphasis on the role of inclusive practices and materials in post-COVID-19 classrooms and warnings about implicit biases against disadvantaged groups, the textbook problem has rarely been approached with equity measures in mind. This multimethod study aimed to investigate to what extent L2 reading materials, locally produced and…
Descriptors: Refugees, Disadvantaged, Comparative Analysis, Grammar
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