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Hu, Jingjing; Gao, Xuesong – Language Awareness, 2021
Research on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) programmes has yielded mixed results regarding their impact on students' language learning, drawing attention to the role of CLIL teachers. This study draws on teacher language awareness research to explore secondary subject content teachers' language-related pedagogical practices when…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Teaching Methods, Language of Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Silva, Cecilia; Weinburgh, Molly; Smith, Kathy Horak – Voices from the Middle, 2013
In this article, the authors explore ways in which they have worked together in understanding the complexities of academic language within the science classroom and discuss strategies they have used to teach academic language to young adolescent English Language Learners (ELLs) within inquiry-based science lessons. They discuss strategies they use…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, English Language Learners
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Esquinca, Alberto; Araujo, Blanca; de la Piedra, María Teresa – Bilingual Research Journal, 2014
The article analyzes meaning-making practices in a two-way dual-language (TWDL) program on the U.S.-Mexico border among "transfronterizo" and Mexican-origin youth. In the article, we show that emergent bilingual learners and their teacher participate in activities that mediate understanding of science content knowledge. We show how the…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning, Bilingual Education Programs
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Martinez-Alvarez, Patricia; Bannan, Brenda; Peters-Burton, Erin E. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2012
This research work examined the impact of a science-reading instructional sequence ("InSciRead") on fourth-grade Spanish-English dual language learners' ability to monitor their comprehension of content-related (erosion, deposition, and transportation) texts. We used a quantitative measure of students' ability to detect incongruities in a related…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Learning Strategies, Bilingualism, Elementary School Students
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Hainsworth, Mark – Primary Science, 2012
Many think of intervention strategies in terms of literacy or mathematics, but the author believes such strategies are just as important in teaching science, particularly for those with English as an additional language (EAL). With the recent focus in England on inclusion, achievement for all, and the Government's personalisation agenda, it is…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Teaching Methods
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Bueno Hernández, Yuly Andrea – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2012
This study shows the impact and results of implementing three cognitive strategies in science teaching in English. The three-month study was carried out with 144 second grade students at a public school of Bogota's Bilingualism program, but only 40 students contributed in the data collection process. Data collected from observations and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies
Reilly, Tarey – 1988
Content-based ESL is a method that integrated English-as-a-second-language instruction with subject-matter instruction. The technique not only focuses on learning a second language, but on using that language as a medium to learn mathematics, science, social studies, and other academic subjects. Although this approach has been used for many years…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Language Skills
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1990
Cognitive Learning Approaches Through E.S.L. Content Areas with Career Exploration Strategies (Project CALA) served 200 students in its second year of funding. The project offered students of limited English proficiency opportunities to develop cultural and cognitive skills necessary for success in school and work through two major components:…
Descriptors: Attendance, Career Exploration, Dropout Prevention, English (Second Language)
Berman, Paul; And Others – 1995
More than one-fifth of American school-age children and youth come from language-minority families--homes in which languages other than English are spoken. This volume, the first in a series of three, presents findings of a study that examined exemplary school-reform efforts involving the education of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students. The…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools