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Download full textBehrmann, Tatiana – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2018
Although Kreyol is the language spoken and understood by the majority of Haitians, French is the language used as the medium for instruction. The use of a foreign language as a means for students to acquire literacy is a practice that has led to an ineffective educational system in Haiti. The aim of the quasi-experimental research study is to…
Descriptors: Native Language, Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries
Behrmann, Tatiana – Online Submission, 2018
Although Kreyol is the language spoken and understood by the majority of Haitians, French is the language used as the medium for instruction. The use of a foreign language as a means for students to acquire literacy is a practice that has led to an ineffective educational system in Haiti. The aim of the quasi-experimental research study is to…
Descriptors: Native Language, Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries
Direct linkMéndez, Lucia I.; Crais, Elizabeth R.; Castro, Dina C.; Kainz, Kristen – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2015
Purpose: This study examined the role of the language of vocabulary instruction in promoting English vocabulary in preschool Latino dual language learners (DLLs). The authors compared the effectiveness of delivering a single evidence-informed vocabulary approach using English as the language of vocabulary instruction (English culturally responsive…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Spanish Speaking, Bilingual Students, English Language Learners
Soruç, Adem; Qin, Jingjing; Kim, YouJin – TESL Canada Journal, 2017
This article reports on a study that investigated whether processing instruction(PI) or production-based instruction (PBI) is more effective for the teaching of regular past simple verb forms in English. In addition, this study examined whether explicit grammatical information (EI) mediates the effectiveness of PI or PBI. A total of 194 Turkish…
Descriptors: Grammar, Experimental Groups, Teaching Methods, Control Groups
Arulselvi, Evangelin – Excellence in Education Journal, 2016
This study investigated the effectiveness of the Content-based instruction (CBI) method over the conventional method in learning Optional 1 English among College of Education students in the Salem District of the Tamil Nadu state in southern India. A randomized pretest, post-test, control group and experimental group design were employed. Students…
Descriptors: Course Content, Interdisciplinary Approach, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Ryoo, Kihyun – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2015
This study examines whether and how tapping into students' everyday language in a web-based learning environment can improve all students' science learning in linguistically heterogeneous classrooms. A total of 220 fifth-grade English Language Learners (ELLs) and their non-ELL peers were assigned to either an everyday English approach…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration, Instructional Improvement, Science Instruction
Macías, Ana H.; da Luz Fontes, Ana Areas; Kephart, Kerrie; Blume, María – TESOL Journal, 2013
The authors report on an exploratory pilot project implemented in a large city on the U.S.-Mexico border. The project focuses on a curricular design in a secondary school where beginning-level English as a second language students are taught English language arts in Spanish. The researchers sought to determine whether these students made greater…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Instructional Effectiveness, Performance Factors
Tsai-Fu, Tsai; Wu, Yongan – New Horizons in Education, 2010
Background: The effect of note-taking has been well-recognized by EFL educators. However, little empirical research has been done to investigate combined effects of note-taking instruction and note-taking language (whether in L1 or L2) in an acquisition-poor environment, where English is used as an instructional language yet the audience is…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Listening Comprehension, Notetaking, Language of Instruction
Cheng, Liying; Li, Miao; Kirby, John R.; Qiang, Haiyan; Wade-Woolley, Lesly – Evaluation & Research in Education, 2010
Research has demonstrated that second language immersion is an effective means of facilitating primary school students' second language without undermining competence in their first language. Despite the rapid growth of English immersion (EI) programmes in China, only limited empirical research has been conducted to evaluate students' academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement
Verhallen, Marian J. A. J.; Bus, Adriana G. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
Children from immigrant, low-income families in the Netherlands start school with a limited vocabulary in the language of instruction; therefore, this places them at risk for developing reading difficulties. Exposure to books is assumed to reduce their 2nd language (L2) vocabulary disadvantage. In this experiment, we examined the effects of video…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Language of Instruction, Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development
