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Ester Garcia – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Individuals with lower proficiency in a second language tend to produce more disfluent speech patterns in the second language. Speech disfluencies refer to interruptions in the forward flow of speech and are distinct from the colloquial use of "fluency," to characterize knowledge of a language. Prior research indicates that some speech…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
Claudia Fernández de Cañete García; Inmaculada Pineda; George Waddell – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Recent research shows that musical training improves children's development of oral and aural skills. This study focuses on developing and testing a methodological framework (Music as a Medium of instruction, MMI) in English language teaching (ELT) by contrasting MMI and gamification methodologies with the participation of 22 Spanish children all…
Descriptors: Music Activities, Music Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Carolyn McKinney – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Framed by decolonial theory, this paper explores how language and literacy ideologies, including Anglonormativity, or the expectation that children should be proficient in a standardised version of English and are deficient if not, shape language and literacy practices in South African classrooms. While not legitimised, the use of fluid language…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Bilingualism, Ethnography, Decolonization
Ding, Wenjun; Yu, Guoxing – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2023
This paper examined to what extent causal explanation speaking tasks (CESTs) are cognitively appropriate for assessing young language learners' (YLLs) L2 speaking. Ninety-six YLLs (48 from Grade 4 and 6 each) in China performed two CESTs in both L1 (Chinese) and L2 (English). They also completed receptive and productive L2 vocabulary size tests.…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Language Tests, Vocabulary Development, Native Language
Anne Barwasser; Karolina Urton; Turid Knaak; Matthias Grünke – Language Teaching Research, 2024
The increasing number of students with German as a second language (GL2) poses a great challenge for schools. Previous studies showed that especially young learners with a migration background are lagging behind in the acquisition of second language (L2) literacy. Experiencing problem behaviors (PB) in addition, might pose even greater challenges.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4
Chieh-Fang Hu – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
Using context to derive a word's meaning is typically conceptualized as part of the reading comprehension process. However, context sensitivity develops early--before children start to learn to read. This study took a developmental perspective, attempting to capture children's context sensitivity through spoken discourse and assess its value in…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Grade 4
Valentina Carbonara; Andrea Scibetta; Jacopo Torregrossa – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
The present study investigates whether exposure to multilingual pedagogies enhances emergent bilingual children's narrative abilities. These abilities are among the most reliable indicators of children's literacy skills. We compare two groups of emergent bilingual children with migrant background attending the fourth and fifth grade of a public…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Teaching Methods, Educational Benefits, Native Language
Arsaythamby Veloo; S. Kanageswari Suppiah Shanmugam; Suheysen Revindran – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2024
Purpose: The language load within mathematics test items can lead to inaccuracy in assessing "Orang Asli" pupils' mathematical ability due to their struggle in comprehending the academic language. This study aims to determine the validity of using test accommodations in the form of oral academic language and oral native language when…
Descriptors: Verbal Tests, Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Mathematics Tests
Barry Bai; Xuan Zang; Wenjuan Guo – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2025
Although the benefits of collaborative learning across disciplines are well-established, its effectiveness hinges on the quality of execution. Motivational beliefs and emotions are crucial in students' engagement and achievement. Yet, a notable gap exists in examining these variables among students with varying proficiency levels in the context of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Grade 4, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
Hong Shi – World Journal of Education, 2023
The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of teaching intervention for Chinese learners, who were English speakers who tended to focus on phonemic awareness, in learning Chinese. It also tried to examine the impacts of Chinese phonological and morphological awareness on their English language development. The study was conducted in…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Intervention, Instructional Effectiveness
Lea Vergara Mendoza – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The problem is that translations of language in standardized mathematics tests are not provided, which reduces the achievement scores of native-Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELLs) in Grades 4 and 8. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore teachers' perceptions of language translation for the National Assessment of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Translation, Scores
Jee Sun Lee; Brian Holzman; Aimee Chin – Houston Education Research Consortium, 2024
Las Americas Middle School is a newcomer program within Houston Independent School District (HISD) that serves students in Grades 4 through 8 who have been in the U.S. for less than one year. As a non-zoned school of choice, Las Americas has no attendance boundary, meaning that students and families must opt to enroll in the school. This brief…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Immigrants, English (Second Language), English Language Learners
Vraciu, Alexandra; Pladevall-Ballester, Elisabet – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
This longitudinal study explores the effects of time and proficiency pairing on the amount and purpose of L1 use in task-based peer interaction by EFL primary school learners. Most of the studies available to date on L1 use in peer interaction involve adult learners, and we have little empirical evidence on the role played by the L1 in child peer…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Interaction, Elementary School Students, Native Language
Thapelo Mokgadi; Muchativugwa L. Hove – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Literacy Association of South Africa, 2024
Background: A large number of studies have established that reading for comprehension in South African schools is comparably poor relative to other Southern African states. Some of these studies confirm that learners' competency in reading in English is lacking when contextualised in a learning environment. Various systemic evaluations were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mastery Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Sibomana, Emmanuel – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Language-in-education policies in Africa are believed to be a factor of poor quality education on the continent as languages learners are not conversant with continue to take the lead as languages of teaching and learning. This paper explores the experience of teachers and learners in Rwanda transitioning from Kinyarwanda to English as a medium of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Language Planning, Educational Change