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August, Diane; Barr, Christopher; Carlson, Coleen; Johnston, Will Tad; Marken, Alexandra – Bilingual Research Journal, 2023
This study investigated the effectiveness of an intervention designed to support sixth-grade Spanish-speaking English as Additional Language (EAL) learners and their English proficient classmates in acquiring pre-algebra knowledge and skills and associated academic vocabulary. The sample consisted of 88 EAL learners and their 139 English…
Descriptors: Intervention, Second Language Learning, English Language Learners, Mathematics Skills
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Nantapit Pittayanantakul; Pilanut Phusawisot – Journal of Education and Learning, 2024
Speaking skills are considered one of the most crucial skills in learning English as they lay the foundation for effective communication and language acquisition. Proficiency in speaking enables young learners to express themselves, convey ideas, and communicate effectively. This quasi-experimental research aims to investigate the effect of board…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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Sasithida Saraiwang; Kanoknate Worawong – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2023
This study aimed to determine the effects of a teaching model combining Task-Based Learning (TBL) and Game-Based Learning (GBL), called the Orientation Performance Presentation Analysis Application (OPPAA) model, developed by the researchers, on primary students' English proficiency and to explore teachers' and students' opinions of the model. The…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Teaching Methods, Game Based Learning, English (Second Language)
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Sok, Sarah; Shin, Hye Won – International Journal of Listening, 2022
The influence of individual difference variables on second language (L2) listening comprehension has been an area of research that has been gaining renewed attention in recent years. The current study investigated the effects of two cognitive variables, aptitude and metacognitive awareness, on 107 native-Korean, English as a foreign language…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Second Language Learning, Listening Comprehension, English (Second Language)
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Fan, Ting-Yu; Chen, Hsiu-Ling – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2023
Background Study: English education has been promoted in Taiwan for many years. Recently, content and language integrated learning (CLIL) has received attention as an effective way to integrate English into real-life contexts. With advances in technology, digital storytelling is suitable for students to develop multiple skills such as narrating…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Content and Language Integrated Learning, Elementary School Students, Electronic Learning
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Leticia R. Martinez; Sarah Fishstrom; Sharon Vaughn; Philip Capin; Coleen D. Carlson; Tim T. Andress; David J. Francis – Grantee Submission, 2024
This study examined the initial efficacy of World Generation (WorldGen), a Tier I social studies instructional approach for emergent bilingual (EB) students and their native English-speaking (non-EB) peers in Grades 6 and 7. WorldGen builds on prior research on instructional practices that have been associated with improved content knowledge and…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis, World History
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Leticia R. Martinez; Sarah Fishstrom; Sharon Vaughn; Philip Capin; Coleen D. Carlson; Tim T. Andress; David J. Francis – Reading Research Quarterly, 2024
This study examined the initial efficacy of World Generation (WorldGen), a Tier I social studies instructional approach for emergent bilingual (EB) students and their native English-speaking (non-EB) peers in Grades 6 and 7. WorldGen builds on prior research on instructional practices that have been associated with improved content knowledge and…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis, World History
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Caballero, Núria; Celaya, M. Luz – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
This study sets out to explore the effect of proficiency and modality of interaction on code-switching (CS) amongst two groups of Spanish-Catalan learners acquiring English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Primary school (grade 3, n = 24 and grade 6, n = 21). Data was retrieved from audio-taped oral activities (peer interaction and learner-teacher…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Grade 3
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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
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Marco MacFarlane – South African Journal of Education, 2024
With this article I explore the relationship between core academic language skills (CALS) -- a construct representing a set of high-utility language skills needed to manage the linguistic features prevalent in academic texts across content areas -- and schooling outcomes. There has long been an understanding that there is a distinction between…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Language Proficiency, Grade 6, Elementary School Students
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Nancy Gagné; Leif M. French; Kirsten M. Hummel – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Within the same learning context, learners' outcomes in terms of oral fluency vary greatly. This study tracked the relative contributions that first language (L1) and initial second language (L2) fluency skill and working memory (WM) made to L2 fluency development. We assessed the performance of French-speaking Grade 6 learners' (n = 47, mean age:…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Short Term Memory, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Shen, Bin; Bai, Barry; Park, Moonyoung – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
As an intimidating school subject for students globally, writing requires a high level of motivation, especially for second language (L2) learners. Despite abundant research on motivation in both first language (L1) writing and L2 learning, L2 writing motivation warrants more attention. To bridge the gap, the study intends to present an overall…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Writing (Composition), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Brutt-Griffler, Janina; Jang, Eunjee – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Employing a mixed-methods research design, this study examines how a newly designed dual language program in an urban school advances language proficiencies among Spanish-English bilingual 6th graders in relation to content area achievement as measured on NYS standardized tests in English Language Arts and Math. It further investigates how…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Academic Achievement, Language Proficiency
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Sandra Preusler; Johanna Fleckenstein; Steffen Zitzmann; Jürgen Baumert; Jens Möller – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
Multilingualism is often associated with advantages for acquiring additional languages. Theoretical approaches explain these advantages by assuming a Common Underlying Proficiency or a Metalinguistic Awareness. At the State Europe School in Berlin, students from different language backgrounds receive instruction in German and a partner language…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education, German, English (Second Language)
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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
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