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Download full textNur Ainil Sulaiman – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2023
A gloss refers to a short definition or explanation of the meaning of a word in a text that can assist learners in reading comprehension and vocabulary learning. This study aims to investigate how glosses in English academic texts affect the reading behaviour of ESL undergraduates while reading is taking place. In addition, it also examines the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Direct linkTruckenmiller, Adrea J.; Park, Jiyoon; Dabo, Arfang; Wu Newton, Yi-Chieh – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2019
Academic language, which is characterized by the words and structure of the language of schooling, is an important teachable component of academic achievement. When compared to other strong predictors of academic achievement (e.g., decoding, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension), academic language is not as well understood or explicitly taught in…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Barr, Christopher D.; Uccelli, Paola; Phillips Galloway, Emily – Language Learning, 2019
This study reports on the conceptualization of a new construct targeting the cross-disciplinary academic language skills most relevant to school reading comprehension, targeting the validation of the Core Academic Language Skills (CALS) Instrument, a novel assessment tool which measures this construct. Participants included Grade 4-8 monolingual…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Interdisciplinary Approach, Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students
