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Hsin, L.; Rapaport, A.; Osman, D.; Kilborn, M.; Pierson, A.; Garrett, R. – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
These are the appendixes for the report, "English Proficiency and the Pandemic: How Texas English Learner Students Fared during the COVID-19 Pandemic. REL 2023-144." This study examined levels of English proficiency before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among English learner students in grades 3-12 in Texas. In 2020-2021, nearly…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners
Houston Independent School District, 2021
The Houston Independent School District (HISD) currently offers two bilingual programs and two English as a Second Language (ESL) programs for English language learners (ELs). These programs facilitate ELs' integration into the regular school curriculum and ensure access to equal educational opportunities. Bilingual programs are offered in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners
Liu, Kristin K.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Press, Anatasia M.; Lickteig, Olivia – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2018
Schools in the United States serve a linguistically diverse population of students. The U.S. Department of Education estimates that 9.1 percent of public school students in the United States were English learners (ELs) in 2014-2015. These are students who meet the federal definition of English learners, referred to in the Individuals with…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, English Language Learners, Disabilities, English (Second Language)
Hsin, Lisa; Rapaport, Amie; Osman, David; Kilborn, Mitchell; Pierson, Ashley; Garrett, Rachel – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
This study examined levels of English proficiency before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among English learner students in grades 3-12 in Texas. In 2020-2021, nearly 750,000 students in grades 3-12--approximately one in five Texas students--were English learner students. In accordance with Texas state law and the Every Student Succeeds Act,…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, COVID-19, Pandemics, English (Second Language)
Obuon, Otieno Paulvince – ProQuest LLC, 2019
English Learners (ELs) enrollment in the U.S. public schools continues to increase. ELs have various linguistic needs including listening, reading, speaking, and writing English. Often this group of students does not perform well academically on state assessments since these assessments are normally written in English and require substantial…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, English Language Learners, Language Skills, Mathematics Achievement
Forbes, Karen; Fisher, Linda – Language Learning Journal, 2018
In an increasingly multilingual world, the question of how to improve foreign language speaking skills of pupils in British schools is of paramount importance to language teachers and policy-makers today. This paper examines how an explicit focus on metacognitive strategy use within secondary school foreign language lessons impacts pupils'…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Secondary School Students, Language Proficiency, Oral Language
Diaz, Andrea Paola; Arikan, Arda – Online Submission, 2016
In this study, we look at the education of English language teachers in two countries, namely, Argentina and Turkey. We specifically discuss the curricula of the teacher education programs by focusing on the specific courses taken by prospective teachers of English in each country and the steps they have to take to start teaching officially.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Crossley, Scott A.; Kim, YouJin – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2019
The current study examined the effects of text-based relational (i.e., cohesion), propositional-specific (i.e., lexical), and syntactic features in a source text on subsequent integration of the source text in spoken responses. It further investigated the effects of word integration on human ratings of speaking performance while taking into…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Syntax, Oral Language, Speech Communication
Sykes, Julie M.; Cohen, Andrew D. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
Explicit instruction in strategies for interlanguage pragmatic learning is fundamental to the development of a comprehensive set of pragmatic abilities in the target language. In this article, we begin by providing an overview of previous work in the area of language learner strategies directed at the teaching and learning of pragmatics. We then…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Pragmatics, Interlanguage, Second Language Learning
Umansky, Ilana M.; Valentino, Rachel A.; Reardon, Sean F. – Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2015
One in five school-age children in the U.S. speaks a language other than English at home (Zeigler & Camarota, 2014). Roughly half of these emerging bilingual students (Garcia, 2009) are classified as English learners (ELs) when they enter school, meaning they do not meet state or district criteria for English proficiency (NCES, 2015). As the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Immersion Programs, Bilingual Students, English Language Learners
Burdzinski, Donna R. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study had a three-fold purpose: first, to assess the attitudes of student affairs administrators working in the Florida College System (FCS) about globalization, internationalization, and their strategies for effecting internationalization efforts at their community/state colleges. This study also investigated the relationship between student…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Global Approach, Student Personnel Workers, Administrator Surveys
Curtain, Helena – Learning Languages, 2013
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the National Standards for Foreign Language Education have several areas of commonality: (1) both standards have the goal that all students, by the end of 12th grade, will have the skills they need to be successful world citizens; (2) the literacy skills that are found in the Common Core are the same…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Core Curriculum, FLES
Han, Jinghe; Yao, Jun – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
This paper explores the practicum experience of a group of bilingual student-teachers who taught Chinese using English to learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) in Western Sydney schools. Specifically it explores how these student-teachers used English as the instructional language in class and what strengths and weaknesses they…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Student Teachers, Practicums, Language Proficiency
Stokes-Guinan, Katie; Goldenberg, Claude – CATESOL Journal, 2011
Both California state law and the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) require that all schools assess the English language proficiency of newly enrolled students who speak a language other than English at home and, annually, all English learners (ELs) already enrolled. California meets this requirement by administering the California English…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Skills
Arkoudis, Sophie; Baik, Chi; Bexley, Emmaline; Doughney, Lachlan – Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, 2014
This report presents the "English Language Proficiency" (ELP) and Employability Framework", which has been designed to inform and support higher education institutions' (HEIs) policies and practices on ELP and graduate employability. The "Framework" was developed through a review of the national and international…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Employment Potential
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