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Al Aghar, Tania; Demirci, Helene Christina; Houjeir, Roudaina; McMinn, Melissa; Alzaabi, Khawla Ali Saif – Cogent Education, 2023
This study investigated Arabic teachers' perceptions of the practice of extensive reading (ER) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The study was conducted as part of an interdisciplinary research project at one of the largest higher education institutions (HEIs) in the country. The project aimed to develop and launch an Arabic online reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Arabic
Arfé, Barbara; Zancato, Tamara – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
According to a language-integrated view of spelling development, learning to spell involves the same language-learning skills across alphabetic systems. A prediction based on this view is that the same spelling training should be equally effective for learning to spell in a shallow (Italian, native language) or an opaque (English, additional…
Descriptors: Spelling, Intervention, Teaching Methods, Italian
Simweleba, Never H.; Serpell, Robert – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2020
Background: Parental involvement is one of the important factors in pupils' academic achievement. Aim: The study sought to assess whether an intervention to enhance the interaction of parents with Grade 4 learners (aged 10-15 years) in homework would improve the learners performance in Chitonga and Mathematics. Setting: This study was conducted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Parent Participation, Rural Schools
Hamman-Ortiz, Laura; Lichon, Katy; Roach, Clare; Harty, Patricia Salazar – Journal of Catholic Education, 2022
The purpose of this article is two-fold. First, we seek to make a case for the promise of dual language programs to enhance Catholic schooling and enrich educational opportunities for Latinx students. Second, we offer insights into the current landscape of Catholic schools with dual language programs, drawing upon data from a national survey…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Catholic Schools, Hispanic American Students, English (Second Language)
Kirsten, Nils; Wermke, Wieland – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2017
The purpose of this article was to analyse how teachers' continuing professional development (CPD) contributes to the government of the teaching profession. This is done by examining the CPD initiatives organized by two Swedish national educational agencies since 1991 involving the school subjects of Swedish (standard language education) and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Professional Continuing Education, Professionalism
Paik, Susan J.; Rahman, Zaynah; Kula, Stacy M.; Saito, L. Erika; Witenstein, Matthew A. – School Community Journal, 2017
Based on 135 ethnic afterschool programs and language schools, this descriptive study (Part 2 of 2 in this issue) revealed differences in the types of programs housed within East, South, and Southeast Asian coethnic communities (strong, weak, or dispersed) in the U.S. The article applies a combined cultural-structural framework to understand…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, After School Programs, Asian Americans, Community
Trudell, Joel; Cheffy, Ian – International Review of Education, 2017
This article discusses the impact of literacy programmes on those who learned to read and write in their own African languages. It draws on adult learners' reflections on the significance of literacy and numeracy in their everyday lives as evidenced in interviews conducted in 2014 and 2015 in rural sites in five African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya,…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Adult Literacy, African Languages, Native Language Instruction
Arnhart, Jeanette – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In the context of the Northwest Arkansas (NWA) regional setting, this study examines the effects of the Spanish for Heritage and Native Speakers (SHNS) model from multiple vantage points. Educational capital and biculturation approaches are employed to help theoretically frame post-secondary educational success and ethnic identity, respectively.…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Hispanic American Students, Spanish, Native Speakers
Caffery, Jo; Coronado, Gabriela; Hodge, Bob – Language Policy, 2016
This article looks at multilingual, mother-tongue-based language policies influenced by colonial and postcolonial histories and globalization processes. We use multiscalar analysis to show these policies as creative responses to problems affected by national and international forces. Our study focuses on Timor-Leste, specifically a pilot…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Planning, Foreign Policy, History
Duff, Fiona J.; Hulme, Charles; Grainger, Katy; Hardwick, Samantha J.; Miles, Jeremy N. V.; Snowling, Margaret J. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2014
Background: Intervention studies for children at risk of dyslexia have typically been delivered preschool, and show short-term effects on letter knowledge and phoneme awareness, with little transfer to literacy. Methods: This randomised controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of a reading and language intervention for 6-year-old children…
Descriptors: Intervention, Children, At Risk Persons, Dyslexia
Seals, Corinne A.; Peyton, Joy Kreeft – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2017
This article argues for the value of heritage language programs and the micro-level language policies that support them, focusing on a case study of a program in the USA to make this argument. We also argue for the importance of recognizing students' heritage languages, cultures, and individual goals and identities in mainstream school programs.…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Cultural Awareness, Case Studies, Self Concept
Woodworth, Katrina; Chow, Kirby; Chen, Wei-Bing; Anderson, Leslie M.; Butler, Alisha; Turnbull, Brenda; Brayboy, Bryan; Hirshberg, Diane – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2019
The Title VI Indian Education Formula Grants program represents the U.S. Department of Education's largest investment in addressing the unique academic and cultural needs of American Indian and Alaska Native children. The program is aimed at supporting services that (1) are responsive to the unique cultural, language, and educational needs of…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Grants, Educational Finance, Funding Formulas
Anderson, Leslie M.; Butler, Alisha; Woodworth, Katrina – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2019
This is the technical appendices for the report, "Implementation of the Title VI Indian Education Formula Grants Program." Three appendices are included. The appendices are: (1) Supplemental Exhibits; (2) Data Collection Instruments; and (3) Title VI Indian Student Eligibility Certification Form (ED 506 Form). [For "Implementation…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Grants, Educational Finance, Funding Formulas
Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2019
Indian Education Formula Grants represent the U.S. Department of Education's largest investment in addressing the unique academic and cultural needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students. The program is aimed at supporting services that are responsive to the unique cultural, language, and educational needs of these students and help them…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Grants, Educational Finance, Funding Formulas
Usborne, Esther; Peck, Josephine; Smith, Donna-Lee; Taylor, Donald M. – Canadian Journal of Education, 2011
Aboriginal communities across Canada are implementing Aboriginal language programs in their schools. In the present research, we explore the impact of learning through an Aboriginal language on students' English and Aboriginal language skills by contrasting a Mi'kmaq language immersion program with a Mi'kmaq as a second language program. The…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Second Language Learning, Canada Natives, Native Language Instruction