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Kapanadze, Dilek Ünveren – Online Submission, 2018
The aim of this study is to identify the effect of using discourse analysis method on the skills of reading comprehension, textual analysis, creating discourse and use of language. In this study, the authentic test model with pre-test and post-test control group was used in order to determine the difference of academic achievement between…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Language Usage
Markova, Ivana – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2017
This research compared the relative impact of different preschool activities on the development of bilingual students' English-language skills. The study investigated whether bilingual preschool children would engage more, and use more of their second language (English), during free-play (non-academic) versus teacher-structured (academic)…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Learning Activities, Play, Preschool Education
Biçer, Nursat – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
This study aimed to determine the views of the Syrian refugees migrating to Kilis, Turkey on the Turkish language and culture, as well as the impact of this situation on their daily life. For that purpose, this study was done in accordance with a mixed design, using quantitative and qualitative research methods together. The target population of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Attitude Measures, Language Usage
Vargas Blanco, Edgar Mauricio – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The following study explores the attitudes of 40 Hispanic families towards Spanish and their ethnic community in Houston and its suburbs. The research participants included 20 Colombian families and 20 Mexican families. A mixed methodology using quantitative and qualitative methods was used. Through family's observation, surveys and interviews to…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Spanish Speaking, Ethnic Groups, Neighborhoods
Hachfeld, Axinja; Anders, Yvonne; Kuger, Susanne; Smidt, Wilfried – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
Home and educational institutions are children's most important external influences and a positive partnership between the two can positively affect children's cognitive and non-cognitive development. Quality of family-preschool partnership (FPP) can depend on preschool and family characteristics. For Germany, studies show that immigrant parents…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family School Relationship, Parent Participation, Partnerships in Education
Hlas, Anne Cummings – Hispania, 2016
In recent years, much research has shown that the first language (L1) is being used in the majority of foreign language classrooms. However, these findings have often failed to include secondary foreign language teachers and their teaching context. The current mixed-methods study explores Spanish teachers' use of and beliefs about first and target…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Language Usage, Mixed Methods Research
Ibrahim, Mona Kamal; Ibrahim, Yehia A. – Issues in Educational Research, 2017
Following a "mixed methods" approach, this research is designed to examine whether teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) in Egypt's public schools matches the communicative English language teaching (CELT) approach. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected from 50 classroom observations, 100 questionnaire responses from…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Questionnaires
Renish, Angela J. – Online Submission, 2016
Nineteen students whose first language is not English (English Language Learners, ELL) participated in an action research study that focused on the marriage of an art education curriculum and literacy practice. The study introduced students to the consistent use of language in art education as a means to discuss, inform, explain, and demonstrate…
Descriptors: Action Research, Art Education, Literacy Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Tseng, Jun-Jie – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2018
Technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) proposed by Mishra and Koehler is a theoretical construct of teacher knowledge that describes how teachers teach subject matter content using certain instructional methods with specific technology in particular contexts. This study aims to explore the interface between TPACK and SLA, intending to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Romero, Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In the age of high stakes accountability, districts are being asked to provide and demonstrate academic achievement for all students including English Learners(ELs), who maybe also be identified as Emergent Bilinguals (EBs), or Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD). This becomes increasingly challenging especially for small rural districts…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Interviews, Pretests Posttests, Observation
Wildschut, Zelda; Moodley, Trevor; Aronstam, Shelley – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2016
Research has revealed that the academic performances of learners in South Africa are below the required level. The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) launched the literacy and numeracy strategy 2006-2016 in response to the low literacy and numeracy levels. In addition, the WCED introduced the Grade 1 baseline assessment in 2006, as part of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Student Evaluation, Barriers
Cormier, Marianne; Bourque, Jimmy; Jolicoeur, Manon – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2014
This study explores early francization models for a linguistic minority currently struggling to preserve its language. The French Acadians of New Brunswick, Canada, represent 30% of the province's total population, yet their numbers and their linguistic vitality are decreasing. New Brunswick has two public school systems: the English language…
Descriptors: French, Language Minorities, Language Maintenance, Foreign Countries
Lo, Yuen Yi – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2015
In Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) classrooms where students' L2 proficiency has not reached the threshold level, teachers have been observed to use L1 to assist students in grasping specific technical terms and abstract concepts. It is argued to be a 'realistic' approach to the learning problems caused by students' limited L2…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Usage, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
Michelson, Kristen; Dupuy, Beatrice – L2 Journal, 2014
Recent scholarship has proposed a pedagogy of multiliteracies to frame FL curricula and instruction, and encourage critical reflection about language use through a variety of discourses and textual genres. One pedagogical framework conducive to fostering learners' intersemiotic awareness is Global Simulation (GS). GS consists in the creation of a…
Descriptors: Multiliteracies, Second Language Instruction, French, Simulation
Gann, Linda – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The research centered on secondary mathematics teachers' beliefs, attitudes, knowledge base, and practices in meeting the academic and language needs of English language learners. Using socio-cultural theory and social practice theory to frame the study, the research design employed a mixed methods approach incorporating self-reported surveys,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Interviews, Teacher Attitudes
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