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Kelley, Elizabeth Spencer; Barker, R. Michael; Peters-Sanders, Lindsey; Madsen, Keri; Seven, Yagmur; Soto, Xigrid; Olsen, Wendy; Hull, Katharine; Goldstein, Howard – Grantee Submission, 2020
Purpose: Many children begin school with limited vocabularies, placing them at a high risk of academic difficulties. The goal of this study was to examine the effects of a vocabulary intervention program, "Story Friends," designed to improve vocabulary knowledge of at-risk preschool children. Method: Twenty-four early-childhood…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, At Risk Students
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East, Martin; Scott, Adele – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2011
A revised schoolwide curriculum for New Zealand was implemented in 2010. This new curriculum has placed a new and strong emphasis on foreign language (L2) learning and has precipitated a reevaluation of high-stakes assessment practices to ensure that senior school assessments will be aligned to new curriculum requirements. The reevaluation has led…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Second Language Learning, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
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Pellerin, Martine; Montes, Carlos Soler – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2012
The study explores the effectiveness of the implementation of blended teaching (BT) by combining the Spanish online resource "Aula Virtual de Espanol" (AVE) with the face-to-face (F2F) delivery approach in second language Spanish programs in two high schools in Alberta, Canada. Findings demonstrate the effectiveness of combining the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Web Based Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness