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Magableh, Ibrahim Suleiman Ibrahim; Abdullah, Amelia – International Journal of Instruction, 2020
Teachers sometimes fail to give varied teaching instructions that are suitable for a mixed-ability classroom because these instructions do not match students' proficiency levels. The current quasi-experimental quantitative study investigated the effectiveness of differentiated instruction strategies on students' overall English achievement. 60…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Individualized Instruction, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
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Sénécal, Anna-Marie; Mezzaluna, Vanessa; Cardoso, Walcir – Research-publishing.net, 2018
This study explored the effects of learner response systems (clickers) on the development of vocabulary knowledge in English (L2). Sixty-one Grade 8 learners divided in two groups participated in the experiment, which followed a pretest-posttest-delayed posttest research design. While the experimental group received a clicker-based treatment via…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development
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Bykova, Svetlana S.; Kuvaldina, Elena A.; Mashkovtseva, Larisa M.; Malova, Tatyana V. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2018
Foreign language lessons at school are designed to form key competences, with communicative competence being an important one, implying students' ability and readiness to communicate in a foreign language. However, there are difficulties in mastering the foreign language. As before, the main ones are: the lack of active oral practice, the absence…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Student Projects, Student Research
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Ohlberger, Stephanie; Wegner, Claas – Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2017
In recent years, the issue of using bilingual education has come to the public's attention. A widespread belief is that students in bilingual classes achieve a higher competence in the language, but that they lag behind in subject-specific knowledge when compared to fellow students in traditional (i.e. monolingual) classroom settings.…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Bilingual Students, Biology, Science Instruction
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Marieswari, M.; Prema, N. – English Language Teaching, 2016
The peer who teaches to their mates is peer tutoring. It is a common instructional strategy used in classrooms. The aim of this study is to know whether there is any improvement in achievement marks of tutors and tutees after the process of peer tutoring. Class VIII students were selected as the sample for the present experimental study. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Control Groups
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Bataineh, Ruba Fahmi; Salah, Na'em Ali – TESOL International Journal, 2017
Despite a plethora of research on the utility of drama in the foreign language classroom (e.g., Boudreault, 2010; Gorjian, Moosavinia, & Jabripour, 2010; Zafeiriadou, 2009; Ziltener, 2011), less research addresses its effect on skill development (e.g., Al-Rabadi & Bataineh, 2015; Bataineh, Al-Rabadi, & Smadi, 2013). This study examines…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Drama, Second Language Instruction
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Awada, Ghada M.; Faour, Kawthar H. – Teaching English with Technology, 2018
The present study investigated the effectiveness of the Glogster and cooperative learning as differentiation models of English as a second/foreign language (ESL/EFL) and Science projects. The study employed a mixed method study design whereby questionnaire and openended interview were incorporated to elicit the required data. Eighteen teachers…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Golub, Ana Šenjug – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2014
The development of intercultural competence is increasingly being perceived as a key goal in today's education. As a result of a strong emphasis on that competence in curricular documents, teachers are faced with demanding tasks. Confirming this, recent research in the field of intercultural competence in Croatian schools indicates the numerous…
Descriptors: Intercultural Programs, Multicultural Education, Interpersonal Competence, Teacher Participation
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Simard, Daphnee – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2009
This study investigated the effects of textual enhancement formats (number and choice of typographical cues) on the intake of plural markers in English as a second language among grade eight native French-speaking students. An experimental reading task integrating different formats of textual enhancement into a text was created. A split-plot…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Cues, Teaching Methods
Lizasoain, Andrea; Ortiz de Zarate, Amalia – Online Submission, 2009
According to the national results of the English diagnostic test (2004) applied to Chilean 8th and 12th graders, the current English teaching methodology used in this country is not efficient nor effective. Consequently, a different methodology is urgently needed, particularly in a context where students primarily come from rural areas and will be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Diagnostic Tests
Green, Patricia J.; Sha, Mandy; Liu, Lu – RTI International, 2011
In 2001, the U.S. Department of Education and the Ministry of Education in China entered into a bilateral partnership to develop a technology-driven approach to foreign language learning that integrated gaming, immersion, voice recognition, problem-based learning tasks, and other features that made it a significant research and development pilot…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Middle School Students, Partnerships in Education