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Evaluation of an Explicit Vocabulary Teaching Intervention for Children Learning English as an Additional Language in Primary School
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Dixon, Chris; Thomson, Jenny; Fricke, Silke – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2020
Many children learning English as an additional language (EAL) possess lower levels of English vocabulary knowledge relative to their non-EAL English-speaking peers. Longitudinal work suggests that this group discrepancy does not decrease markedly over time as a result of regular classroom teaching. Twelve EAL learners with English vocabulary…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Vocabulary, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction