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Magdalena Pando – Language and Education, 2024
This is a qualitative case study framed by a sociosemiotic theoretical framework to explore science and language instruction with three Emergent Bilinguals (EBs) in sixth grade. The study details the modeling and explanatory processes used by EBs to mediate science learning through evidence-based argumentation. A thematic analysis of students'…
Descriptors: Science Education, Second Language Instruction, Bilingual Education, Persuasive Discourse
Olson, Collin S. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Gestures and other bodily movements are frequently used as instructional strategies in second language classrooms. Research has demonstrated that gestures are an effective strategy to improve L2 vocabulary recall. However, previous studies have only used vocabulary items that are known to participants in their native languages. Additionally,…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Nonverbal Communication
Rio Satria Nugroho; Radityo Widiatmojo – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
This research discusses the close relationship between visual literacy, the ability to read, understand, and create visual texts -- and elementary school books, particularly children's picture books. It aims to explore the visual literacy parameters in English elementary textbooks published by the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture. In…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Burri, Michael – BC TEAL Journal, 2017
Making sense of theory plays an essential role in the life of a doctoral student. This autoethnographic study explores how I made sense of educational theory while conceptualizing the theoretical framework for my PhD proposal. A diary that I kept while designing the proposal serves as the data source to examine how my thinking about theory…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Comprehension, Educational Theories
Kimberly D. Buescher – ProQuest LLC, 2015
A well-documented curricular gap exists in L2 pedagogy between the introductory courses, focusing mainly on language, and advanced courses, focusing mainly on literary content. Intermediate learners, despite their proficiency, generally have difficulty in bridging this gap, as it requires a shift from decoding to interpreting and analyzing texts.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Concept Formation, Teaching Methods
Vongkrachang, Salila; Chinwonno, Apasara – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2015
The study aimed to examine the effect of explicit reading instruction as an approach to Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) framework on EFL students' informational text comprehension and engagement. The explicit reading instruction was implemented with 39 first-year Thai undergraduate students over a 10-week period. It was found that the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Instruction
Hershfield, Arlene – TESL Talk, 1984
Presents reading activities for second language students to demonstrate how new vocabulary and concepts can be introduced and practiced in stimulating, meaningful way. Students also learn that facts within a story relate to what has been read and what will be read, and their knowledge and skill at problem-solving is more important than individual…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, English (Second Language), Memory, Reading Comprehension

Brown, Gillian – Applied Linguistics, 1989
Briefly characterizes the view of context most widely used in applied linguistics and language teaching. Research about some of the parameters that contribute to greater or lesser conceptual difficulty is outlined. Research about the role of intentionality and causality in narrative is also described. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Concept Formation, Context Clues, High Schools

de Bot, Kees; Paribakht, T-Sima; Wesche, Marjorie Bingham – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1997
Explores the relevance of a model for second language (L2) lexical organization and processing, with particular attention to its mental lexicon components, i.e., concepts, lemmas, and lexemes; and organization. Argues that the process of inferring the features of unknown words in a reading passage can be described in terms of lemma construction,…
Descriptors: College Students, Concept Formation, English (Second Language), Higher Education

Winer, Lise; Benson, Scott – College ESL, 1997
Presents excerpts from a discussion in an English-as-a-Second-Language classroom to illustrate the role of group discussion in assessing reading comprehension and shaping realizations through a type of scaffolded instruction. Discusses the "stepping stones" technique with a classroom transcript illustrating its use. (nine references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Concept Formation, English (Second Language)
Mann, William – 1990
This paper reports on an experiment designed to determine whether a novice second-language (L2) reader can be characterized as concept-oriented or syntactic-structure oriented. The operating premise was that high school L2 students read and understand not so much by translating as by combining conceptual fragments into a tentative "script," which…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Context Clues, Decoding (Reading), Error Analysis (Language)

Chen, Qin; Donin, Janet – Modern Language Journal, 1997
Investigates the effects of science students' domain-specific knowledge and language proficiency on local lexical and syntactic processing and on semantic and higher conceptual processing of biology texts written in the students' first and second languages. Results indicate that language proficiency affects lower-level processing and…
Descriptors: Biology, Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation
Devine, Joanne, Ed.; And Others – 1987
This collection of essays, most followed by comments, reflect some aspect of the general theme: reading is a multifacted, complex, interactive process that involves many subskills and many types of reader, as well as text, variables. Papers include: "The Eclectic Synergy of Methods of Reading Research" (Ulla Connor); "A View of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes