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Rothoni, Anastasia – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2018
This article reports on findings of an ethnographically oriented multiple case study research study on teenagers' everyday literacy practices in English as a foreign language in contemporary Greece. Drawing on new literacy studies, discourse analysis, and ethnography, the study extended over a period of 18 months and employed multiple data…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Literacy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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van Compernolle, Rémi A.; Smotrova, Tetyana – Classroom Discourse, 2017
In this article, we examine the ways in which an ESL instructor constructs contextually relevant meanings through the synchronization of speech and gesture during unplanned vocabulary explanations. Video recorded data are analysed, with focus on an in-class homework review in which students demonstrated difficulty in comprehending several key…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Nonverbal Communication, Second Language Instruction, Video Technology
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Asari, Yoko – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2017
Recasts, a type of implicit feedback, is widely used by EFL teachers for improving learners' communicative competence. Research suggests that teachers may use salience enhancement techniques in order to highlight the positive/negative evidence in recasts. This study was conducted to identify types of recasts and examine the relationship between…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Interlanguage, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
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Masats, Dolors – Research-publishing.net, 2017
Learning a language in a formal context is not the same as learning a language in a natural setting, in that the goal of one of the participants in the communicative events that occur in the classroom, the teacher, is to teach a language. For this reason, the majority of the actions undertaken by the participants are directed at achieving that…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Classroom Communication
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Atar, Cihat; Seedhouse, Paul – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
This study analyses teacher-led clarification sequences in a university second language classroom setting from a conversation-analytic perspective. In the literature, there are many studies of clarification requests, but the focus is on individual categories and quantification. No previous study has examined clarification, as reconceptualised in…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, College Second Language Programs, Foreign Students, English (Second Language)
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Erduyan, Isil – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
In his model of classroom social identification and learning, Wortham (2006. "Learning Identity". New York: Cambridge University Press) conceptualizes identity processes as enveloped within multiple timescales unfolding simultaneously in varying paces. For Wortham (2008. "Shifting Identities in the Classroom." In "Identity…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Multilingualism, Self Concept, Second Language Learning
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Bhatti, Aisha; Shamsudin, Sarimah; Said, Seriaznita Binti Mat – English Language Teaching, 2018
In every society, language plays a vital role in communicating with each other as it allows speakers to expand their knowledge, deliver their ideas, opinions and feelings in the society. English, as a global language, provides a platform for communication for people who speak the language. Due to the growing trend in linguistic globalisation,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Code Switching (Language)
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Kearney, Erin – Foreign Language Annals, 2015
In response to calls for more practice-based teacher education, this study investigated the way in which two high-performing novice world language teachers, one in Spanish and one in Latin, implemented a high-leverage teaching practice, leading an open-ended group discussion. Observational data revealed a number of constituent micro-practices. The…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Group Discussion, Teacher Education, Language Teachers
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Hellermann, John; Thorne, Steven L.; Fodor, Peter – Classroom Discourse, 2017
Literacy, and particularly reading, is critical to success in schooling and full participation in contemporary societies. As one of the primary skills needed to develop proficiency in a language, the study of reading in additional languages has attracted significant research attention. Focusing on behaviourally visible and locally occasioned…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Reading Aloud to Others, English Language Learners, Handheld Devices
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Rasmitadila; Goldstein, Beth L. – International Journal of Special Education, 2017
This study aimed to determine the role of the special assistant teacher (SAT) compared to the general teacher as English teacher (ET) through instructional interactions in helping slow learner students (SLS) in the English lesson. Twenty-three grade 9 students were observed; interviews were also conducted with the two teachers and several students…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Learning Problems, Semi Structured Interviews, Interaction
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Martin-Beltrán, Melinda; Daniel, Shannon; Peercy, Megan; Silverman, Rebecca – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2017
This article analyzes how emergent bilinguals discursively support one another during literacy activities in a cross-aged peer-tutoring program in their elementary school. Drawing from Vygotskian sociocultural theory, we frame peer supports as developing a zone of relevance that fosters and sustains peer engagement in literacy discussions.…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Peer Teaching, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Wangru, Cao – International Education Studies, 2016
Questioning is one of the most frequently used strategies in classroom teaching, as well as the most influential teaching skill. It is a useful way for teachers to output information, to convey information and to obtain feedback from students. Teachers can also use it to communicate with their students. Effective questioning in class can encourage…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods, Questioning Techniques
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Van Canh, Le; Renandya, Willy A. – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2017
How does teachers' target language proficiency correlate with their ability to use the target language effectively in order to provide optimal learning opportunities in the language classroom? Adopting a conversation analysis approach, this study examines the extent to which teachers' use of the target language in the classroom creates learning…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Teacher Educators, Language Proficiency
Ekundayo, Omowumi Steve Bode – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2014
This paper examines the linguistic habit of "prepositional intraference" in Educated Nigerian English (ENE) with a view to establishing why and how Nigerians produce prepositional intraference variations and how the variations distinguish ENE morphosyntax from native English morphosyntax, particularly Standard British English (SBE).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Questionnaires
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Gilead, Yona – Journal of Jewish Education, 2016
The teaching and learning of Modern Hebrew outside of Israel is essential to Jewish education and identity. One of the most contested issues in Modern Hebrew pedagogy is the use of code-switching between Modern Hebrew and learners' first language. Moreover, this is one of the longest running disputes in the broader field of second language…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Code Switching (Language), Bilingualism, Multilingualism
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