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Direct linkDaniel Fung; Edsoulla Chung – Language and Education, 2024
Despite the rapid growth of English Medium Instruction (EMI) programmes around the globe, the language goals in such programmes have not been clearly defined, making it difficult to evaluate their success. Accordingly, our paper reports on a study that attempted to identify the language goals, operationalised as the vocabulary expected of…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Haug, Laura – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
Integrated assessment evaluates language proficiency through tasks that require the test-taker to produce a written or spoken output based on listening or reading comprehension (reading or listening-into-writing or speaking). Since integrated assessment aims at reflecting the communicative and cognitive requirements of academic life and other…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Fung, Dennis – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2021
Positioned in the Hong Kong education context, this article evaluates the effects of teaching science through home and second languages (i.e. Chinese and English) in Secondary 2 (or eighth grade) science classrooms. A total of 479 students, divided into two language instruction groups, participated in a teaching intervention comprising 16 lessons…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Chinese, English (Second Language)
Download full textDorji, Jigme – Journal of English Teaching, 2021
An action research was conducted with class 12 science students (n=15) for three months with an aim of helping students improve their academic writing skill through mini revision lessons and feedback. The study was conducted based on pre-test-intervention-post-test design using mixed method. Test scores and interview were two main data collection…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Writing Instruction
Kruawong, Thana; Soontornwipast, Kittitouch – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2021
Vocabulary plays an important role in the Content-Based classroom, making EFL Students' science vocabulary knowledge critical to their content understanding. The purpose of this action research was to enhance students' science vocabulary knowledge of 9th grade students through science vocabulary crossword puzzle (SVCP) practices. The research…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Understanding Science and Language Connections: New Approaches to Assessment with Bilingual Learners
Buxton, Cory; Harman, Ruth; Cardozo-Gaibisso, Lourdes; Jiang, Lei; Bui, Khanh; Allexsaht-Snider, Martha – Research in Science Education, 2019
We report on the use of bilingual constructed response science assessments in the context of a research and development partnership with secondary school science teachers. Given the power that assessments have in today's education systems, our project provided a series of workshops for teachers where they explored students' emergent…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Science Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teacher Workshops
Fernández-Sanjurjo, Javier; Fernández-Costales, Alberto; Arias Blanco, José Miguel – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2019
This paper investigates students' performance in content-subjects in the framework of CLIL programmes in Spain. So far, CLIL research has focused primarily on language attainment in the L2 and the L1, but students' achievements as regards content-subjects have been largely ignored. Competence in Science in the L1 is analysed by comparing pupils…
Descriptors: Course Content, Language of Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods
Buxton, Cory A.; Harman, Ruth; Cardozo-Gaibisso, Lourdes; Jiang, Lei; Bui, Khanh; Allexsaht-Snider, Martha A. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2020
We report on the use of bilingual constructed response science assessments in the context of a research and development partnership with secondary school science teachers. Our project provided a series of workshops for teachers where they explored students' emergent reform-oriented science meaning-making in our project-designed assessments. We…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Bilingualism, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Workshops
Dankers, Paul, Ed.; Koc, Mustafa, Ed.; Ciddi, Mustafa Lutfi, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2022
"Proceedings of International Conference on Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology (ICEMST) which took place on March 24-27, 2022 in Antalya, Turkey. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Success, Junior High School Teachers
Zwiep, Susan Gomez; Straits, William J. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2013
This paper presents findings from a 4-year project that developed and implemented a blended inquiry science and English Language Development (ELD) program in a large urban California school district. The sample included over 2,000 students in Kindergarten through 5th grade. Participating students' English and science achievement was compared to a…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Science Instruction, Urban Schools, School Districts
Houston Independent School District, 2017
The Cultural Heritage Bilingual Program (CHBP) was developed for English Language Learner (ELL) students from language groups not served by current bilingual programs in the Houston Independent School District (HISD). The two main bilingual programs in the district (Transitional Bilingual and Dual Language Bilingual) are designed to serve ELLs…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Heritage Education, Bilingual Education Programs, English Language Learners
Gose, Robin Margaretha – ProQuest LLC, 2013
English language learners (EL) are the fastest growing sub-group of the student population in California, yet ELs also score the lowest on the science section of the California Standardized Tests. In the area of bilingual education, California has dramatically changed its approach to English learners since the passage of Proposition 227 in 1998,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Immersion Programs, English (Second Language), Scores
Houston Independent School District, 2015
The Cultural Heritage Bilingual Program (CHBP) was developed for English Language Learner (ELL) students from language groups not served by current bilingual programs in the Houston Independent School District (HISD), which are designed for Spanish-speaking ELLs. The largest group of students in this category consists of ELLs whose home language…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Language of Instruction, School Districts
Houston Independent School District, 2014
The Cultural Heritage Bilingual Program (CHBP) was developed for English Language Learner (ELL) students from language groups not served by current bilingual programs in the Houston Independent School District (HISD), which are designed for Spanish-speaking ELLs. The largest group of students in this category consists of ELLs whose home language…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, School Districts, English Language Learners, Vietnamese
