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Direct linkTabatadze, Shalva; Gorgadze, Natia – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2023
This study aimed to explore gender equality in language textbooks in Georgian schools. The content analysis method was used to answer the research questions, and a theoretical framework was developed based on Porreca's Analytical Framework (1984). The research revealed that men remain more visible in textbooks. Social roles, activities, and…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Foreign Language Books, Foreign Countries, Gender Bias
Download full textMurphy, Peggy Henderson – Knowledge Quest, 2018
English Language Learner (ELL) students are sometimes a small constituency. Many resources already in the library can be used to enhance their language acquisition, confidence, and cultural fluency--resources such as graphic novels, hi-lo books, and makerspace materials. This article discusses enhancing language acquisition, confidence, and…
Descriptors: School Libraries, English Language Learners, Librarians, Second Language Learning
Harris, Shenika, Ed.; Bernales, Carolina, Ed.; Romero-Ghiretti, Gabriela, Ed.; Dolosic, Haley, Ed.; Liu, Huan, Ed.; Van Bishop, Tracy, Ed. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2016
This feature offers an archive of articles published in other venues during the past year and serves as a valuable tool to readers of "Reading in a Foreign Language" ("RFL"). It treats any topic within the scope of "RFL" and second language reading. The articles are listed in alphabetical order, each with a complete…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Publications, Archives, Foreign Language Books
Karen D. Thompson; Ilana M. Umansky; Lorna Porter – Grantee Submission, 2020
The educational opportunities, experiences, and outcomes of immigrant students are shaped in critical ways by the districts and schools they attend. Using the framework of immigrant contexts of reception to guide our analysis, and drawing on administrative data from two states, we examine contexts of reception for newcomers as a whole and for…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Educational Experience, Outcomes of Education, Educational Environment
Karen D. Thompson; Ilana M. Umansky; Lorna Porter – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2020
The educational opportunities, experiences, and outcomes of immigrant students are shaped in critical ways by the districts and schools they attend. Using a context of reception framework, we draw on administrative data from two states to examine several features of contexts of reception for newcomers as a whole and for newcomer subgroups.…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Educational Experience, Outcomes of Education, Educational Environment
Agcihan, Ezgi; Gokce, Asiye Toker – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
Textbooks might be one of the main resources of teachers even today however there have been many changes in education media and Technologies. Especially language course books used in foreign language teaching can be the basic source of learning when the target language is not spoken in the country where the language is thought. Thus, it can be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Turkish, Foreign Language Books, Second Language Learning
Roessingh, Hetty – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2011
This article advances a framework for early language and literacy development among young English language learners (ELLs). A dual-language book project undertaken in partnership with a local elementary school provides a context within which to address children's need to negotiate language, culture, and identity as they transition and make meaning…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Emergent Literacy, English (Second Language), Small Group Instruction
Omar, Che Abdul Majid Bin Che; Dahan, Hassan Basri Awang Mat – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2011
This is an action research to develop an E-Dictionary for the use with Maharah al-Qiraah (Reading skills) textbook at a matriculation centre. The research attempts to answer four research questions: a) What is the database model for an electronic dictionary using Microsoft Access for the use with Maharah al-Qiraah textbook? b) What are the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semitic Languages, Textbook Content, Textbooks
Maun, Ian – Language Awareness, 2006
This paper examines visual and affective factors involved in the reading of foreign language texts. It draws on the results of a pilot study among students of post-compulsory school stage studying French in England. Through a detailed analysis of students' reactions to texts, it demonstrates that the use of "authentic" documents under…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reader Response, Foreign Language Books, Reading
