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Apisak Sukying; Jessie S. Barrot – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2025
There is an ongoing concern regarding the alignment of textbooks with curriculum standards across different subjects. Such studies have emphasized the critical, yet complex, role of textbooks in bridging pedagogical practices with curricular reforms. The present research builds upon these discussions, by examining not only the alignment but also…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, National Curriculum
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Kaori Nakao; Quint W. L. Oga-Baldwin; Luke K. Fryer – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2024
Foreign language was recently added to Japan's national primary school curriculum. Phoneme-Grapheme Recognition (PGR) skills are a critical step in both L1 and L2 development. Due to its simplistic approach and the lack of new investment in teacher training, research regarding the impact on PGR skills are important. This study tested the relative…
Descriptors: Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Elementary School Students, Longitudinal Studies, English (Second Language)
Fred Dervin; Kaisa Hahl – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2025
This paper addresses 'distractions' in the way English language education is discussed and practiced in one of the most debated systems of education in the world today: Finnish primary education. Distractions are considered as 'makers of disturbance' in educational ideologies by the authors. Examining the 2014 National Core Curriculum and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), National Curriculum
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Peng Zhang; Enze Guo – Human Rights Education Review, 2024
As China increasingly engages in global human rights mechanisms, it has demonstrated a commitment to reforming its national curriculum. Through examining textbooks published during Xi Jinping's tenure, this study investigates how China embeds human rights issues in the English language curriculum. The findings indicate that the human rights issues…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Propaganda, Foreign Countries, National Curriculum
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S. M. Akramul Kabir – MEXTESOL Journal, 2024
The current National Curriculum 2012 for English (VI- X) in Bangladesh incorporates both listening and speaking skills for its English education. Textbooks have also been designed in accordance with the policy which is set by the National Curriculum and Textbook Broad (NCTB). The English textbook, titled "English for Today" (EfT), was…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, National Curriculum
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Barry Bai; Huixuan Zhou – European Journal of Education, 2024
This paper analyses the current situation of English as a foreign language (EFL) writing in basic education in mainland China with a focus on the English curriculum standards, instruction and assessment. The National English Curriculum Standards launched by China's Ministry of Education ratified a general framework for EFL writing instruction and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Standards, Writing Instruction, Writing Evaluation
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Thi Loan Vu – Issues in Educational Research, 2024
Teacher agency in Vietnam is an under-researched area, to the cost of recognising teacher professionalism, the role of teachers in curriculum reform and, consequently, the success of important curriculum improvements. This paper reports on a multiple-case study investigating teacher agency in primary schools implementing the national EFL…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Shanshan Yang; Masatoshi Sato; Dingfang Shu; Beilei Wang – ELT Journal, 2024
This study explored how secondary school EFL teachers engaged in professional learning opportunities when they participated in the development of ELT materials. While increasing research has examined language teaching materials and teacher learning, the two research fields have remained largely disconnected, hindering the potential of materials…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Feedback (Response)
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Hambalee Jehma; Weerapa Pongpanich; Supachai Saeeaw – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2024
This qualitative study aimed to examine the perceptions of students participating in hybrid overseas courses through Zoom application and in-house face to face abroad regarding the development of language skills, digital literacies, cultural adaptation, confidence, and motivation. 96 students engaging in such courses were selected from a pool of…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Mastery Learning, Language Proficiency, Digital Literacy
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Tiare Gonzalez-Vidal; Paul Moore – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2024
Purpose: The professional experiences of teachers of languages and cultures, along with the learning experiences of their students, are embedded in educational contexts, which themselves are informed, and constrained, by national language policies. This study aims to explore 51 English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) secondary teachers' perceptions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Byungmin Lee; Hyunsoon Kim – English Teaching, 2024
Motivated by the effort of diagnostic interventions for EFL learners in Korean educational contexts, this study aims to identify heterogeneous L2 reading skill profiles among students attending the same school. Subsequently, it investigates the impact of learners' L2 learning backgrounds on heterogeneity of these reading skills. Using Latent…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Korean, Context Effect
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Hassan Syed – TESOL Journal, 2024
In this study the author combines translingualism and raciolinguistic perspectives to analyze the language ideologies and idealized listening/reading subject positions that undergird discourses on English language teaching in Pakistan. Drawing on data from national policy documents, the national curriculum for English, and English proficiency…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Dongying Li – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2024
Curriculum material use is an agentive, reciprocal and innovative practice, involving multiple stakeholders such as teacher, students and assessments that mutually shape one another. While it is generally acknowledged that teachers' knowledge and skills deeply shape the way they use materials, little is known about how material use can possibly…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Educational Change, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
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John Stewart Clark; Matthew Terrett – Journal of Research in International Education, 2024
National curriculum standards for different countries mean some International Baccalaureate (IB) schools must often balance IB and national standards. Literature on how schools find this balance is limited. Using a qualitative case study design, we examined the perspectives of teachers of English in a Chinese IB school that recently employed a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Teacher Attitudes, Standards, National Curriculum
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Ágnes Klein; Edina Haslauer – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2024
This study is a systemic examination of three Hungarian national curricula and their effects on minority students' education over 130 years beginning in 1777, when a uniform, state-regulated school system was created, accompanied by carefully drafted educational policies to which educational institutes had to adhere. The documents presented in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Political Attitudes, Social Change
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