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Rebecca Robertson Konz; Preethi Titu; Felicia Leammukda – Discover Education, 2024
Research suggests that by allowing English Learner (EL) students to use their home languages in science class, they can better express their thinking and build content knowledge through underlying crosslinguistic awareness between languages. However, EL students' educational backgrounds and home languages are incredibly varied. In this case study,…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Student Attitudes, Phenomenology, Video Technology
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Smith, Hamish; Townsend, Simon D. C. – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
This pilot study utilizes 360° camera and viewer technology in a science content-based EFL class at a Japanese University. Due to a lack of initial knowledge on how to best incorporate this technology into a content driven EFL class, a co-development strategy was devised between the teacher and students to dynamically design a course over…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English for Academic Purposes
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Axelsson, Monica; Jakobson, Britt – Language and Education, 2020
In this article we examine a teacher's and multilingual students' use of multiple resources and their potential for students' meaning-making of sound and sound transmission. Students were 14-15 years old, Swedish grade 8, speaking Swedish as a second language. We examine how different strategies and multiple resources interact in creating thematic…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Multilingualism, Secondary School Students, Swedish
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Williams, Melanie; Tang, Kok-Sing – Asia-Pacific Science Education, 2021
The visual mode provides emergent bi/multilinguals an essential resource to construct scientific explanations. Yet, while a metalanguage is used to describe the written mode of scientific language such as, claim, evidence, reason; there is little research that makes students aware of the metalanguage of a visual mode. We propose an introduction to…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Metalinguistics, Science Education
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Symons, Carrie – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2021
In the telling case presented here, the instructional practices an exemplary teacher used to scaffold fourth-grade emergent bilinguals' comprehension of a challenging informational science text are identified, analyzed, and discussed. Data sources included observation field notes, video and audio recording of 11 hours of instruction, the teacher's…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Bilingualism, Grade 4
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Kang, Emily J. S.; Swanson, Lauren H.; Bauler, Clara V. – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2017
This paper explored the integration of science and language instruction during a unit on plate tectonics in a 7th grade transitional bilingual classroom. As not many studies have explored engaging bilingual learners in the Next Generation Science Standards practices of argumentation and explanation, we sought to analyze emergent bilinguals'…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Units of Study, Language Proficiency, Plate Tectonics
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Lin, John J. H.; Lee, Yuan-Husan; Wang, Dai-Yi; Lin, Sunny S. J. – Educational Technology & Society, 2016
The present study investigated the effects of providing subtitles and taking enotes on cognitive load and performance. A total of 73 English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) undergraduates learned brain anatomy and cognitive functions through multimedia programs. We used a 2 (subtitle/no) x 2 (taking enotes/no) factorial design to test the following:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning