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Brookes, David T.; Etkina, Eugenia – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Researchers believe that the way that students talk, specifically the language that they use, can offer a window into their reasoning processes. Yet the connection between what students are saying and what they are actually thinking can be ambiguous. We present the results of an exploratory interview study with 10 participants, designed to…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Thermodynamics, Language Usage
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Jarvis, Huw; Achilleos, Marianna – TESL-EJ, 2013
This article begins by critiquing the long-established acronym CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning). We then go on to report on a small-scale study which examines how student non-native speakers of English use a range of digital devices beyond the classroom in both their first (L1) and second (L2) languages. We look also at the extent to…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Criticism