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Atin Kurniawati; Arief Eko Priyo Atmojo – Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture, 2025
This study investigates teachers' beliefs and practices in implementing CLIL in an Indonesian primary school context. Drawing on narrative inquiry, fruitful themes and subthemes were generated from the thematic analysis of teachers' stories, representing their teaching experiences in CLIL classes. Involving four CLIL teachers with 5--11 years of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Content and Language Integrated Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Jamie L. McCarthy – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The population in the United States continues to become more diverse each year. Our education system is not designed to support students that do not have English as a first language. The population of multilingual learners are falling behind their English Proficient peers. Inadequate teacher training and program design are contributing factors as…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, Academic Achievement
Ayari, Chedia A. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Conducted in a large size four-year state university, the purpose of this qualitative study was to learn how faculty of multiple disciplines examined and made meaning of their instructional practices and decisions when teaching ELL students, how they modified their instruction to meet the needs of ELLs, and what they saw as areas of struggle when…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Student Needs, Barriers, College Students
Jantien Smit; Lucía Beatriz Chisari; Maria Kouns; Anne Bergliot Øyehaug; Elwin Savelsbergh; Maaike Hajer – European Journal of STEM Education, 2023
Worldwide, pupils with migrant backgrounds do not participate in school STEM subjects as successfully as their peers. Migrant pupils' subject-specific language proficiency lags behind, which hinders participation and learning. Primary teachers experience difficulty in teaching STEM as well as promoting required language development. This study…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Faculty Development, Inclusion, Elementary School Teachers
Edris Brannen; Victoria Russell; Krista Chambless – Dimensions, 2024
In this study, 96 world language teachers in the state of Georgia completed a survey regarding their delivery of instruction in the target language. While ACTFL (2010, 2021) recommends using the target language 90% or more of the time to deliver instruction, only 20% of the world language instructors who were surveyed reported doing so. According…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Usage
Miguel Fernández Álvarez; Silvia García Hernández – Language Teaching Research, 2024
After the publication of the "CEFR Companion Volume" in 2018, a revision of the curriculum in force for the English subject in the Bilingual Sections in the Community of Madrid has been implemented. One of the main changes is the inclusion of the concept of linguistic mediation in the subject 'Advanced English' in the last stage of…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Secondary School Students, Language Proficiency, Guidelines
Rafaela Cleeve Gerkens; Richard Sallis; Annemaree O'Brien – Research in Drama Education, 2024
This paper reports on a major study which examined how middle-primary teachers (of students aged 8-10) in Australia used drama-rich pedagogy in their literacy programs to support the development of academic language proficiency, a critical element of ongoing student progress in literacy beyond the early years. Despite its proven status as a…
Descriptors: Drama, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers, Literacy Education
Jennifer Pare – ProQuest LLC, 2024
English Learners (ELs) are one of the fastest-growing student populations in K-12 schools, and attention must be given to the academic achievement gap between ELs and their native English language speaking counterparts. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), passed in 2015, required every state to adopt English proficiency standards aligned with…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Teacher Attitudes, Achievement Gap, Educational Legislation
Maja Kerneža; Dejan Zemljak; Metka Kordigel Aberšek; Boris Aberšek; Polona Legvart; Helena Konšak; Hakan Sari; Ildiko Hanuliakova; Loreta Huber; Inga Laurusone; Kübra Terzioglu; Metin Kilic – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2024
Amidst growing migratory movements and hurdles of assimilation, the INTREF initiative strives to craft a comprehensive strategy for the schooling of refugee children, melding e-learning, emotional and social support, along with adaptable teaching methods. This endeavor learns on principles like linguistic diversity, cross-cultural skills, and…
Descriptors: Refugees, Children, Surveys, Access to Education
Marilyn Freeman Heath – ProQuest LLC, 2024
English Learners (ELs) have become a significant part of classrooms in the United States, posing a challenge for teachers to provide an equitable education. Inadequate training and a weak understanding of bilingual students' literacy and language development make it difficult for teachers to make instructional decisions for reading instruction.…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Bilingual Students, Reading Instruction, Response to Intervention
Hamed Shafiei Rezvani Nejad – TESOL Journal, 2024
The increase in the English learner (EL) student population in the United States and these students' placement in U.S. public schools have created high priority demands to address their language and learning needs. General education teachers, however, are often unprepared or underprepared to work with ELs, with limited knowledge and expertise to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Elementary School Teachers, Student Needs
Sasithida Saraiwang; Kanoknate Worawong – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2023
This study aimed to determine the effects of a teaching model combining Task-Based Learning (TBL) and Game-Based Learning (GBL), called the Orientation Performance Presentation Analysis Application (OPPAA) model, developed by the researchers, on primary students' English proficiency and to explore teachers' and students' opinions of the model. The…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Teaching Methods, Game Based Learning, English (Second Language)
Jennifer Mehu – ProQuest LLC, 2023
All across the United States, increased numbers of English language learners (ELL) are entering schools with limited formal education or proficiency in the English language at alarming rates. This new shift has affected school districts that are not prepared to address the needs of these ELL students due to the lack of preparation of mainstream…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Literacy, Elementary School Students, Teacher Attitudes
Tony Clark; Guoxing Yu – Language Teaching Research, 2025
There now exists an established body of work outlining the challenges international students can face as part of the acculturation process, including a range of academic and non-academic pressures to overcome. For many students, writing essays in academic English for the first time is problematic. This article considers pedagogical approaches for…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Test Preparation, Essays, English for Academic Purposes
Dery Tria Agustin; Thi Kim Anh Dang; Janet Scull – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2025
Teachers' English language ideologies play a crucial role in English language education reforms. It is important to understand how their ideologies evolve outside and inside the classroom. This paper explores how micro-level factors shape teachers' English-only ideology, encompassing both their beliefs and their associated pedagogical practices.…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Educational Change