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Download full textKreck, Carol – Education Commission of the States, 2014
Today, English language learners (ELLs)--students whose primary language is other than English--are the fastest-growing major school population in the United States. Between 2000-01 and 2010-11, the number of these students, whose level of English proficiency is not sufficient to support learning in a regular English language classroom, rose 18…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, English Language Learners, Language Proficiency
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Direct linkCarpenter, Shana K.; Olson, Kellie M. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2012
The current study explored whether new words in a foreign language are learned better from pictures than from native language translations. In both between-subjects and within-subject designs, Swahili words were not learned better from pictures than from English translations (Experiments 1-3). Judgments of learning revealed that participants…
Descriptors: African Languages, Second Languages, Vocabulary Development, Visual Stimuli
Pardo-Ballester, Cristina – CALICO Journal, 2012
In order to integrate technology into the language curriculum, it is essential not only to evaluate a program within a second language acquisition (SLA) framework but also to seek the students' attitudes towards the use of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) materials. Guided by Chapelle's (2001) framework for CALL evaluation, this paper…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Speech Communication, Student Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction
Dann, Tammy; Cornwell, Lindsey – Learning Languages, 2008
Information gap activities are partner tasks that improve interpersonal communication skills. One student has information the other student needs, hence a "gap" exists that students seek to close through communication. As students gain experience and language skills, they create language that is more meaningful. These are activities that…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Interpersonal Communication, Language Skills, Communication Skills
