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Mohammad Ahmar Khan; Oysha Kurbonova; Diyorjon Abdullaev; A. Hussien Radie; Nirvana Basim – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
This study investigates the impact of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted assessment on young L2 learners' vocabulary knowledge, immunity, and resilience, considering parental and teacher support roles. Sixty junior high school students in Afghanistan, aged 13 to 14, participated in the study. They were divided into an experimental group…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Resilience (Psychology), Vocabulary Development, Parent Participation
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Licandro, Ulla – EBP Briefs (Evidence-based Practice Briefs), 2018
Clinical Question: Would a dual language learning (DLL) child age 2+ years with delayed or impaired vocabulary development (P) show gains in both languages when supplementing intervention in his or her second language (L2) with an indirect speech-language pathologist-supervised or prompted first language (L1) intervention (I) in comparison to no…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Intervention
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Noguerón-Liu, Silvia; Shimek, Courtney Hokulaniokekai; Bahlmann Bollinger, Chelsey – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2020
The purpose of this study was to explore the ways emergent bilingual first-graders draw on multiple linguistic resources during reading assessments and the participation of their Spanish-dominant parents in those assessments, as children engaged in English and Spanish retelling tasks. Informed by a translanguaging lens, sociopsycholinguistic and…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Bilingualism
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Gao, Xuesong – Research Papers in Education, 2012
This paper reports on parental involvement as experienced by a group of elite secondary school pupils in learning English vocabulary on the Chinese mainland. It highlights the variety of strategies that Chinese parents adopted to support, sustain and enhance these pupils' efforts to learn English vocabulary. They functioned as critical agents…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent School Relationship, Parent Participation, Secondary School Students
Zugel, Kevin – Online Submission, 2012
This purpose of this investigation is to explore the cultural challenges faced by Mexican immigrant students through the study of current literature. Four themes emerged as a result of the investigation: dominant pedagogy, educational skills, deficit model, and student identities. The themes are discussed and suggestions are made as to how these…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Immigrants, Mexican Americans, Teaching Methods
Sibold, Claire – Multicultural Education, 2011
According to Beck, McKeown, and Kucan's Three Tier Model (2002), when it comes to language instruction the distinction between academic vocabulary words and content specific words has a significant bearing on the language success of English language learners (ELLs). In this article, the author describes strategies that give teachers and parents…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Roberts, Theresa A. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2008
This study examined how providing either primary- or English-language storybooks for home reading followed by classroom storybook reading and vocabulary instruction in English influenced English vocabulary acquisition. Participants in the study were preschool children (N = 33), from low socioeconomic status families, whose primary language was…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Preschool Children, Vocabulary Development, Language Skills
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Patterson, Janet L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2000
The consistency of parental reports of expressive vocabulary and word combinations with observed expressive language among 21- to 27- month-old children regularly exposed to English and Spanish was investigated. The number of different words parents reported correlated with the number of different words children used during a 30-minute videotape.…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Development, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition
Lenski, Susan, Ed.; Lewis, Jill, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2008
This volume discusses factors that affect struggling readers in grades 7-12 and provides research-based strategies for improving their reading and writing skills. Chapters examine why some adolescents have trouble achieving reading proficiency, describe school-wide policies and programs that support literacy, and suggest age-appropriate classroom…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Independent Reading, Social Action, Second Language Learning
Green, Timothy – Multicultural Education, 2005
Students learning a new language need a great deal of language support. Those who teach students learning English as their second language know that any language support is crucial for students' language acquisition. Therefore, English Language (EL) students need a variety of language experiences. They need opportunities to hear, write, speak, and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Language Skills, English (Second Language)
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Watson, Sandy – Science Teacher, 2004
Due to unavailable effective methods for teaching science to language-minority students, science teachers attempting to teach bilingual students experience frustration and become disheartened and discouraged. Often, science teachers only learn successful minority-language teaching strategies through trial and error or through networking and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies, Science Teachers
Caldwell, Natalie R.; Downs, Mary Ann – 1995
This instructional unit is aimed at Grade 4, limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, music, art, physical education, and drama. It uses the California "Gold Rush" historical time period to teach students English language, concentrating on pre-production, early production, speech…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Objectives, English (Second Language), Grade 4