Cooperative Learning: Context and Opportunity for Acquiring Academic English.

Jacob, Evelyn; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ529489

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Publication Date: 1996

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Cooperative Learning: Context and Opportunity for Acquiring Academic English.

Jacob, Evelyn; And Others

TESOL Quarterly, v30 n2 p253-80 Sum 1996

Explores how the Learning Together form of cooperative learning influenced opportunities for acquiring academic English by second-language learners in a sixth-grade social studies classroom. Findings suggest that program developers must provide for context effect and teachers require a broad understanding of academic language. (59 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Context Effect, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Grade 6, Input Output Analysis, Lexicology, Performance Factors, Second Language Instruction, Social Studies, Student Reaction

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Language: English

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