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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Academic vocabulary"”.
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Incidental acquisition of productive academic vocabulary
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01
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Teaching Academic Vocabulary with Corpora: Student Perceptions of Data-Driven Learning
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
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Utilizing ESL Learners’ Socio-Cognitive Resources to Enhance General Academic Vocabulary Acquisition
… facilitate their Second Language (L2) general academic vocabulary acquisition in a social learning setting. The study investigated whether the use of culturally relevant imagery and L1 translation equivalents facilitate retrieval of new general academic vocabulary. The study was informed by the …
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A Corpus-based Comparison between the Academic Word List and the Academic Vocabulary List
… a corpus-based comparison between two lists of academic words: Coxhead’s (2000) Academic Word List (AWL) and Gardner and Davies’ (2014) Academic Vocabulary List (AVL). Comparisons were made between different types of lexical coverage provided by the AWL and the AVL in the self-created University …
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A Case Study of English Learners' Acquisition of Academic Vocabulary in a High School English 1 for Speakers of Other Languages Classroom
… 66%, compared to the national rate of 85%. Low academic achievement and low performance on state-mandated tests reveal that ELs are lagging behind their monolingual peers, causing the achievement gap to widen and seem impossible for students who see dropping out as their only option. Given this …
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Emerging Pathways: A Teacher/Researcher's Reflexive Journey Implementing Literacy-Based Science Interventions With Adolescent English Language Learners
… focus was to determine the impact of explicit academic vocabulary instruction, including cognates, and small-group guided discussions in order to facilitate the acquisition of cognates, academic vocabulary, and comprehension of scientific concepts. To accomplish this, various methods were …
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A Bayesian approach to crossed-random-effects mediation analysis for zero-inflated mediators and binary outcomes
… effects of both subjects and stimuli. Based on academic vocabulary research, the model of interest in the current study was a mediation model with crossed random effects, a zero-inflated mediator, and a binary outcome. With maximum likelihood estimation (MLE), the mediation model could not …
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What Difference Does One Academic Year Make? Features And Development Of International Foundation Students’ Academic Lexis In Assessed Writing At A UK University
Despite extensive research into academic writing of university students from various linguistic backgrounds and disciplines at various levels of study, little research has focused on longitudinal studies of assessed writing produced by heterogeneous groups of students at a foundation level. This …
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Academic Language Acquisition
… (CCSS) has promoted the increased teaching of academic vocabulary in all subject areas. The current study examined the rationale behind the CCSS’s decision to increase academic language acquisition. Multiple sources were systematically reviewed to find implications for teaching academic …
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Games for vocabulary enrichment: teaching multilingual writers at the college level
… of the game activity, Taboo, to teach ESL vocabulary in a college-level EAP course. It is mixed-methods research, including qualitative data in the form of student journals and quantitative data in the form of student assessments. It is also action research that reflects a novice teacher's …
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Approaches to vocabulary learning and their relationship to success
Students' vocabulary learning approaches were surveyed in two distinct learning environments; one where English was studied as a second language (ESL), and another where it was a foreign language (EFL). A questionnaire, based to some extent on Sanaoui's (1992) work, was administered to 47 ESL and …
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The Effects of Past Experiences on the Vocabulary Use and Sentence Structure of a Two-Year-Old
… question: How do past experiences affect vocabulary use and sentence structure of a two-year-old? Throughout the study, naturally occurring data were collected every time the participant discussed a past event. A journal, a laptop, and a handheld recording device were used in order to …
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CONSIDERING CONNECTIONS: RACE, IDENTITY AND LEADERSHIP IN PAUL BEATTY’S THE WHITE BOY SHUFFLE
… Shuffle. Beatty’s creative imagination and high-academic vocabulary illustrate via the protagonist, Gunnar Kaufman, how to teach and motivate people to be agents of change in the communities, especially with educational opportunities. Beatty illustrates the successes and shortcomings of black …
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CONSIDERING CONNECTIONS: RACE, IDENTITY AND LEADERSHIP IN PAUL BEATTY’S THE WHITE BOY SHUFFLE
… Shuffle. Beatty’s creative imagination and high-academic vocabulary illustrate via the protagonist, Gunnar Kaufman, how to teach and motivate people to be agents of change in the communities, especially with educational opportunities. Beatty illustrates the successes and shortcomings of black …
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BUILDING BRIDGES FROM CURRENT ENGLISH CONTENT TO AN IMAGINED ENGLISH FUTURE
… has spread widely. Furthermore, learning English vocabulary for the fast-paced global business environment is highly dependent on the imagined future of a business major; he or she must imagine in what context the business career will take place: what sphere of activity will be involved, in which …
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Does data-driven learning lead to better academic writing?
… Most of these have focused on the acquisition of vocabulary items, including a wide range of information necessary for their correct usage. One type of vocabulary that has been investigated has been that used mostly in academic writing. However, there has been little empirical study into the …
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Improving Access to ETD Elements Through Chapter Categorization and Summarization
… describe research conducted in a variety of academic disciplines. While current digital library systems can be directly used to find a document of interest, they do not also facilitate discovering what specific parts or segments are of particular interest. This research aims to improve access …
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Effective Practices for Developing Academic Language and Writing Skills in English Language Learners in the Elementary School Setting
… and strategies that help their students learn academic content while learning to understand, speak, read, and write English (Duessen, Autio, Roccegrandi & Hanita, 2014). ELLs face several obstacles while learning in an elementary school classroom.</p> <p>Studies have shown the positive effects …
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