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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Adult ESL"”.
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Adult ESL Oral Reading Fluency and Silent Reading Comprehension
<p>A descriptive study of second language adults studying ESL at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels in a post-secondary academic program revealed that their oral reading fluency had a significant, low-to-moderate correlation with scores on a measure of silent reading comprehension. …
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Critical Moments: Exploring Critical Pedagogy in an Adult ESL Classroom
… pedagogical approaches in a community-based adult English as a Second Language (ESL) program with a focus on language learners with low proficiency in English. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of the limitations and possibilities of developing and carrying out a critical …
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Perspectives on Introversion and Engagement in the Adult ESL Classroom
Adult learners who display introverted tendencies in formal English as a Second Language (ESL) learning environments are a heterogeneous group whose unique needs have gone relatively unexplored in the field of education. Research indicates that ESL instructional strategies typically viewed as “best …
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Teaching Speaking focused on Pronunciation to Adult ESL Learners in the US
<p>Learning the language of English for any adult English as a Second Language (ESL) learner is a challenge in and of itself. This is particularly pronounced in speaking skills. On top of that, if adult ESL learners try to learn the pronunciation of certain consonant sounds in English, where the …
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USING HUMOR TO ENHANCE METALINGUISTIC AWARENESS AND EXPAND CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN ADULT ESL CLASSROOMS
… there are many benefits to using humor in the ESL classroom. Although this is known, oftentimes humor is avoided. There are a variety of reasons for humor not being incorporated into the ESL classroom. In addition, because much of the research and curriculum development regarding humorous …
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Speaking up! Adult ESL students' perceptions of native and non-native English speaking teachers.
… issue comes from English as a second language (ESL) students themselves. This study investigated preferences of adults, specifically immigrant and refugee learners, for NESTs or non-NESTs. A 34-item, 5-point Likert attitudinal survey was given to 102 students (52 immigrants, 50 refugees) …
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Developing L2 reading fluency: Implementation of an assisted repeated reading program with adult ESL learners
… repeated reading is an effective way for adult second language (L2) learners of English to develop oral and silent reading fluency rates. Reading fluency is an underdeveloped construct in second language studies, both in research and practice. This study first lays out a framework of text …
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Researching the effects of reading for pleasure in English on adult esl learners' acquisition of English
… imply the effectiveness of pleasure reading for adult second language learners. This study was conducted as a first step in searching for such evidence. A web survey was designed and run with 70 English as a Second Language learners, international graduate students at the University of Illinois …
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Field Independence as a Predictor of Second Language Learning for Adult Esl Learners in the u.s. (United States)
… opinions. An intact, dependent sample of 57 ESL students at the Intensive English Institute at the University of Illinois was given a measure of FI and English proficiency tests comprised of the TOEFL and EPT as well as an Oral Interview (Bachman and Palmer, 1981). Results of a regression …
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The Glocal Learning Context in an Adult ESL Classroom: An Interpretivist Case Study of Learners’ Development and Multilingual Identity
… and multilingual identity formation of adult ESL learners. While glocalisation has emerged as a promising theoretical lens for reimagining education at the global-local interface, its pedagogical enactment and identity-shaping potential remain empirically underexplored in classroom-level …
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The impact of teachers' personality, behavior, and instructional approaches in sustaining adult ESL learners and the achievement of their self-perceived progress
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Music Speaks, We Listen: A Teacher's Guide for Using Music in the Adult ELL Classroom
<p>Too often adult ESL students are stymied by high levels of perfectionism, self-consciousness and anxiety when trying to learn English. They are further challenged because they may have come from a country where language teaching methods have not kept up with the times, so have an imbalance of …
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Cross cultural communication in selected adult ESL classrooms in Vancouver : a study of the cross-cultural situations ESL students and teachers rate as most difficult
… students and teachers find most difficult in adult English as a second language (ESL) classrooms in Vancouver, British Columbia. Cross-cultural situations include any encounter (verbal or non-verbal) with a person from a different culture. Seventy-six advanced to upper-advanced ESL students …
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Enhancing Listening Comprehension Skills Through Exposure to Authentic Conversation
… created a listening comprehension workbook for adult ESL students. The emphasis of the project was to improve the listening comprehension abilities of students through exposing them to authentic American English. The recordings were provided by StoryCorps.gov.</p>
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Dynamic elements of synchronous and asynchronous learning in English as a Second Language education: self-efficacy, achievement, persistence, and satisfaction
… how instructional modality influences adult English as a Second Language (ESL) learners enrolled in a non-credit language program. Learners in this state-funded program were able to determine their own balance of synchronous, face-to-face instruction and asynchronous online learning …
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Practical Implementation of Transformative Learning in the Adult English as a Second Language Classroom
… for teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL), It provides a practical resource for ESL instructors to use in their adult ESL classrooms. There is an abundance of resources for ESL instructors that focuses on language, but limited resources for teachers interested in teaching their ESL …
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Teaching pronunciation as a volunteer ESL tutor: Determining needs and designing support
… have no professional preparation in teaching ESL . This ultimate aim of this study was to develop professional development resources—specifically in the area of pronunciation—designed for those who volunteer in adult ESL programs, but who have little/no professional training in ESL. Interviews …
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Teaching Health Literacy in Conjunction with ESL
… States, many English as a Second Language (ESL) speakers who have limited English proficiency also have low levels of health literacy. The purpose of this project is to create a curriculum that ESL teachers can implement to improve the English language proficiency and the health literacy …
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