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Showing 1 to 20 of 73 for “"English Language Learning"”.
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English language learning kindergartners' dynamic responses to picturebook reading
<p>This study explores the nature of English language learning by kindergartners as they engage in multimodal literacy practices in response to picturebook readings in a mainstream classroom. Three focal Spanish-speaking kindergartners and their classroom teacher took part in this study. Data were …
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Tools for supporting English language learning in the family context
… thesis explores how we can help parents learn English through peer-learning experiences with their children. I discuss the design and study of the learning experience facilitated by "Read Out Loud," a mobile application that supports parents who are learning English as they read storybooks with …
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The importance of English language learning and teaching in South Korea
This research investigates the impact of rote learning, national examinations and types of motivation to learn English language on the way English language is taught and learnt in Korea. The research is framed around two questions, using qualitative data in a discursive manner (Holstein & Gubrium, …
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Attitude, Motivation and English Language Learning in a Mexican College Context
… between attitude and motivation with English language achievement among Mexican university students across three undergraduate academic programs. This study also aimed at enhancing theoretical knowledge about students' motivation and attitudes towards learning English as a second …
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A Cultural Perspective on Writing Evaluation of Korean, English-Language-Learning Children
In summary, the results of this study suggest that including narrative traits in writing evaluations still lead to valid assessment of children's narrative writing. Consequently, children may tend to develop writing skills at the expense of narrative ones. In order to promote development of …
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A Case Study of New Media Literacies in an English Language Learning Program
… conducted in a four-week winter program of an English language center affiliated to a university that is situated in a city in Ontario. Underpinned by theories on new media literacies, actor-network theory, and curriculum, the thesis examines human and nonhuman actors that enabled and …
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SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING: JORDANIAN EFL LEARNERS’ PRACTICES AND EXPERIENCES
… Carbondale. TITLE: SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING: JORDANIAN EFL LEARNERS’ PRACTICES AND EXPERIENCES MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Christina C. McIntyre The purpose of this mixed-methods sequential explanatory study was to identify the EFL learners’ practices and understand their …
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Enhancing English Language Learning Skills by Using Metaverse Technology: An Integrative Literature Review
… students learn better, including how they learn languages such as English. The purpose of this study was to analyze prior research on the use of Metaverse Technology (MvT) in educational settings, focusing on studies centered on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students, for the purpose of …
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Reactions to English Language Learning in Chile as a Means for Personal and National Development
<p>In our globalized world today, English has developed into the worldwide</p> <p>language. Chilean leaders, in connection to their development goals to reach a developed</p> <p>country status by 2020, have highlighted the need for Chilean citizens to become</p> <p>bilingual in order to attract …
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Workshop-Style Instruction: Comparing Achievement and Attitudes of English Only and English Language Learning Students
… effect differentiated between students who speak English as a native or second language.</p>
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English Language Learning through Visual Arts Practices: A Curriculum for Conflict-affected Youth in Secondary Education
… in conflict and education, and presents an English language learner curriculum designed to address the current gap in quality education for conflict-affected youth. The curriculum contains six modules and develops English language literacy through student visual arts projects using text and …
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Immigrant Stories: Generation 1.5 Mexican American Students and English Language Learning in an Illinois Community College
… some students to enroll in courses below regular English Composition I as indicated by one or more placement tests. These courses are English as a Second Language (ESL) or developmental communication courses.</p><p>This study addresses many of the issues raised in the studies conducted by …
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"In this class automatic my words come out": Implementing process drama in two Malaysian English language-learning contexts
… impact of process drama implementation in two English language-learning contexts in the southern part of Malaysia. My aim of this study was to examine whether process drama was a possible method for producing learners who are more confident in speaking English. This study attempted to fill a …
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Language Ability and Social Withdrawal: Ratings of English Language Learning Children's Withdrawn Behavior in Native and Nonnative Language Contexts
… first investigations of withdrawn behavior in English language learning (ELL) children. Children with communication difficulties are known to have increased levels of withdrawn behavior. Withdrawn behavior, particularly shyness, has been associated with negative developmental outcomes. The …
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Social pressure to speak English and the effect of English language learning for ESL composition students in higher education
<p>"Current language policies are based on faulty notions of the historical and contemporary linguistic landscape of the U.S. However, simply because the student is studying in the U.S. at an English medium institution, does not necessarily indicate that the student plans on being a lifelong member …
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The Impact of Students’ Future Imagined Identities on Their English Language Learning in an EFL Context: The Case of English for Law
… at finding out ways of improving the teaching of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) by investigating the impact of students’ imagined future identities on their English language learning. The context for the present research project is an English for Law module offered to Postgraduate students of …
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