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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"English as Second Language (ESL)"”.
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The Effects of Explicit Listening Strategy Instruction on the Listening Comprehension of English as Second Language (ESL) Community College Students
… strategy instruction on the beginning-level ESL learner's listening comprehension at a community college in Northern California. Most previous studies measured the effectiveness of listening strategy instruction by comparing students' test scores, but little research explored the students' …
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A Grounded Theory study of English as Second Language (ESL) students’ experiences with literary texts, with reference to the University of Zululand
The study of ESL students’ experiences with literary texts generated a theoretical model accounting for the intricate relationships among some interwoven phenomena. The model was informed by the precepts of the systematic procedures of Strauss and Corbin (1990) and the attendant central phenomenon, …
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Our Lives, Our Stories: A Study of Parental Involvement
The qualitative research study was conducted at the Blue Island Head Start Center. The study included interviewing parents, teachers, and Head Start staff concerning parental involvement. The Blue Island Head Start program differs from the Champaign program in two distinctive ways: the program has …
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The Effects of Pre-Writing Strategy Training Guided by Computer-Based Procedural Facilitation on ESL Students’ Strategy Use, Writing Quantity, and Writing Quality
… when they plan before writing. Research in second language writing suggests that specific writing strategies related to writing purposes, audience, brainstorming, and organizing ideas are teachable and have a potential to improve the quantity and quality of writing produced by English as …
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Cognitive and metacognitive strategy use in first and second language reading comprehension
… and metacognitive strategy use in first and second language reading comprehension (RC) among Igbo native speakers who are English as Second Language (ESL) learners in Nigeria. The RC of ESL readers in Nigeria has not previously been investigated. The three studies presented in this thesis …
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Factors that affect biliteracy development and maintenance of Swahili in bilingual (Swahili-English) speaking children
… the bilingual and biliteracy (Swahili-English) development of two elementary and three middle school Kenyan children across home and school contexts in the United States. Guided by sociocognitive and sociocultural theories of language and literacy, the study explores the factors at home …
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EXPLORING ADULT ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHERS' EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS OF LANGUAGE INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS
… aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of adult English teaching by examining English as second language (ESL) teachers’ experiences and perceptions of learning, selecting, and implementing language instructional methods. ESL programs and courses in the United States have proliferated in order to …
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Foreign Language Anxiety Among Japanese International Students in the U.S.
<p>This study aims to investigate the foreign language anxieties Japanese international students at American universities have and the relationship between these anxieties and length of stay in the U.S. 151 Japanese international students answered a modified version of the Foreign Language …
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The Immigrants in the Central Coast of California Need Motivation to Attend Classes and Learn English as Their Second Language
… that works in the fields from the Central Coast of California need the motivation to attend adult school to learn English as their second language. A six-week courses is included.</p>
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"Do you talk English?": A collocational analysis of "to speak" and "to talk"
Some English as a Second Language (ESL) learners progress quite far in their skill with English grammar and vocabulary, yet they still lack the ability to communicate fluently in English. One of the keys to unlocking this mystery may lie in collocations, words which have a strong tendency to co …