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Showing 1 to 20 of 88 for “"English as second language"”.
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Technology Integration in English as Second Language Curriculum Through Professional Development
A major finding indicates a significant relationship between the type of professional development activities and teachers' and lead teachers' self-reported level of technology integration into their ESL curriculum at the practical level. One derivate conclusion is that ESL teachers in Chicago …
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Examining students' perspectives on the use of first language in community-based English as second language classrooms
<p>This survey-based research investigates the perspectives on first language (L1) use by adult students of English as a second language (ESL) in three ESL community-based programs in Michigan, United States. The study focuses on community-based programs because, even though it offers a variety of …
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The Effects of Explicit Listening Strategy Instruction on the Listening Comprehension of English as Second Language (ESL) Community College Students
… in Northern California. Most previous studies measured the effectiveness of listening strategy instruction by comparing students' test scores, but little research explored the students' listening strategy development and their perceptions of the strategy instruction. Furthermore, no prior …
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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
… 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, causal conditions, contextual and intervening conditions, interactional strategies as well as the consequences. The central …
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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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From their own voices: Nonnative English speaker students' opportunities for practical teaching experience in an MA TESOL program
… voices, which have rarely been heard before, as they talk about the problems they confronted as NNS TESOL students, render their opinions on the issue of NS-NNS dichotomy and discuss the nature of such problems. The findings unveil the complexity of issues--conceptual, contextual and …
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Gender differences in the responses of ESL students to teacher feedback
During the past three decades, feedback to the writing of foreign and second language students has received considerable attention from researchers. However, little attention has been paid to the responses of ESL students to this feedback. Moreover, research into a relationship between L2 student …
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A transformational treatment of Indian English syntax
This study attempts to show that language learners who have passed the beginning stages of language learning make errors only on the transformational level of grammar. The corpus for the study is drawn from papers written by native Hindi speakers, who have attained a relatively high level of …
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An investigation of primary stress in spontaneous speech for pedagogical purposes
… accurate placement of primary stress in spoken English is an important pronunciation skill for non-native speakers to master. The purpose of the study was to contribute to the understanding of native-speaker primary stress placement, and to discuss the pedagogical implications. Two random …
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Business English for international graduate students: A survey of ESL 505
The purpose of the English as a Second Language (ESL) service courses at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is to provide appropriate English instruction according to international students' academic needs. These courses are taught at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. …
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In search of folk fairness in language testing
Fairness is generally defined as a social value that applies in understanding, interpreting social actions, and making decisions over human performance. In the field of testing, the concept of fairness is commonly defined as social justice or equity which is associated with equal opportunity and …
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Frame anaphora: The definite article in discourse
The definite article is a problematic feature of language for many nonnative speakers of English. This study investigates one use of the definite article in the written discourse of native and nonnative speakers. This use, which I term frame anaphora, is illustrated in the following example: 'The …
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Development of a Framework for Teaching L2 English as a Situated Practice in Malawi
… preparation practices, this developmental study was instigated by the need to employ appropriate strategies in the teaching of English as second language (L2) in Malawi. Using situated cognition theoretical construct as a basis, a framework for teaching L2 English as a situated practice was …
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The Validation of a Situational Judgment Test to Measure Leadership Behavior
Assessment centers, although useful for assessing behaviors and competencies associated with a targeted construct, can be low in economic utility. The current study sought to validate a situational judgment test (SJT) that was developed as an alternate form of assessment for a leadership …
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