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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"English language skills"”.
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Essays on the economic effects of human capital investments
… with Hoyt Bleakley, examines the returns to language skills. We take advantage of the fact that younger children learn languages more easily than older children to generate exogenous variation in language skills. We find a significant positive effect of English-language skills on wages among …
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Art Therapy in Schools: Reducing Anxiety in English Learning Learners
<p>This grant proposes a program for English Language Learners faced with the challenge of making academic advancements while at once struggling with school-based anxiety related to English language development. The program delineated in this giant seeks to decrease anxiety through creative and …
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Uncertainty Reduction in Initial Interaction of Collectivist and Individualist Students
… uncertainties. Data was thematically analyzed. "English language skills," "people/relationships," and "cultural differences," are a few of the themes generated by the data analysis.
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Free telecollaboration 2.0 tools and activities for enhancing intercultural communicative competence
… online intercultural exchange between a Second Language Acquisition class at Eastern Michigan University in the United States and an English as a Second Language class at Tan Tao University in Vietnam. Despite the failed communication in some collaborative tasks due to some deficiencies in …
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The California High School Exit Exam: English Language Students' Perspectives
<p>The purpose of this study is to explore English language (EL) learners’ perspective regarding the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE). California’s policy makers created the CAHSEE to ensure subject matter competency in English Language Arts and Mathematics, upon graduating. However, EL …
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Can Addressing Language Skills for Fifth Grade ELLs in a Multiplication Curriculum Help Address the Achievement Gap in Math? A Multiplication Workbook for Big Kids
… 1,332,405 students from grades k-12 who speak a language other than English at home (Caledfacts, 2016). When I started my first year teaching fifth grade with 95% of my students being English language learners (ELLs), I was surprised to see an achievement gap of two to three years in my student’s …
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Barriers to the Adoption of Online Education at Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City
… policies, and concern for students’ English language skills. Barriers related to complexity involved concern for the technical and pedagogical skills of faculty members. The barrier related to trialability dealt with an approval process perceived as unclear, complex and …
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Teaching pronunciation as a volunteer ESL tutor: Determining needs and designing support
The demand for English instruction surpasses the availability of trained professionals and affordable programs as increasing numbers of immigrants and other international visitors to the U.S. seek out opportunities to improve their English language skills (Henrichson, 2010). To help meet this need, …
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THE LONG-TERM EFFECTIVENESS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AT JAPANESE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
This study was an investigation of the effect of English Learning in the Elementary School (ELES) on both English language skills and affective variables. The participants were 145 public junior high school students in Grades 7 and 8; 72 participants received English language instruction once a …
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Linking Vocational Education to the World of Employment: the Case of Business English in Greece
… Vocational Education (VE) of secondary level and English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Research shows that despite the significance placed on VE (UNESCO 2012), a number of discrepancies are found regarding its link with the employment market worldwide, mainly attributed to the appropriateness of …
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An evaluation of the impact of computational interventions (Scratch) on the learning of ESOL students
… shows that Scratch supports the acquisition of language elements and that it can be used as a complementary teaching and learning strategy for ESOL learners and tutors. The utilisation of Scratch provided the ESOL learners with an additional learning platform for meaningful self-expression which …
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The Influence of Computer Electronic Mail (CEM) on the Performance and Competence of Middle Level English as a Second Language (ESL) Students in the State of Kuwait
… (CEM) as a tool for the teaching and learning of English as a second language (ESL). The participants in the study consisted of 26 students (18 females and 8 males) selected from the population of full time middle-level students of English as a Second Language Kuwaiti Students (ESLKS) in Kuwait …
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Factors contributing to poor performance in english composition writing among grade 12 pupils in Kabwe District, Zambia
… has been dissatisfaction with school leavers’ English language skills especially, composition writing. Pupils are taught how to write compositions but their performance at school certificate level is not as expected in most secondary schools. Examination Council of Zambia (ECZ) reports indicate …
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A Focus Group Of Adolescent Haitian Immigrants: Factors Affecting Their Perceptions Of Academic Success In A Florida Public High School
… cogently, powerfully and coherently (English-language skills permitting) on numerous questions surrounding their thoughts and perceptions about their own success, academically or in their future careers. We can see that these students are able to define and discuss issues, make plans …
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Exploring the Impact of Perceptions of the Emiratisation Initiative on the Engagement of Employees of UAE Nationality: A Case Study of an Oil and Gas Company in the UAE
… unreadiness of the Emirati workforce including English language skills, and a desire for more direct support from the scheme.<br/>This research contributes the first study of the relationship between Emiratisation and employee engagement. It is also the first to give voice to the employee …
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An evaluation of the English language teaching provision in a Libyan University
The limited English language skills among Libyan learners threatens their ability to interact with the international environment. Therefore, improvement in the provision of foreign language programmes is imperative, and can be carried out using different methods such as evaluation to critically …
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From Narration to Performance: The Study of Identity Development of EFL Students at Bejaia University, Algeria
… classroom concerns, such as the development of English language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing), students’ motivation, autonomous learning, and anxiety. However, no research has tackled the issues of ‘learner identity’, ‘learner’s voices’, nor looked at innovative teaching …
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Quality Assessment of English Language Programmes in Libyan Universities: With Reference to Tripoli University
This study examined the quality of English language programmes at Libyan universities and in particular at Tripoli University, in order to identify the factors that have contributed to the decline in standards of students studying English at degree level. The motivation behind selecting this topic …
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Effects of Academic and Non-academic Instructional Approaches on Preschool ELLs' English Language Development
<p>The population of English Language Learners (ELLs) in the United States has been growing at an increasingly rapid rate (U. S. Census Bureau, 2010), and nowhere is this growth more evident than in U.S. public schools. As of school year 2010-11, nearly 25% of all students in the California public …
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