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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Language Classrooms"”.
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Multilingualism and sociocultural factors prevalent in rural language classrooms
… sociocultural factors prevalent in rural English language classrooms. The New Literacies Studies theory was the theoretical underpinnings of this study and an interpretative phenomenological paradigm was also used. Qualitative research methodology informed the secondary data analysis that was part …
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Spelling instruction for beginning writers in whole language classrooms
… of beginning writers, who believe in a whole language philosophy for teaching language arts, are faced with the challenge of integrating spelling instruction into their writing programs. Traditional approaches that involve word lists and weekly spelling tests are not in accordance with whole …
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Spelling instruction for beginning writers in whole language classrooms
… of beginning writers, who believe in a whole language philosophy for teaching language arts, are faced with the challenge of integrating spelling instruction into their writing programs. Traditional approaches that involve word lists and weekly spelling tests are not in accordance with whole …
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Teachers Matter: Expectation Effects in Foreign Language Classrooms at University
… expectation effects in first-year foreign language classrooms in tertiary settings. Mixed methodology was adopted in this research to survey 4,617 first-year undergraduate students (116 classes) and their 50 teachers from 2 universities in China. Teacher expectations, student prior …
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Survey of Georgia's Public School Systems with Self-Contained Language Classrooms
<p>Twenty-two teachers of self-contained language programs throughout the State of Georgia served as respondents for a survey of the operations of their programs in terms of students, teacher training, referral process, assessment process, entrance criteria, curriculum, and exit criteria. Results …
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PAIR INTERACTION IN SPANISH LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS THAT ENROLL HERITAGE AND L2 LEARNERS
… collaborative writing tasks facilitate second language (L2) development by providing learners with opportunities to focus their attention on language and to collaborate in the solution of their language-related problems (e.g., Choi & Iwashita, 2016; Storch, 2013; Swain & Lapkin, 1998; Williams, …
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Creating Guidelines for Integrating Technology in English Foreign Language Classrooms in Saudi Arabia
… and reform programs for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers to integrate technology in their classrooms. Creating a set of guidelines may provide a solution to guide EFL teachers through implementing technology to teach EFL skills in their classroom. Using a developmental study, …
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Communicative Language Teaching: Observation of the English as a Foreign Language Classrooms in Thailand
The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which the communicative approach had been applied in English classes in Thai secondary schools. Three secondary English classes were selected for the investigation. Each was identified by the supervisor of the Supervisory Unit as the class …
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Examining students' perspectives on the use of first language in community-based English as second language classrooms
… 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 social, …
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Teacher's and learner's beliefs about the use of code-switching in English Second Language classrooms : a case of two secondary schools in Masvingo District, Zimbabwe
… bilingualism and related theories such as Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and Communication Strategies. The selected communication strategy that was focused on is code-switching. This communication strategy reveals the important role that the learners’ L1 can play in learning English. The study, …
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(Re)Imagining Linguistic Justice Through Pláticas: Dual Language Educators’ Perspectives on Restorative Practices
… impacts of linguistic imperialism in U.S. dual language classrooms, focusing on restorative language justice practices designed to address the harm caused by manifestations of linguistic oppression, including language policing, linguistic surveillance, and language discrimination (Cameron, 2014; …
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Teaching Grade 4 English in multilingual classrooms: Hedegaards Double Move Revisited
… South Africa, the transition to English as their Language of Learning and Teaching (LoLT) is often turbulent and troublesome due to current approaches and practices falling short or failing to meet the unique contextual needs of their learners. This paper investigates the potential practical …
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Intermediate Russian Through Formula Tales
… of formula tales in university-level foreign language classrooms during grammar practice activities. The study investigates students’ attitudes toward the use of such texts in the post-secondary foreign language environment. In addition, differences between and among the participant-students …
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Comparing The Teaching Of Culture In ESL/EFL Classrooms
… if culture is approached in efl and esl classrooms. If it is, we want to know the differences in curriculum (textbooks and syllabi), especially as it pertains to cultural knowledge, in an efl class in Brazil, compared to an esl class in the united states. We will also investigate the …
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Increasing the Number of African American Students in Undergraduate Level Classes of Chinese: A Call to Action
Chinese language is the only ideographic language remaining in the world (Osaka, 1976). It conveys affluent Chinese culture and has great influences on the East Asian countries (Miyake, 2013). In the economic globalization of the world, China's economy and international influence are expanding. For …
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Cross-cultural collaboration via message board for cultural understanding and language learning
… collaboration between English as a Foreign Language (EFL) college students in Taiwan and college students in the US via a message board. Through five weeks of online discussions, students in both groups changed their perspectives of the target culture. Some students also gained better …
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The relationship between ethnocentrism and achievement in beginning learners of French as a foreign language
… War. Given this rise in ethnocentrism, foreign language instructors may be motivated to know if their students' identification with an ingroup {The United States) influences their ability to perform well in a foreign language classroom. Thus, this study investigates the relationship between …
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Medium and message : the use and development of an English mathematics register in two Maltese primary classrooms
… Malta recommends the use of the country’s second language, English, for the teaching of mathematics. The aim of my study was to enhance the local medium-of-instruction debate by focusing on the use and development of a mathematics register, and distinguishing between issues relevant to …
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Inventing a classroom: An ethnographic study of a third-grade, bilingual learning community
… study describes a third grade, bilingual, whole language classroom in detail. Data collected over a two year period includes field notes from participant observations, interviews, writing samples, and audio-tape transcriptions. Five critical events illustrate the construction of oral and written …
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A descriptive study of the interaction behaviors in a language video program and in live elementary language classes using that video program
… interaction behaviors encountered in a foreign language video program; and 2) the types of teacher-student interaction features that resulted from use of the instructional video in elementary school classrooms. Based on the findings, the second purpose of the study was to examine how these …
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