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Showing 1 to 20 of 74 for “"language literacy"”.
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Congolese migrant learners' language, literacy and learning in a primary school in Cape Town
When children whose first or home language is a minority language begin their school careers, they are commonly taught through the medium of a majority language for varying purposes, including the requirement that they be assessed in school through the medium of a recognised national language. For …
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The relationship between native Vietnamese language literacy and English language reading achievement of Vietnamese high school students /
… was a relationship between native Vietnamese language literacy and English language reading achievement of Vietnamese High School students. This research was needed in order to identify literacy in L1 is transferred and enhances reading achievement in L2. This study was focused on a group of …
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Understanding Grade 4-8 Teachers’ Instructional Practices and Beliefs as a Function of Transdisciplinary Coaching in STEM-Language Literacy
… Grade 48 teachers to transdisciplinary STEM and language literacy through a five-session coaching partnership with the Principal Student Investigator. Participating teachers and students solved real-world problems using a transdisciplinary rather than typical single-subject instructional …
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Cross-curricular connections: The use of an integrated and theme-based approach for grade 3 isiXhosa home language literacy in selected Western Cape primary schools
… effectively using visual, symbolic and/or language skills in various modes (DBE, 2011). CAPS encourages an integrated and theme-based approach to teaching and learning in the Foundation Phase (Grades R–3) literacy curriculum. However, it does not give guidelines to teachers on how to …
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Social and Cultural Capital Across Contexts: Mandarin-Speaking English Language Learning Children's First and Second Language Literacy Learning at Home, in the Community, and in Multiple Classrooms
In the three classrooms where English was the language of instruction, the literacy practices provided by the ESL teacher appeared to be more effective in increasing ELLs' L2 linguistic capital due to her explicit instruction on literacy components, use of accommodated speech, and giving …
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An investigation of the effects grade retention has on students' academic performance
… or not, improved more academically than males. Language/literacy and mathematics cumulative grades of 58 students in the second and third grade were compared using the Kruskal-Wallis test. The results indicated that students who were retained improved more in academic performance than students …
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It's all in the mind : an integrative approach to teaching and learning
… problems in the subject domains of mathematical literacy, language literacy, natural science, economic and management sciences, social sciences, technology, arts and culture and life orientation within the South African Outcomes-based Education curriculum.
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Encendiendo la Intuición/Igniting Intuition: A Bilingual Reading Specialist's Lived Experiences and Reclaiming of Literacies
… bilingual reading specialist who developed biliteracy in English/Spanish from childhood through adulthood and how this ignited her cultural intuition. Framed by a critical, Chicana feminist lens, she analyzed her personal and professional biliteracy practices and cultural intuition to …
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Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students' Standardized English Literacy Achievement and Language Redesignation Status: A Multiple Regression Analysis
… Thompson, Linquanti, Hakuta, & August, 2013). Language redesignation policies, often termed reclassification, can be considered a significant contributor as the variation in policies and practices alone has led to significantly different achievement for CLDs across the country (Hill, Weston, & …
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English Language Learning through Visual Arts Practices: A Curriculum for Conflict-affected Youth in Secondary Education
… 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 images. …
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Toward a theory of how young children learn to read in the ZPD: Implications for research and practice
… including the development and emergence of language, literacy and social skills. By incorporating Lev Vygotsky's sociocultural perspective, Jean Piaget's dialectical learning, and the concepts of metacognition, mindfulness, and mind-mindedness, a model depicting the dynamics of a shared …
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A meeting of minds
… Communication Science curriculum within the Language, literacy and Communication learning area in the Further Education and Training band. I show that the fundamental switch from the traditional educator-centred teaching to learner-centred teaching in OBE requires that both educators and …
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Lifelong Personalization for Social Robot Learning Companions: Interactive Student Modeling Across Tasks and Over Time
Early language and literacy skills are important foundations for learning and form the basis of later academic success. Motivated by a growing scientific consensus that language learning requires engaging students cognitively, affectively, and socially, this thesis advances work to develop “social …
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Building bridges to primary education in Mauritius? emergent literacy experiences in a foreign language context : a case study of preschool children
In the context where English, as a foreign language, is the main language of literacy and the written medium of instruction throughout the Mauritian education system, this thesis explores (1) preschoolers' early literacy experiences, (2) the outcomes of these experiences, and (3) the extent to …
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Building Cultural Bridges: American Women Missionaries in Korea 1885-1910
… on evangelism, a common search for Korean language literacy, a shared identity as women and on something missionary women termed a "friendship." These actions by the American women missionaries created opportunities -- bridges -- for Korean women to step into Christianity along a uniquely …
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Teaching Reading As An Integrated Skill: An Evaluation of Two Popular ESL Textbooks
… so too does the need for effective English language instruction, and with that, effective instructional materials. With a growing population of adult English language learners with below basic prose literacy, the need for effective adult English language literacy instruction is also evident. …
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Diverse Belongings: An Improvisational Inquiry Into Newcomer Worlds, Worldings, and the Literacies of Belonging
… paintings, digital photography, video and dual language poetry. Poetic transcripts were generated to re-present the participants’ resettlement stories. The findings reveal how affective and resonant worldings emerged through the serial immersion in experiences of belonging, not-belonging, and …
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Collaborative Pull-Out Literacy Classroom for Dually Served Students
… of a collaboratively-taught classroom literacy skills and language acquisition delivery collaborative classroom for middle school students who receive both special education and ESOL services. Limited research was found on best practices for teaching dually-served students, yet a …
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Reading Instruction and Instructors’ Perceptions of Learners’ Needs in LINC Level 1-3 Classes
… of reading instruction and difficulties among Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Level 1-3 learners. Statistics Canada reports that 60% of immigrants possess inadequate literacy skills. Newcomers are placed in classes using the Canadian Language Benchmarks but large, …
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Project work as a vehicle for information literacy education in disadvantaged schools : an ethnographic field study of grade seven project work in a primary school in Cape Town
… of project work in the teaching of information literacy in "information poor" environments. Information literacy is recognised as a crucial outcome in the documentation of Curriculum 2005, the new South African curriculum now being phased in. An Information Skills Learning Programme has been …
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