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Montalvo, Lucy A. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Dual language (DL) schools provide literacy in students' native languages; however, it is unknown if there is a focus on oral language (OL) development, an essential component for emergent bilinguals'(EB) literacy development. The purpose of this mixed-methods case study is to understand what DL teachers in Virginia know about OL instruction when…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Literacy Education
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Ross Perlin; Daniel Kaufman; Mark Turin; Maya Daurio; Sienna Craig; Jason Lampel – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2021
Communities around the world have distinctive ways of representing language use across space and territory. The approach to and method of mapping languages that began with nineteenth-century European dialectology and colonial boundary making is one such way. Though practiced by relatively few linguists today, language mapping has developed…
Descriptors: Metropolitan Areas, Documentation, Language Maintenance, Language Research
Michael Dean Knapp – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Practice is necessary for developing oral English proficiency, but many Chinese learners of English lack the self-confidence to practice oral English; furthermore, students' self-confidence deficiency is perpetuated by insufficient oral English proficiency. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to discover pedagogical practices that break…
Descriptors: Chinese, Native Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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A. Lopez, Alexis – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2023
In this study, I examined how 34 Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELLs) used their linguistic resources (English and Spanish) and language modes (oral and written language) to demonstrate their knowledge of proportional reasoning in a dual language mathematics assessment task. The assessment allows students to see the item in both…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, English Language Learners, Language Usage, Mathematics Instruction
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Ha, Xuan Van – ELT Journal, 2023
This study explores the impact of students' beliefs on teachers' beliefs regarding oral corrective feedback through a targeted professional development programme. The programme comprised a one-day seminar during which eleven high-school EFL teachers were presented with and discussed the findings of a study of their students' feedback beliefs, and…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Feedback (Response), Teaching Methods, Error Correction
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Pouresmaeil, Amin; Gholami, Javad – TESL-EJ, 2023
Previous studies on lexical focus on form (FonF) have mostly centred on FonF in reading with a few pre-selected lexical items. This study investigated the contribution of oral incidental FonF to developing learners' lexical knowledge in a free discussion EFL class. Incidental FonF was provided to 15 upper-intermediate learners who participated in…
Descriptors: Grammar, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Limei Shan – International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 2023
This paper explores the impact of AI applications in adaptive learning on learners with varying levels of Chinese proficiency and diverse learning needs. The study investigates the robustness of VR technology in enhancing Chinese oral proficiency and pragmatic skills among 1st year and 2nd year learners. It compares the established VR app Mondly…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Danielle L. Pico; Christine Woods – Review of Educational Research, 2023
It is expected that all students in the United States learn to read English well. This task is more complex for emergent bilinguals (EBs), the majority of whom speak Spanish, who are simultaneously developing their English language proficiency. Although several syntheses have documented the positive effects of shared book reading (SBR) in school…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Bilingual Students, Spanish Speaking, Language Proficiency
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Lina Boulos; Rawia Hayik; Amal Taha-Fahoum; Yaser Awad – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2024
As part of a joint European-Israeli project for developing modernised curricula on migrants' lives (DEMO), academic courses were adapted to meet the needs of a population served by a Palestinian teacher-education college in Northern Israel. Arab minority students, in many cases descendants of displaced people, attended two courses within the…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Cultural Awareness, Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Education
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Dianna Murphy; Sonya K. Sedivy – Foreign Language Annals, 2024
This article is the first large-scale study to document the speaking proficiency outcomes of intensive programs in less commonly taught languages in US higher education. Speaking proficiency was measured by pre- and postprogram ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interviews (N = 484) in 14 languages: Arabic, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, Hindi, Indonesian,…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
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Marwa F. Hafour – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Owing to the plethora of user-friendly audio/video creation and editing applications as well as free full-featured hosting platforms, videoing and sharing has become a lifestyle of today's students. Utilizing these spontaneous practices, the current study examined the effects of digital media assignments (DMAs) and accompanying asynchronous…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Video Technology
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Lee, Minjin; Révész, Andrea – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2021
This study investigated the extent to which individual differences in working memory (WM) mediate the effects of captions with or without textual enhancement on attentional allocation and L2 grammatical development, and whether L2 development is influenced by WM memory in the absence of captions. We employed a pretest-posttest-delayed posttest…
Descriptors: Role, Short Term Memory, Grammar, Second Language Learning
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Alhabbash, Maha; Alsheikh, Negmeldin; Al Mohammedi, Najah – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
The purpose of this mixed-method study was two-fold. The first purpose was to investigate the role of using culturally-based materials on contributing to the advancement of oral communication of five EFL Arab college students through a six-week program. The second purpose was to explore the college students' views and experiences of using…
Descriptors: Affordances, Culturally Relevant Education, Instructional Materials, Instructional Effectiveness
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Baker, Elizabeth A.; Bradley, Chelsea – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2021
Hey Siri, Alexa, Google, can you help me learn to read? Speech recognition apps can take dictation. Elementary, middle, high school students, and adults, who struggle to read can dictate to speech recognition apps and see their oral vernacular become written words. However, at the time of this study, speech recognition apps remained notoriously…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Vocabulary Skills, Computer Software, Audio Equipment
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Kawar, Khaloob – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Diagnoses, assessments, and treatments, as well as social and language interventions, can be effective in identifying and interpreting specific linguistic features that present special challenges to the language abilities of individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH). This article reports on a study analyzing complex sentences and…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Syntax, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
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