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A Way of Human Capital Accumulation: Heterogeneous Impact of Shadow Education on Students' Academic Performance in China
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Minda Tan; Shuiyun Liu – SAGE Open, 2023
Shadow education helps students become academically competitive. Currently, little is known about whether shadow education can effectively fulfill either remedial or enrichment purposes in China. Using the nationally representative data from the China Education Panel Survey (CEPS) collected in 2013 and 2014, this paper explored the opportunity gap…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Private Education, Tutoring, Socioeconomic Status
Processing Instruction versus Traditional Instruction: The Transfer-of-Training Effects on Chinese EFL Learners
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Tao Zeng; Chang Xu; Jia Hu; Xiuzhi Fu – SAGE Open, 2024
This research investigated the impact of processing instruction (PI) on the acquisition of the English third-person singular present tense by Chinese English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners and whether this effect would extend to the acquisition of other language components. This study featured the pretest-immediate-posttest design and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Transfer of Training
Text First or Picture First? Evaluating Two Modes of Multimodal Input for EFL Vocabulary Meaning Acquisition
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Yu, Jia; Liu, Xiaobin – SAGE Open, 2022
Several studies and assumptions support the advantages of presenting pictures before texts, such as the Sequencing Effects of Integrated Model of Text and Picture Comprehension (the Sequencing Effects of ITPC Model) and the Scaffolding Assumption. However, few studies have examined the efficacy of text-first or picture-first multimodal input on…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Do English Language Development Curriculum Materials Matter for Students' English Proficiency?
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Lê, Qu?nh Tiên Nguyên; Polikoff, Morgan S. – SAGE Open, 2021
"Castañeda v. Pickard" mandated that educational programs for emergent bilinguals be tested for program efficacy. As English language development (ELD) curricular materials are one part of an instructional program, we assess this mandate by examining the effectiveness of ELD materials in Texas, a large, diverse U.S. state with large…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Effects of Home Language and Socioeconomic Status on Modern Standard Written Chinese Literacy
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Luo, Dehong; Gong, Jing – SAGE Open, 2022
Home language (HL) effects on academic language literacy have been extensively discussed. However, previous research has mostly focused on Indo--European languages. This study extends the literature by using data (n = 17,600) collected in a diversified language area: Guangxi, China. We examined the effects of four HLs and four socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Native Language, Academic Language, Literacy, Socioeconomic Influences
Learners' Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Spaced Learning Schedule in L2 Vocabulary Learning
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Lotfolahi, Amir Reza; Salehi, Hadi – SAGE Open, 2016
The spacing effect is a ubiquitous phenomenon, whereby memory is enhanced for the information that is learned across different points in time rather than being learned at once. A considerable amount of research has focused on the nature of the spacing effect, and there is general acceptance that spacing learning events out in time promotes…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction