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Daniel Schmidtke; Seina Yamada; Anna L. Moro – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
Although research has established that students enrolled in pre-sessional English for academic purposes (EAP) programs make gains in English reading ability, the evidence base for whether gains made during this period of instruction make a difference to future academic outcomes is nonexistent. We report a multi-cohort longitudinal study of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language)
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Carignan, Isabelle; Quick, Robin L.; Beaudry, Marie-Christine; Deck, Alexandra; Beauregard, France; Roy-Charland, Annie – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2021
This article discusses an innovative family literacy project that was implemented in a community setting. Male trios consisting of a male significant figure, a struggling reader in elementary school, and a pre-service teacher were created. The goal was (a) to develop the student's motivation to read by using a male reading role model and allowing…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Males, Elementary School Students, Preservice Teachers
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Wisla, Heather; Krauza, Wendy; Hu, Jim – BC TEAL Journal, 2017
Service-learning is an experiential pedagogy which integrates curriculum and volunteer service through ongoing reflection. Research suggests that service-learning offers notable benefits for post-secondary English-as-an-additional-language (EAL) students. However, most of the researchers have studied EAL students within the United States; far…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Foreign Students, English Language Learners
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Freedman, Leora – Across the Disciplines, 2013
A reading-writing initiative began in 2011-12 at the University of Toronto as a partnership between an East Asian Studies (EAS) department and an English Language Learning (ELL) Program. In this institution, students are expected to enter into scholarly discussions in their first year essays, yet many (both native English speakers and non-native…
Descriptors: Reading Writing Relationship, Foreign Countries, Asian Studies, English (Second Language)
Ducharme, Daphne; Leblanc, Raymond; Bourassa, Michelle; Chevalier, Jacques – Online Submission, 2011
This article describes a collaborative research study of university researchers and Grades one and two teachers from an Ontario, Canada French-language School Board. The School Board offered phonological awareness and reading-teaching training to grades one and two teachers with a long-term goal of improving the reading outcomes of the students in…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Acculturation, Phonological Awareness, Foreign Countries
Schallert, Diane L., Ed.; Fairbanks, Colleen M., Ed.; Worthy, Jo, Ed.; Maloch, Beth, Ed.; Hoffman, James V., Ed. – National Reading Conference, 2002
This volume presents the 51st Yearbook of the National Reading Conference. Included in this volume are 28 research reports, six invited and award-winning addresses, and a conference summary by Deborah Dillion. Readers will find quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods studies throughout the volume about topics ranging from early literacy…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Core Curriculum, Reading Research, Yearbooks