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David Bamat; Sean Vannata; Lindsey Liu; Alyn Turner; Molly Schlesinger – Philadelphia Education Research Consortium, 2023
The School District of Philadelphia (SDP) serves a diverse population of English Learners (ELs) with different ethnic backgrounds, cultural identities, and languages spoken. SDP's population of ELs has grown significantly, from about 12,000 in 2014-15 to nearly 20,000 in 2022-23, an increase of 66%. This community-informed study focuses on English…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 8, Middle School Students, English Language Learners
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Dewey, Dan P.; Bown, Jennifer; Baker, Wendy; Martinsen, Rob A.; Gold, Carrie; Eggett, Dennis – Language Learning, 2014
A common predictor of language gains during study abroad (SA) is amount of language use. Yet little attention has been given to determining what factors influence the extent of language use while abroad. Studies in this area have mainly been case studies of learners in single locations. In this larger study, we seek to determine variables…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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Stakhnevich, Julia – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2005
This article reports on a diary study conducted to explore third language acquisition in the immersion setting in Mexico as experienced by a bilingual Russian/English learner of Spanish who had recently immigrated to the USA from Russia. Language learning is approached as a socialization process that involves negotiation of meaning (Vygotsky,…
Descriptors: Socialization, Metalinguistics, Diaries, Foreign Countries
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Moeller, Adeiline J., Ed.; Theiler, Janine, Ed.; Betta, Silvia, Ed. – Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2008
The 2008 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, a joint conference with the Michigan World Language Association, focused on learning about the diverse backgrounds and needs of today's students and discovering new ways to help them succeed in reaching the goal of language proficiency. A wide variety of workshops and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, French
Stryker, Stephen B., Ed.; Leaver, Betty Lou, Ed. – 1997
A collection of essays contains articles on content-based foreign language courses at three levels (beginning, intermediate, advanced) and on foreign languages across the curriculum, including: "Content-Based Instruction: From Theory to Practice" (Stephen B. Stryker, Betty Lou Leaver); "Content-Based Instruction in a Basic Russian…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Arabic, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction