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Butler, Yuko Goto – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2017
Young learners (defined as children ages 5-12) of English as a foreign language are growing in number worldwide. At the policy level, foreign language (FL) programs for young learners are increasingly emphasizing the use of task-based language teaching (TBLT). In practice, however, designing and implementing tasks for young learners poses numerous…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Children, Preadolescents, English (Second Language)
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Meyers, Eric M.; Fisher, Karen E.; Marcoux, Elizabeth – Library Quarterly, 2009
This article presents an empirically-grounded framework for mediating the everyday-life information worlds of youth aged 9-13. "Tweens" are a sandwiched population with behaviors, circumstances, and needs distinct from children and young adults. Little research has addressed their information-seeking, especially regarding nonschool contexts. Thus,…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Access to Information, Interviews, Vignettes
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Poobalan, Amudha S.; Pitchforth, Emma; Imamura, Mari; Tucker, Janet S.; Philip, Kate; Spratt, Jenny; Mandava, Lakshmi; van Teijlingen, Edwin – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to conduct a review of reviews to identify characteristics of effective sex and relationship education (SRE) interventions and/or programmes in young people to improve sexual health and identify barriers and facilitators for implementation. Six bibliographic databases were searched from 1986 to 2006 for systematic…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Bibliographic Databases, Preadolescents, Early Adolescents