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Download full textContreras-Espinosa, Ximena Rocío; Villamizar-Mantilla, Karen Michell – HOW, 2021
This qualitative case study seeks to understand the importance of interaction in an A1-English language course at a public university in Colombia. Data were collected through six non-participant observations and four semi-structured interviews. Data were organized and analyzed by using MAXQDA software. These instruments provided enough information…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Soto-Santiago, Sandra L.; Rivera, Rosita L.; Mazak, Catherine M. – HOW, 2015
This article illustrates how a classroom community characterized by "confianza"--a feeling of mutual understanding, respect, and emotional closeness--facilitated the English language learning of Spanish-speaking students in a content-based English as a second language class at a Puerto Rican public university. To understand the processes…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Puerto Ricans
Gómez Flórez, Erica; Jiménez Díaz, Jhon Jaime; Lopera, Sergio Alonso – HOW, 2011
Content-Based Instruction (CBI) may result in improved proficiency in language skills due to the meaningful combination of subject matter and foreign language as a means of communication. This paper shows how university students improved their level of English by means of a content methodology as they attended a course called Topics in Molecular…
Descriptors: College Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
