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Brown, Alexis Carmela – Dialogic Pedagogy, 2016
Literacy and language development is a central aspect of educational theory and practice. One area of literacy and language research that has had a lot of attention is dialogic teaching (Bakhtin, 1984; Freire, 1970; Murphey, Wilkinson, Soter, Hennessey, & Alexander, 2009; Reznitskaya & Gregory, 2013). However, there is limited research on…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Teaching Methods, Discourse Analysis, Video Technology
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van Gelderen, Amos; Oostdam, Ron; van Schooten, Erik – Language Learning, 2011
We report a classroom experiment directed at increasing lexical fluency in writing. Participants were 107 Dutch students in bilingual (EFL) education (Grades 10 and 11). According to current theories of writing such fluency allows writers to devote more attention to higher order aspects of text production, such as idea generation, selection and…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Control Groups, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Black, John A. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1973
Descriptors: Ethnic Relations, Grade 11, Language Instruction, Language Research
Maguire, Thomas O.; And Others – 1974
To determine if children could discriminate among the 24 ways in which words possess meaning (logico-semantic relationships) defined by Evanechko and to see if this ability changed over time, 570 fifth, eighth, and eleventh graders were presented the task of sorting decks of cards containing examples of the 24 categories. Although it was not…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Center for Curriculum Development in English. – 1968
This 11th-grade language unit focuses on dialectology, the regional variations of American English, and the causes for the differences and similarities in language usage in the United States. Issues surveyed in the unit are (1) the historical basis for dialect differences from the time of the early colonists, (2) current speech characteristics of…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Curriculum Guides, Dialects, English Instruction
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Laufer, Batia – Applied Linguistics, 1998
This study examined development of three types of vocabulary knowledge (passive, controlled active, and free active) over one year of second-language instruction and the relationship of the three types at different stages of vocabulary learning. Subjects were 48 Israeli high school students of English as a Second Language. Results raise questions…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 10
Warner, Rachel – 1992
A study of 23 secondary school students in year 11 at a British comprehensive school investigated students' feelings about English and Bengali, their native language, their language learning history, how they had developed English language skills in a predominantly Bengali-speaking community, how they had maintained and developed their Bengali,…
Descriptors: Bengali, Bilingualism, Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques
Clement, R.; And Others – 1977
A study was conducted to investigate correlates of self-confidence in second language acquisition and to determine its relationship to the integrative motive. Indices of attitude, motivation, intelligence and achievement were obtained from 223 grade 11 francophone students from Montreal. Results of a factor analysis of the data suggested that…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Cultural Influences, Culture Contact
HAYES, ALFRED S.; AND OTHERS – 1966
PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO EVALUATE AND TO IMPROVE THE TEACHING OF READING AND ENGLISH IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES ARE DESCRIBED BRIEFLY. THE DESCRIPTIONS OF PROGRAMS ARE ARRANGED BY STATE AND BY LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION. THE NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF RESPONSIBLE PERSONNEL ARE INDICATED CLEARLY. THE INVENTORY INCLUDES INFORMATION ON…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Black Dialects, College Students, English Curriculum