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Direct linkSarah Tazghini – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Research suggests teacher professional learning and collaboration are essential to support student achievement. However, our Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) English Language Learners (ELL) have lower academic achievement and our teachers are limited with professional learning inquiry cycle opportunities. Research also suggests vocabulary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Arabic, English Language Learners, English (Second Language)
Ball, Mary-Claire; Curran, Erin; Tanoh, Fabrice; Akpé, Hermann; Nematova, Shakhlo; Jasinska, Kaja K. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
In multilingual sub-Saharan African countries, many children attend school and learn to read in a language that they do not speak at home. This mismatch between home and school language may contribute to poor learning outcomes, including low literacy rates. Bilingual education that includes a local language of instruction has become more prevalent…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Reading Instruction, At Risk Students, Illiteracy
Download full textBaptista Nunes, Miguel, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2014, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Lisbon, Portugal July 15-19, 2014). The e-Learning 2014 conference aims to address the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Zhang, Baoguo – College Student Journal, 2008
This essay mainly discusses the following issue: Do people from different cultures store English words in their minds in different ways; and what elements determine people's mental lexicon? The findings from my experiment showed that cultural factors only play a minor role on this stage. The leading dominants in this light are the linguistic…
Descriptors: Semantics, Dictionaries, Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development
MacMillin, Marlene Tege – 1984
The course in basic French for French-speaking Africa is intended for use by Peace Corps volunteers. It consists of lists of specific behavioral objectives for two proficiency levels and 20 lessons emphasizing grammar and vocabulary for everyday situations in Peace Corps work. Lessons contain a presentation of the basic material to be covered,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries, French
Peer reviewedRuddiman, Joan; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1993
Offers six teaching activities suggested by teachers: addressing vocabulary development; punctuation awareness; building background knowledge for English literature; a system for notetaking; a month-long unit on African folktales; and an Alzheimer patient's response to children's literature. (SR)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Alzheimers Disease, Childrens Literature, Content Area Reading
McGregor, G. P. – 1971
This UNESCO source book concerns the development of the teaching of English as the language of instruction in English-speaking Africa with particular attention to the problems of the secondary school course. It is intended primarily for African educators in senior positions who have not had a chance to receive formal training in teaching English…
Descriptors: African Culture, Audiovisual Aids, Drama, Educational Attitudes
Wieczorek, Joseph A., Ed. – Mid-Atlantic Journal of Foreign Language Pedagogy, 1993
Papers from the conference include the following: "Activites orales et motivation dans l'etude du vocabulaire d'une langue etrangere (Oral Activities and Motivation in the Study of Vocabulary in a Foreign Language)" (M. Guisset); "Bridging High School and College Classes through the Multicultural Approach: The Case of Francophone…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Art, Community Colleges, Conversational Language Courses
