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Papageorgiou, Spiros; Stevens, Robin; Goodwin, Sarah – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2012
Listening comprehension tests typically include both monologic and dialogic input to measure listening ability. However, research as to which type of input is more challenging for examinees remains limited and has provided inconclusive results (Brindley & Slatyer, 2002; Read, 2002; Shohamy & Inbar, 1991). A better understanding of the…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension Tests, Test Items, Content Analysis, Listening Comprehension
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Arispe, Kelly; Blake, Robert J. – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2012
What personality factors make for a successful hybrid L2 learning experience? While previous studies have examined online learning in comparative terms (i.e. Which format is better: in class or hybrid?), this study examines certain personality and cognitive factors that might define the ideal hybrid language learner. All informants studied…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Web Based Instruction, Synchronous Communication
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Larrotta, Clarena; Serrano, Arlene F. – Journal of Adult Education, 2012
This qualitative study reports the findings implementing a pen pal letter exchange project between adult English language learners and volunteer native English speakers. The pen pal project was implemented using a holistic and socio-cultural approach to English literacy development. This article presents pen pal writing as an authentic language…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
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Bell, Sherry Mee; McCallum, R. Steve – International Education, 2012
Relationships between foreign language learning and four characteristics--anxiety, aptitude, attitudes and attributions for success--were investigated for 95 students enrolled in introductory level Spanish classes at a large, southeastern university in the United States. Examination grades resulted in significantly positive correlation with an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Language Aptitude, Learning Disabilities
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Wenger, Kerri J.; Dinsmore, Jan; Villagomez, Amanda – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2012
In this paper, we describe a 30-month qualitative exploration of diverse teachers' identities in a high-poverty, bilingual, K-8 public charter school in rural eastern Oregon. First, we use the perspectives of saberes docentes and a situated view of teacher development to document the life histories of monolingual and bilingual teachers at Vista…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Charter Schools, Educational Change, Biographies
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Aikman, Sheila – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2012
This article investigates discourses of intercultural education, taking as its starting point two "encounters" in 2010 with contrasting aims and expectations of intercultural education. One is the launch of the 2010 Global Monitoring Report, where intercultural education is viewed as a means of overcoming marginalisation and promoting…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Social Change, Disadvantaged, Rural Areas
Wells, Bryan D.; Gambero, Lori; Allen, Michael; Juarez, Alejandro – Principal Leadership, 2012
The Fresno (California) Unified School District has one of the highest poverty levels in the nation. The district is made up of approximately 84% Hispanic students, and 70% of their parents speak only Spanish in the home. Many students have difficulty passing the California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE), which is required to receive a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Poverty, Second Language Learning, Exit Examinations
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Howard, Elizabeth R.; Green, Jennifer D.; Arteagoitia, Igone – Bilingual Research Journal, 2012
This study contributes to the literature on cross-linguistic literacy relationships for English language learners, and in particular, the Spanish-influenced spelling patterns of Spanish-English bilinguals. English spelling, reading, and vocabulary assessments were administered to 220 students in four TWI programs over a three-year period, from…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Spelling, Second Language Learning, Data Analysis
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Bylund, Emanuel; Diaz, Manuel – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2012
This study investigates the effects of weekly heritage language (HL) classes on first language (L1) proficiency in speakers who arrived in the second language (L2)-dominant setting before the onset of puberty. Two groups of L1 Spanish--L2 Swedish bilingual high school students living in Sweden participated in the study. One group currently…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Language Maintenance, Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Lopez, Minda Morren – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2012
This study explores the language ideologies of young children in a Spanish/English dual language programme in the USA. Recent studies of language ideologies in education have centred primarily on adults or older students, but this study focuses on young children from varied language backgrounds. By analysing discussions centred on children's…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Language Attitudes, Ideology, Young Children
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Furnborough, Concha – Distance Education, 2012
Autonomy in language learning does not simply equate with independence, as language learning is a social activity that requires interaction with others. This also applies just as much to distance language learners, who need to reconcile independent language learning and interdependence with others. This article draws on findings from 43 mid-course…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Learner Controlled Instruction
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Johnson, Ursula Y.; Martinez-Cantu, Veronica; Jacobson, Arminta L.; Weir, Carla-Marie – Early Education and Development, 2012
Research Findings: This study investigated the relationship of the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) program to mothers' involvement in education at home and school, student school readiness in kindergarten, and student academic outcomes at 3rd grade. HIPPY serves a mostly minority, low-income family population and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Tests, School Readiness, Kindergarten
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Baker, Doris Luft; Park, Yonghan; Baker, Scott K.; Basaraba, Deni Lee; Kame'enui, Edward J.; Beck, Carrie Thomas – Journal of School Psychology, 2012
This longitudinal study examined the effects of a paired bilingual program and an English-only reading program on English reading outcomes for Spanish-speaking English learners (ELs) in first, second, and third grades. Participants were 214 ELs enrolled in first grade in 12 high-poverty, low-achieving schools at the beginning of the study. Results…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, English (Second Language), Reading Difficulties, Second Language Learning
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Krzemien, Marta; Krotzer, Kate – Learning Languages, 2012
Foreign Language Elementary Summer Camp is a fantastic way to spend part of the summer. For the past ten years in Glastonbury, Connecticut, the authors have offered a variety of foreign language elementary camps that meet daily for three hours for three to four weeks during July. Currently, they offer camps for Chinese, English Language Learners…
Descriptors: Talent, Class Activities, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods
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Fahey, Jean Ciborowski; Forman, Judith – Childhood Education, 2012
Reach Out and Read is an evidence-based nonprofit organization that promotes early literacy and school readiness in pediatric exam rooms throughout the United States by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud. The program began in 1989 at what was then called Boston City Hospital, and is now known…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Intervention, Nonprofit Organizations, Alaska Natives
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