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Vocabulary knowledge is key to understanding and addressing disparities in higher education. [PDF]

Br J Educ Psychol
Abstract Background Persistent degree‐awarding gaps exist in UK universities along the lines of domicile (UK vs. non‐UK) and ethnicity (white British vs. ethnic minority). Although both intersect with language (English as a first or second language), research on the role of language in academic disparities in higher education remains sparse.
Babayiğit S, Trenkic D.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Acceptability of a Digital Early Years Language Support Service for Caregivers of Children Who Have SLCN and/or Are Multilingual. [PDF]

Int J Lang Commun Disord
ABSTRACT Background Parent‐child interaction (PCI) interventions have the potential to mitigate early‐identified risks of Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN). PCI interventions can be delivered at Universal, Targeted and Specialist levels, but evidence for effectiveness at the Universal level is lacking, especially for some populations.
Hancock E, Bannard C, Fricke S, Levickis P, Isaacs RM, McKean C, Pine J, Salter G, Sherlock R, Solaiman K, Matthews D.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Revisiting the Computer as Informant from a Teacher-Mediated Perspective: Suggested Implementation of an Automated Language Diagnostics Tool

Current Swedish Archaeology, 2023
This article argues for considering a shift in focus towards teacher-mediated tools in English as an Additional Language (EAL) teaching. The argument is primarily carried by previous research within Data-Driven Learning (DDL) and Second Language ...
Daniel Ihrmark
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The 'FRIENDS for Life' emotional health programme: Differential impact for those at risk. [PDF]

Br J Educ Psychol
Abstract Background Evidence suggests that FRIENDS, a universal cognitive behavioural programme for schools, can improve children's emotional health, yet debate persists regarding its efficacy with respect to prevention versus treatment, particularly for children at risk of anxiety disorders.
Wigelsworth M, Panayiotou M, Squires G, Byc K.   +3 more
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‘The moustache’ returns: referential metonymy acquisition in adult learners of English as an additional language (EAL) [PDF]

Language and Cognition, 2021
abstractReferential metonymy, e.g. ‘the moustache(= man with a moustache) sits down first’, appears early in L1 acquisition (Falkum, Recasens & Clark, 2017). Yet how does it emerge in pragmatically mature but linguistically developing adult L2 learners?
JOSEPHINE BOWERMAN, INGRID LOSSIUS FALKUM, NAUSICAA POUSCOULOUS   +2 more
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Lessons Learned from a Discipline-Specific Language Support Initiative for Multilingual Students (MLSs) in a Foundational Course in Health Sciences: A Mixed-Methods Case Study from a Western Canadian University

Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2023
This mixed methods explanatory case study intends to explain low utilization of a joint initiative to improve language skills targeted to English as an additional language (EAL)/multilingual students (MLSs) in a disciplinary context.
Tun Myint, Breanna Fraser-Hevlin, Chris Niosco   +2 more
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Problems EAL Professionals Face when Teaching Roma Teenagers [PDF]

Dyskursy o Kulturze, 2019
The aim of this study is to investigate the problems English as an Additional Language (EAL) professionals face when providing English support to Roma teenagers in secondary schools in Derby in North England.
Justyna Duchowska
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English as an additional language (EAL): Decolonising provision and practice

The Curriculum Journal, 2022
AbstractThis paper examines ways in which approaches to English as Additional Language (EAL) can be decolonised in schools. In an attempt to break traditional divides between academic research and pedagogical practice in this area, this article adopts a collaborative perspective, between an EAL advisory and support teacher and an academic member of ...
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The pedagogical benefits of a lexical database (SciE-Lex) to assist the production of publishable biomedical texts by EAL writers [PDF]

Ibérica, 2017
Research has demonstrated that it is challenging for English as an Additional Language (EAL) writers to acquire phraseological competence in academic English and develop a good working knowledge of discipline-specific formulaic language.
Natalia Judith Laso , and Suganthi John   +1 more
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English-as-an-Additional-Language Employees’ Perspectives on Writing in the Workplace

BC TEAL Journal, 2020
This article presents study results on workplace writing from English-as-an-additional-language (EAL) employees’ perspectives, and shares findings about how educational institutions in British Columbia can better prepare EAL students to write in the ...
Jim Hu, Lachlan Gonzales
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