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A Comparative Study of Problem-Based Learning and Traditional Approaches in College English Classrooms: Analyzing Pedagogical Behaviors Via Classroom Observation

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences, 2020
In this study, we described and compared an English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher’s pedagogical behaviors in traditional and problem-based learning (PBL) classroom settings in a Chinese university.
Shifang Tang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Dimensions and Processes in Second Language Acquisition: Multilingual Socialization in Transnational Contexts

open access: yesThe Modern Language Journal, 2019
Social aspects of second language acquisition (SLA) and the contexts in which people attempt to learn and use languages and seek to become integrated within new and changing cultures have been examined for decades from various theoretical perspectives ...
Patricia A. Duff
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Inter-rater reliability data of classroom observation: Fidelity in large-scale randomized research in education

open access: yesData in Brief, 2020
This dataset belongs to a large-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) in educational research targeting English learning students and their teachers' instructional capacity.
Fuhui Tong   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Arabic Instructors' Attitudes on Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, 2004
This is a study on Arabic instructors' perceptions on some aspects of communicative language teaching. The data were gathered through an attitude scale and some focus group and one-on-one interviews in a major foreign language institute involving 96 ...
Deniz Gokcora, Evrim Eveyik-Aydin
doaj  

Building school leaders’ instructional leadership capacity through virtual professional leadership learning communities

open access: yesFrontiers in Education, 2023
IntroductionResearch is still emerging on how to develop school leaders’ instructional capacity. We implemented research-based practices through virtual professional leadership learning communities (VPLCs) for building school leaders’ instructional ...
Roya Pashmforoosh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Learning Strategies in Second Language Acquisition: Subject index

open access: yes, 1990
Series editors' preface Preface 1. Introduction 2. A cognitive theory of learning 3. How cognitive theory applies to second language acquisition 4. Learning strategies: methods and research 5. Strategies used by second language learners 6. Instruction in
J. M. O'malley, A. U. Chamot
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Effects of Cooperative, Collaborative, and Peer-Tutoring Strategies on English Learners’ Reading and Speaking Proficiencies in an English-Medium Context: A Research Synthesis

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2021
We conducted a research synthesis to examine the impact of cooperative, collaborative, and peer-tutoring strategies on elementary English learners’ (EL) reading and oral proficiencies in studies from the United States.
Shifang Tang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Family-Based Whole-Exome Analysis of Specific Language Impairment (SLI) Identifies Rare Variants in BUD13, a Component of the Retention and Splicing (RES) Complex

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2021
Specific language impairment (SLI) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) that displays high heritability estimates. Genetic studies have identified several loci, but the molecular basis of SLI remains unclear.
Erin M. Andres   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bringing Race Into Second Language Acquisition

open access: yesThe Modern Language Journal, 2019
RECENTLY, SEVERAL NEWS ARTICLES WERE published celebrating the bilingualism of Princess Charlotte, the young daughter of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. A headline from Independent noted, “Princess Charlotte is already bilingual at age two,” with
N. Flores, J. Rosa
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Interaction and instructed second language acquisition

open access: yesLanguage Teaching, 2018
Interaction is an indispensable component in second language acquisition (SLA). This review surveys the instructed SLA research, both classroom and laboratory-based, that has been conducted primarily within the interactionist approach, beginning with the
S. Loewen, Masatoshi Sato
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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