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Time to Proficiency in Young English Learners and Factors That Affect Progress

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigated the time it takes 54,146 English learners (ELs) to attain English proficiency as they progressed from age 5 to 11 on average (Kindergarten through fifth grade in the United States). We also examine to what extent the time‐to‐proficiency estimate is affected by child‐internal and child‐external factors, including primary ...
Xiaowan Zhang, Paula Winke
wiley   +1 more source

The role of soft skills and multicultural attitudes in enhancing teaching quality in Colombian higher education. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One
Barrios Aguirre F   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Private Tutoring as a Relief or Burden? Changes in Parental Beliefs About Young Children's English Learning in China

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The increasing trend of early English education has promoted the rapid growth of English private tutoring (EPT) for children, which garners attention in research as a global educational phenomenon. In China, EPT for children experienced a fervent expansion under neoliberalism.
Chun Zeng, Kevin Wai‐Ho Yung
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Grammatical Complexity of International Teaching Assistants: A Comparative Corpus Study

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this study is to analyze the grammatical complexity features of international teaching assistants' (ITAs) mock‐teaching presentations and to compare the distributions of these features to those found in the Oral English Proficiency Test (a local ITA assessment), university classroom teaching, conversation, and academic writing ...
Heesun Chang, Amin Raeisi‐Vanani
wiley   +1 more source

‘It's like English is given more emphasis than the topic’: Designing materials in English language teacher education

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite decades of curricular change and the introduction of language pedagogies emphasising meaning and communication, teachers of English in Chilean schools still tend to favour traditional methods and focus largely on discrete language. Using data from stimulated recalls, interviews and observations with preservice teachers, interviews with
Luis Carabantes
wiley   +1 more source

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