490 Search Results for Methods for English Language Learners
Climate of Creativity: Teaching English to Young Learners Through the Art of Drama
Several learning and involving learning experiences emerge for the early childhood students when both drama and movement are incorporated in the daily syllabus (Chau Continue Reading...
Using Additive Bilingualism to Address Subtractive Educational Challenge among Hispanic-American LearnersIntroductionLatin Americans largest color population will account for about half of student growth over the next decade. Latin Americans are also Continue Reading...
How Technology Enhances ESL Students’ Learning Experience
Introduction
In the COVID-19 era, education has taken a dramatic turn towards distance learning, meaning that virtual classrooms are now more popular than ever. But what is the effect of Continue Reading...
ELLs: Identification and Intervention
Why the Overrepresentation of ELLs in the Classroom
Artiles, Rueda, Salazar and Higareda (2005) state that ELLs are overrepresented in the classroom because of a "tendency to overestimate the homogeneity of pop Continue Reading...
Enhancing Oral Language and Vocabulary Through Effective Teaching Methods
Introduction
Teaching oral language and vocabulary is crucial for the overall cognitive development of students. As educators, it is our responsibility to provide students wi Continue Reading...
Evaluating Teaching Methodologies and Curriculum EffectivenessIntroductionHow do different teaching methodologies and curriculum designs impact student learning outcomes in a specific subject or grade level? Behind this question is the need to unders Continue Reading...
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Curriculum
English as a Second Language Student Success in a Mainstream Classroom Setting
According to Kalaian & Freeman (1994), confidence is one of the key elements required to teach children. Instructors therefore need educat Continue Reading...
Perfect
When it comes to present perfect, it is important to note that the tenses of verbs and the specificity via which a prior event is describe is pivotal. Indeed, under the present perfect paradigm, it is important to use the words "has" or "ha Continue Reading...
Music on Vocabulary Competence, Writing, Reading Comprehension and Motivation in English Language Learning in High-School
EFFECTIVENESS OF MUSIC ON VOCABULARY
The Effectiveness of Music on Vocabulary Competence, Writing, Reading Comprehension and Continue Reading...
first language (L1) in the second language EFL classroom (L2). The study provides a brief historical background of the use of native or target language for a classroom teaching. The literatures are also reviewed to enhance to a greater understanding Continue Reading...
An orthographic definition is one which is formalistic in the sense of being bound to the form of a word in a particular medium. It is not sensitive to distinctions of meaning or grammatical function. To this extent it is not complete" (1998, p. 4). Continue Reading...
The reaction on the part of the community of language researchers has ranged between the grudging acceptance that some multiple word collocation do exist in the lexicon, and the lexicon re-conceptualized as incorporating elements from all levels of Continue Reading...
wikipedia.org/wiki/Communicative_language_teaching#Overview_of_CLT,2005). This means that successfully learning a foreign language is assessed in terms of how well learners have developed their communicative competence, which can loosely be defined a Continue Reading...
A. In Literature. Thus, 25% of the participants within the study did not have an academic background in education, and had focused on literary structure and analysis rather than education as a major staple in their own training. These teachers had mo Continue Reading...
The illustrations found within the pages of Dr. Seuss stories are also an attention grabber which help keep students focused and tie into the lessons of prepositions and vocabulary.
Another simple yet effective method of teaching English to ESL stu Continue Reading...
These different perspectives were based upon their language learning experiences from the past, their language proficiency, their current academic needs, and also their future career choices. To bridge the gap, the teachers engaged in dialogue with Continue Reading...
This order is independent of many factors including the student's environment and exposure to a language (Schultz, 2005; Wilson, 2005). This suggests that with different languages students may learn at a different pace. One may also argue that diffe Continue Reading...
Right from the Beginning
Lightbown and Spada present six proposals for teaching second and foreign language. The first of these is called "Get it right from the beginning" (138). This approach, known also as audiolingual teaching, was formed as a r Continue Reading...
, notes at that there has been a "paucity of studies" on the effectiveness of video in teaching culture through foreign-language programs. Herron investigated whether students retain more ("little c") cultural "practices" or ("big C") cultural "produ Continue Reading...
Learning a Second Language
Psychological Aspects of Learning
Psychological Aspects of Learning a Second Language
A foreign or second language "L2" can be defined as a language that is studied in such environment where it is not the common language Continue Reading...
In such an environment, linguistic knowledge can be acquired directly as tacit knowledge, without formalizing it as grammar rules or vocabulary lists. At the same time, scenario-based learning allows learners to focus on the target context of langua Continue Reading...
He is 37 years old, born in France, of Senegalese descent. His native language is French, but he also speaks Wolof, Fulani, and American English. He was from a middle class background and was educated in the French school system. He knew virtually n Continue Reading...
Communicative Language Teaching the Best Methodology to Prepare Students for the Cambridge First Certificate Exam?
Based on its emphasis on authenticity and relevancy to students' lives, it has been argued that the communicative language teaching a Continue Reading...
Computer Assisted Language Learning or CALL, relates to the creation, use, and study of software that is specifically designed to allow for the use of a computer in the teaching and learning of a new language (Jarvis, 2013). Most commonly this is don Continue Reading...
Perceptual Learning Style Preference in Learning English as a Foreign Language in United Arab Emirates Middle School Students
Learning styles-centered education is influential at higher education organizations across the world. Learning styles are q Continue Reading...
The program primarily supports the local Chinese communities to maintain younger generation's heritage background, and spreading Chinese culture in the U.S. The classes are normally held two to three hours on weekends with Chinese language lessons a Continue Reading...
ICT, SA, and Oral Practice in Second Language
Faculty's Name
Importance of ICT, SA and Oral Practice in Second Language Acquisition (Applied Linguistics)
Information Communication Technology (ICT) is one of the most attracted terminology in the fi Continue Reading...
Strehorn states that:
To begin, I try to design a syllabus/course outline that is not only readable, but something that will be utilized more than once per semester (the first day!). This document, aside from basic course information (names and dat Continue Reading...
Teaching English to Young Learners
Whether it teaching young children who are born and whose parents are native to the United States or another English-speaking country or whether it be a situation where either the parents and/or the child are not b Continue Reading...
The components can be ranked by level of importance or relevance to the subject.
Sequential Graphic Organizers: Sequential organizers allow the educator to assess the ability of the student to logically link ideas and concepts together. Cause/effec Continue Reading...
Lesson Plan for Pre-School English Learners
Annotated Lesson Plan
Objective of this project is to develop a lesson plan for pre-school English learners using the annotated lesson plan. The paper uses the SIOP model to teach children English languag Continue Reading...
For both teachers, however, Boxer and Cortes-Conde highlight moments where the teacher talk lends itself to greater student interaction. At these moments, the teachers often fostered group discussions by asking students about their own cultural norm Continue Reading...
Breda O'Hara-Davies (2010): The paradox of English, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural
Development, 31:2, 107-118
In this article the author explores the contradictions present as a result of teaching English within the Brunei society. The s Continue Reading...
Methods of Teaching a Foreign LanguageInterlanguage refers to a language that emerges after a second language learner, which often has grammatical features that are not found in either their native language or the acquired language. According to Mahm Continue Reading...
Adult Second Language Learning: Chinese Semantics, Explicit Learning
The area of second language learning (Chinese) is explored in this work in view of the appropriateness of the methodologies expounded by literature on the subject. Specifically, th Continue Reading...
Chinese Students
Introduction and Statement of Purpose
"A language achieves a genuinely global status when it develops a special role that is recognized in every country" (Crystal, 2003, p. 3). In China, English is a compulsory subject from the 3rd Continue Reading...
Freshmen Students in Puerto Rico: Speaking English
The objective of the research proposed in this study is to examine the problem of student in Puerto Rico being unable to speak English.
Theoretical/Conceptual Framework
The theoretical/conceptual Continue Reading...
nology to Support ADD and ADHD Learners (K-8)
Research Paper
November 6, 2005
Use of Technology to Support ADD and ADHD Learners (K-8)
Abstract
The student with AD/HD is one that requires more specialized and individualized instruction. Technol Continue Reading...