A new doctoral dissertation by Parvin Gheitasi at Umeå University explores the different functions of prefabricated phrases in young learners' oral language production. These phrases provided learners with an instrument ...
Social Sciences
Mar 28, 2017
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Despite their potential, many English learners (ELs)—who account for more than 9 percent of K-12 enrollment in the U.S.—lag behind their English-speaking monolingual peers in educational achievement, in part because schools ...
Social Sciences
Feb 28, 2017
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Fujitsu Laboratories announced the development of a curation learning method and an accompanying support platform, which will cultivate the skills needed in an information-driven society for effective communication using ...
Software
Jan 24, 2014
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With media bias polarising the conversation about climate change into 'catastrophic' and 'sceptical' camps, new research published in Environmental Education Research, exposes just how important the ways in which environmental ...
Environment
Sep 25, 2013
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A first-of-its-kind study from researchers in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin shows that, in addition to being isolated by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status, English language learners in ...
Social Sciences
Aug 14, 2013
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A Victoria University academic aims to use his newly acquired skills to create an updated Samoan language dictionary on the web, as well as a larger collection of work documenting the language.
Social Sciences
May 29, 2013
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Arriving at a national definition of "English language learner" is a formidable task, best undertaken in a years-long process, a University of California, Davis, expert argued Tuesday at the annual meeting of the American ...
Social Sciences
May 2, 2013
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Is being in love just a chemical reaction? Is technology harming our brains? Is it OK to enhance brain function with cognitive enhancers, or 'smart drugs'? These are just some of the areas of debate presented in a new free ...
Software
Apr 30, 2013
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Cambridge University Press has taken a gaming-inspired approach to language learning with the launch of a free English vocabulary mobile app, and the launch of a fun new vocabulary learning system on its Cambridge Dictionaries ...
Software
Dec 12, 2012
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Research shows that class size does matter; and that it matters most for socio-economically disadvantaged learners, the very groups that the Government says it is most concerned about, says Massey University Professor of ...
Social Sciences
Feb 3, 2012
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