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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Motivating Lessons: A Classroom-Oriented Investigation of the Effects of Content-Based Instruction on EFL Young Learners' Motivated Behaviours and Classroom Verbal Interaction
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Huang, Kuei-Min – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2011
This study investigated the impact of content-based language instruction (CBLI) on EFL young learners' motivated behaviours, namely attention, engagement, and eager volunteering, and classroom verbal interaction. Situational factors play vital roles in shaping language learners' motivation particularly in EFL contexts. While many private schools…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Video Technology, Verbal Communication
At-Risk Readers in French Immersion: Early Identification and Early Intervention
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Wise, Nancy; Chen, Xi – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquee, 2010
The present study analyses the impact of phonological awareness instruction on the reading achievement of at-risk Grade 1 readers enrolled in an early French immersion program. Twenty-nine children from diverse linguistic backgrounds participated in the study. At-risk readers were identified on the basis of their text reading performance and…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Early Intervention, Immersion Programs, Reading Achievement
Classroom Discourse of an Experienced Teacher of Indigenous Children
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Thwaite, Anne – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2004
This paper will examine the discourse of one experienced teacher of Indigenous children in lessons observed as part of the Conductive Hearing Loss (CHL) project conducted by Edith Cowan University in Perth. In the classroom observed, all the children were Indigenous and the teacher was aware that some children were suffering from CHL. This…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, Student Diversity