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Naomi Flynn; Annela Teemant; Kara Mitchell Viesca; Ratha Perumal – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2024
This convergent parallel mixed-method study (quan + QUAL) relies on systematic classroom observations of mainstream teachers considered highly effective with multilingual learners in the United Kingdom and the United States (N = 9). Using a critical sociocultural theoretical lens, we use an established quantitative observation rubric and lesson…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Christian Jones; David Oakey – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2024
Developing spoken grammar awareness is a crucial first step in fostering noticing habits (Schmidt, 1990) in second language learners. Classroom instruction using corpus-informed materials is an ideal way to assist this development, given that these materials are based on research which informs us about the most frequent forms and uses of spoken…
Descriptors: Grammar, Speech Communication, Diaries, Foreign Countries
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Gkonou, Christina; Miller, Elizabeth R. – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2021
In this article the researchers explore the notion of emotional capital in relation to language teachers' emotion labor and the role of reflection in understanding their emotional experiences. They draw on interview narratives with teachers (N = 25) working in higher education institutions in the United States and United Kingdom. During these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Psychological Patterns, Reflection
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Tavakoli, Parvaneh; Campbell, Colin; McCormack, Joan – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2016
This study investigates the effects of a short-term pedagogic intervention on development of second language (L2) fluency among learners studying English for academic purposes at a UK university. It also examines the interaction between development of fluency and complexity and accuracy. Through a pretest and posttest design, data were collected…
Descriptors: Intervention, Language Fluency, Consciousness Raising, Multivariate Analysis
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Leung, Constant – TESOL Quarterly, 2002
Addresses the question of how the education system responds to the needs of immigrant students on arrival in England. Discusses the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) provision for ethnic and linguistic minorities in the mainstream education system. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Minority Groups
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Wright, Clare – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2013
This article addresses the question of how far working memory may affect second language (L2) learners' improvement in spoken language during a period of immersion. Research is presented testing the hypothesis that individual differences in working memory (WM) capacity are associated with individual variation in improvements in oral production of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Short Term Memory, Second Language Learning, Oral Language
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Cullen, Richard; Kuo, I-Chun – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2007
Drawing on the evidence of a growing body of corpus research over the past two decades, this article investigates the phenomenon of spoken grammar in conversational English and the extent to which our current knowledge of the area is reflected in contemporary textbooks for English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. The article reports on a…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Foreign Countries, Native Speakers, English (Second Language)