Fostering Academic Success among English as an Additional Language Nursing Students Using Standardized Patients
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecns.2017.06.001
Abstract: Abstract To reduce health care disparities among minority groups, it is imperative that nursing schools increase their enrollment and retention of English as an additional language (EAL) nursing students. However, EAL nursing students struggle academically.… read more here.
Keywords: nursing students; additional language; nursing; eal nursing ... See more keywords
Measuring knowledge of multiple word meanings in children with English as a first and an additional language and the relationship to reading comprehension
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DOI: 10.1017/s0305000921000052
Abstract: Abstract Polysemy, or the property of words having multiple meanings, is a prevalent feature of vocabulary. In this study we validated a new measure of polysemy knowledge for children with English as an additional language… read more here.
Keywords: additional language; children english; knowledge; reading comprehension ... See more keywords
Adapting to children's individual language proficiency: An observational study of preschool teacher talk addressing monolinguals and children learning English as an additional language.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0305000921000854
Abstract: In an increasingly diverse society, young children are likely to speak different first languages that are not the majority language of society. Preschool might be one of the first and few environments where they experience… read more here.
Keywords: language proficiency; language; learning english; preschool ... See more keywords
Proficiency in English is a better predictor of educational achievement than English as an Additional Language (EAL)
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DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2021.1949266
Abstract: We compared two tools that have been used to capture the linguistic heterogeneity and achievement of students in England: the exposure-based distinction between English as an additional language (E... read more here.
Keywords: achievement; additional language; english additional; proficiency english ... See more keywords
An exploratory study of Chinese-as-an-additional-language teachers’ agency in post-1997 Hong Kong: an ecological perspective
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DOI: 10.1080/14664208.2020.1725331
Abstract: ABSTRACT Ever since the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People’s Republic of China on 1 July 1997, policy makers in Hong Kong have instituted a series of de-colonising… read more here.
Keywords: additional language; hong kong; chinese additional; language ... See more keywords
Student experiences studying accounting in English as an additional language
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DOI: 10.1108/medar-09-2019-0557
Abstract: Purpose This paper aims to explore the individual and social learning experiences of first-year accounting students studying in English as an additional language. The challenges of these students relating to listening, reading, speaking and writing… read more here.
Keywords: first year; additional language; english additional; student experiences ... See more keywords
Testing Potential Transfer Effects in Heritage and Adult L2 Bilinguals Acquiring a Mini Grammar as an Additional Language: An ERP Approach
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DOI: 10.3390/brainsci12050669
Abstract: Models on L3/Ln acquisition differ with respect to how they envisage degree (holistic vs. selective transfer of the L1, L2 or both) and/or timing (initial stages vs. development) of how the influence of source languages… read more here.
Keywords: potential transfer; transfer; testing potential; transfer effects ... See more keywords
Writing Approaches and Strategies Used by Teachers in Selected South African English First Additional Language Classrooms.
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DOI: 10.4102/rw.v11i1.261
Abstract: Background: The teaching of writing in English First Additional Language (EFAL) classrooms remains less explored in the Further Education and Training Phase (FET) in South Africa. This is so despite research showing a decline in… read more here.
Keywords: first additional; writing approaches; additional language; english first ... See more keywords