Young learners’ response processes when taking computerized tasks for speaking assessment
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DOI: 10.1177/0265532217704009
Abstract: We investigated how young language learners process their responses on and perceive a computer-mediated, timed speaking test. Twenty 8-, 9-, and 10-year-old non-native English-speaking children (NNSs) and eight same-aged, native English-speaking children (NSs) completed seven… read more here.
Keywords: young learners; processes taking; learners response; response processes ... See more keywords
Popular video cartoons and associated branded toys in teaching English to very young learners: A case study
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DOI: 10.1177/1362168816639758
Abstract: When teaching foreign languages to very young learners, motivation is an issue that needs to be taken into account even more than in the case of any other age group. Teaching materials and students’ textbooks… read more here.
Keywords: young learners; case study; case; branded toys ... See more keywords
Metacognitive instruction with young learners: A case of willingness to communicate, L2 use, and metacognition of oral communication
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DOI: 10.1177/13621688211004639
Abstract: This classroom-based, quasi-experimental study explored the impact of metacognitive instruction designed to promote young learners’ (1) willingness to communicate (WTC), (2) participation in communicative activities, and (3) metacognitive knowledge of oral communication. Forty-four Grade 3… read more here.
Keywords: young learners; metacognitive instruction; communication; oral communication ... See more keywords
The Effect of Using Educational Games as a Tool in Teaching English Vocabulary to Arab Young Children: A Quasi-Experimental Study in a Kindergarten School in Saudi Arabia
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DOI: 10.1177/21582440221079806
Abstract: Vocabulary is an essential element of English language learning. There are many strategies, which teachers can use in teaching vocabulary, especially to young learners. One of these strategies is using educational games to teach vocabulary… read more here.
Keywords: quasi experimental; educational games; using educational; young learners ... See more keywords
Reading Strategies and Reading Achievement in Middle School: Kazakhstani Young Learners
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DOI: 10.1177/21582440221113843
Abstract: This study explores the reading strategies (RSs) of bilingual and monolingual young learners in their first and second languages (L1 and L2, respectively)—either Kazakh or Russian as the L1 and L2—and English as a foreign… read more here.
Keywords: kazakhstani; reading strategies; achievement middle; strategies reading ... See more keywords
Review of English language proficiency assessments for young learners; Editors: Mikyung Kim Wolf, Yuko Goto Butler; Publisher: Routledge, 2017; ISBN: 9781138940369; Pages: 295
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DOI: 10.14746/ssllt.2021.11.1.7
Abstract: Language assessment has recently attracted a great deal of attention of both researchers and practitioners, which is evidenced, among other things, by a number of well-known monographs (Brown & Abeywickrama, 2010; Coombe et al., 2012;… read more here.
Keywords: language testing; assessment; review english; language assessment ... See more keywords