EDUCATIONAL GAMES IN ENGLISH LESSON IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Using Communicative Language Games in Teaching and Learning English in Taiwanese Primary Schools

Interest in using language games as teaching and learning activities in educational contexts is on the rise. The aim of this paper is to examine the use of communicative language games for teaching and learning English in Taiwanese elementary schools. The participants were 150 teachers teaching in Taiwanese primary schools. The instrument used in this study was a survey questionnaire about part...

Strengths and Weaknesses of Educational Equity in English Language Teaching at Iranian and Finnish Primary and Secondary Schools

Considering educational equity in English education as an important issue at schools in this modern time, this study aimed at comparing English education at schools of Iran and Finland from an educational equity point of view. The researcher used a qualitative research method comprising library method of research to do this study. To this end, a lot of up-to-date and useful articles, theses and...

Educational Disadvantage in Primary Schools in Rural Areas

The achievements of pupils in English reading and mathematics in schools in rural areas serving pupils from poor backgrounds are examined. Pupils in a sample of schools selected for inclusion in the rural dimension of a programme to address educational disadvantage performed significantly better than pupils in a sample of urban schools participating in the same programme. Test scores of pupils ...

Power, agency and middle leadership in English primary schools

Pupil composition and accountability: An analysis in English primary schools

This paper examines the role of social class and prior achievement composition effects on pupils’ progress and the judgements made about school performance. It finds that there are small but significant compositional effects on pupil progress raising questions about how pupils can best be allocated to schools. Comparisons between the official contextual value addedmodel and one that includes co...