farsi and english are both indo-european languages with similarities in their roots. as such, this experiment was conducted to understand which english accent (i.e. american, british or australian accents) would be easier for iranians to adapt. to answer this question, 30 medical students performed three different activities of (i) listening to audio texts in three accents, (ii) taking part in ...

Latin-American students make up the largest group of non-English speaking students in U.S. schools, and those who were not born in the U.S. make up the largest immigrant group. Although they face numerous challenges related to transitioning to a new language and culture, Latino immigrant students have been shown to have higher academic achievement than their domestic-born counterparts. This lit...

Numerous studies have shown that the native language influences foreign word recognition and that this influence is modulated by the proficiency in the non-native language. Here we explored how the degree of reliance on cross-language similarity (as measured by the cognate facilitation effect) together with other domain-general cognitive factors contribute to reading comprehension achievement i...

This study focuses on the influences of self-efficacy beliefs in English learning between male and female university students. There was a total sample 128 Non-English majors from Dong Nai Technology University Bien Hoa city. The quantitative component used questionnaire asking about students’ background their English. Ten students were individually interviewed to be able clarify reasons that a...

A two-month pilot study comprised of 34 second through fourth grade Hispanic students from four bilingual education classrooms was conducted to compare the efficacy of the 2004 version of the Project Listen Reading Tutor against the standard practice of sustained silent reading (SSR). The Reading Tutor uses automated speech recognition to “listen” to children read aloud. It provides both spoken...

Topic area focus. As part of the Southwestern Regional Educational Laboratory’s (REL Southwest) fast-turnaround projects, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will conduct a systematic review of research-based evidence on the effects of professional development on growth in student learning. The main focus of the review will be how students’ achievement in three core academic subjects (En...