Assessing an international second language acquisition program in an Indian orphanage /
We traveled to India with a group of educators who were implementing an English second language acquisition program in an Indian orphanage. Phonological awareness, an early marker of literacy, improved in a second language after participation in the program. We discuss the experimental design, logis...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd,
2021.
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| Series: | SAGE research methods cases
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | We traveled to India with a group of educators who were implementing an English second language acquisition program in an Indian orphanage. Phonological awareness, an early marker of literacy, improved in a second language after participation in the program. We discuss the experimental design, logistics of coordinating international research with our collaborators and the orphanage director, following a schedule that set the study to be completed in 2 weeks, and the ethics of ensuring that both the experimental group and control group received the same second-language learning experience. Knowing what aspects of second language acquisition improve during short-term interventions can help educators to target literacy education programs designed for work in regions with limited resources and access to schooling. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529758405 1529758408 |