L1 in multilingual classrooms
In this article, Hamish Chalmers analyses the evidence for multilingual classrooms.
Attitudes to the use of L1 in the L2 classroom is an area of...
Authorship
Projects with purpose: writing for children boosts language learning and wellbeing.
The experience of authorship in a book project boosts wellbeing, self-efficacy, and motivation of...
EFL teachers’ enjoyment
Supportive schools make teachers happier and more effective.
School climate is a stronger predictor of teachers’ enjoyment than self-efficacy or wellbeing, according to a recent...
Students as altruistic teachers improve both wellbeing and learning
ESL students on a writing course made more progress when students taught each other altruistically, without apparent reward, according to a study with Iranian...
Algorithm provides personalised feedback for trainee teachers
An artificial neural network can be trained to provide effective feedback on trainee teachers’ diagnostic reasoning, according to Michail Sailer and colleagues in Germany...
English medium instruction may have negative learning outcomes for students
Students taking a course in English performed worse than their counterparts taking the same course in their native language, according to a new study.
The...
