Teachers' attention easily diverts to English learners' grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation even when unrelated to the day's learning goal¶
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q2 i? Research shows teachers' attention easily gets diverted to English learners' grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation even when these are not associated with the day's learning goal. → Jones 2024
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Jones 2024¶
Jones, B., Faulkner-Bond, M., & Blitz, J. (2024). Accelerate Success for English Learners With Formative Assessment. Region 15 Comprehensive Center at WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED673605
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The brief cites this research (endnote: Wolf, Crosson, & Resnick, 2011) to motivate success criteria as "look-fors" keeping attention on target learning. No effect size printed.
"research shows that teachers’ attention easily gets diverted to attend to English learners’ grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation even when they are not associated with the day’s learning goal"
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Related Claims¶
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- ESL teachers in Bangladesh lack adequate pronunciation-instruction training, leaving them unprepared to teach pronunciation — related
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Teachers' attention easily diverts to English learners' grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation even when unrelated to the day's learning goal |
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Teachers' attention easily diverts to English learners' grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation even when unrelated to the day's learning goal |
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