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Best Approaches For English Acquisition With Primary English Language Learners, Roxanna Gario
Best Approaches For English Acquisition With Primary English Language Learners, Roxanna Gario
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The education reform that took place in the emirate of Abu Dhabi set the standard that all students attending state-governed schools would be literate in their native language of Arabic as well as English, which was being taught in schools as a second language. However, school data documented achievement gaps in English reading among English language learners (ELLs) at a primary school in Abu Dhabi. The purpose of this study was to investigate the best approaches used by English medium teachers to teach reading to ELLs in order to provide recommendations for student improvement. Guided by Krashen’s monitor model, this …