INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL FOR ENHANCING LEARNERS’ MATHEMATICS PROFICIENCY

Reading Proficiency and Mathematics Problem Solving by High School English Language Learners

The study focused on the relationship of English proficiency and math performance in a sample of high school students, including 47% English language learners (ELLs). Data sources included state math test scores, study-specific preand posttest scores, problem solving in an online math tutorial, and responses to a self-report assessment of mathematics selfconcept. English conversational and read...

Interactive Instructional Software for Actuarial Mathematics

Developing reading proficiency scales for EFL learners in China

Background: Since its publication in 2001, the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages has exerted tremendous influence on language learning, teaching, and assessment in China. However, problems were also identified during its application process, thus calling for the localization of the framework. In 2014, the China Standards of English (CSE) project was launched, within which rea...

Enhancing Authentic Texts for Language Learners

Enhancing Authentic Web Pages for Language Learners

Second language acquisition research since the 90s has emphasized the importance of supporting awareness of language categories and forms, and input enhancement techniques have been proposed to make target language features more salient for the learner. We present an NLP architecture and webbased implementation providing automatic visual input enhancement for web pages. Learners freely choose t...