Learning Portuguese as a Second Language

• Main Author: Figueiredo, Sandra (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education,
• Subjects: Education.; Language and education.; Assessment.; Language Education.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Bilingualism.

This volume examines the specific effects that schools have on the performance of immigrant students and linguistic minority groups. Especially in the European context this study fills a gap in examining the effects that schools have on these students’ performance and performance differentiation, ta...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. School type and resources: predictor and moderator effects for non-native students’ achievement
• Chapter 2. Evidence Research-Study: a methodology for L2 research
• Chapter 3. Understand variables and influence for L2 learners’ achievement
• Chapter 4. Schools and resources as the direct effect that explains the performance of non-native students the best. .