A Project to Promote English Learning in Primary School: “An English Island®” E-learning Platform

P Palladino; R Muzzì; E Niccolai; Milvia Cottini; G Peconio; F Doronzo; GA Toto; P Limone

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-15845-2_5

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A Project to Promote English Learning in Primary School: “An English Island®” E-learning Platform

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A Project to Promote English Learning in Primary School: “An English Island®” E-learning Platform

P Palladino, R Muzzì, E Niccolai, Milvia Cottini, G Peconio, F Doronzo, GA Toto and P Limone

Psychology, Learning, Technology: First International Conference, PLT 2022, Foggia, Italy, January 19–21, 2022, Revised Selected Papers, Vol.1606, pp.83-95

Communications in Computer and Information Science, 1606

1st International Workshop on Psychology, Learning, Technology, PLT 2022 (online, 19/01/2022 - 21/01/2022)

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15845-2_5

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Abstract

English communicative skills

English learning

English teaching

Primary schools

The present study was aimed to investigate English learning as second language, in school, in first, second and third graders of twelve classes randomly assigned to a control or an experimental group. Children in the latter are exposed during English school teaching to the method “An English Island®” and to its platform activities. The method “An English Island®” offers a variety of strategies for teaching English in primary school, an innovative digital tool that promotes teaching/learning English language’s communicative approach, lead students to become familiar with the language in a sort of continuous, inclusive workout, in which everyone participates and talks. English skills as well as cognitive abilities are tested in both groups at the beginning and at the end of the school year with the aim to compare control and experimental classes in both a longitudinal and a cross-sectional design.

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Title: A Project to Promote English Learning in Primary School: “An English Island®” E-learning Platform
Creators: P Palladino - University of Foggia
R Muzzì - British School Pistoia, Pistoia, Italy
E Niccolai - British School Pistoia, Pistoia, Italy
Milvia Cottini - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
G Peconio - University of Foggia
F Doronzo - University of Foggia
GA Toto - University of Foggia
P Limone - University of Foggia
Publication Details: Psychology, Learning, Technology: First International Conference, PLT 2022, Foggia, Italy, January 19–21, 2022, Revised Selected Papers, Vol.1606, pp.83-95
Editor(s): Limone P, Di Fuccio R, Toto GA
ISBN: 9783031158445
EISBN: 9783031158452
ISSN: 1865-0929
EISSN: 1865-0937
Conference: 1st International Workshop on Psychology, Learning, Technology, PLT 2022 (online, 19/01/2022 - 21/01/2022)
Series / Volume: Communications in Computer and Information Science
1606
Publisher: Springer
Cham
Number of pages: 13
Identifiers: 978-3-031-15844-5
(UNIBZ)51158666
991006548093301241
Web of Science ID: 000894194800005
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85137036662
Academic Unit: Faculty of Education
Language: English
Resource Type: Conference proceeding
Author Names String: Palladino P, Muzzì R, Niccolai E, Cottini M, Peconio G, Doronzo F, Toto GA, Limone P
Additional Description: Editors/Supervisors: Limone P, Di Fuccio R, Toto GA

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