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Federal, State, And District Level English Language Learning Program Entry And Exit Requirements: Effects On The Education Of Language Minority Learners, Alex Ragan, Nonie Lesaux
Federal, State, And District Level English Language Learning Program Entry And Exit Requirements: Effects On The Education Of Language Minority Learners, Alex Ragan, Nonie Lesaux
Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)
Identification of a language minority learner for placement in a program for English Language Learners (ELLs), and the length of the support program, may have a significant effect on the student's academic achievement. Widespread anecdotal evidence suggests that criteria used to make placement decisions vary widely across the U.S. This study systematically examines related federal laws and guidance, as well as published entry and exit criteria for ELL programs for the 10 states and 10 districts in the U.S. with the largest enrollment of ELLs. For the majority of placement decisions, a measure of English proficiency is used. Very few …
Book Review Of Diversity In Language: Contrastive Studies In English And Arabic Theoretical And Applied Linguistics. Edited By Zeinab M. Ibrahim, Sabiha T. Aydelott And Nagwa Kassabgy., Kristen Kern
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
Book review of Diversity in Language: Contrastive studies in English and Arabic theoretical and applied linguistics. Edited by Zeinab M. Ibrahim, Sabiha T. Aydelott and Nagwa Kassabgy.
Co-Teaching And Reciprocal Teaching For English-As-A-Foreign-Language Reading, Pei-Ying Chou
Co-Teaching And Reciprocal Teaching For English-As-A-Foreign-Language Reading, Pei-Ying Chou
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to help promote elementary English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) students' reading comprehension. The project investigates the co-teaching model and its implementation in the Taiwanese English class. Curriculum and lesson plans are included.
Verb Aquisition In Students Of English As A Second Language: Language Learning Background And Attitudes, Erin Kyles Rogers
Verb Aquisition In Students Of English As A Second Language: Language Learning Background And Attitudes, Erin Kyles Rogers
LSU Master's Theses
In order to determine how learner background and learner attitudes affected English as a Second Language students’ verb production, eleven ESL learners participated in both oral and written tasks. They were given written surveys to determine what was emphasized more in learning English in their home countries: speaking or writing. Another survey was administered to determine which of these activities that they liked best. Next, the subjects watched a movie clip, wrote about it, and then spoke about it. Their written and spoken total amount of verbs produced and total amount of verbs used correctly were compared and analyzed to …
Bilingual Students And Family Literacy, Laura Green
Bilingual Students And Family Literacy, Laura Green
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
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Code Switching: ¿Y Qué?, Helen Zamarripa
Code Switching: ¿Y Qué?, Helen Zamarripa
Theses Digitization Project
The project examined the pros and cons regarding the use code of switching across social contexts both in oral and written language. It argues that code switching is a viable mediating tool for teaching students the values of their language(s), culture(s), and identity. The researcher uses Vygotsky's concept of the Zone of Proximal Development to show that children often use code switching as a means to accommodate gaps in their English language skills. Teachers who recognize this can assist students by using social interaction and language as a tool to bridge the level of actual performance and the learning potential …
Stimulating Intrinsic Motivation: Brain-Based Pedagogy For The Second-Language Writing Classroom, Kristin Marie Kucia-Stauder
Stimulating Intrinsic Motivation: Brain-Based Pedagogy For The Second-Language Writing Classroom, Kristin Marie Kucia-Stauder
Theses Digitization Project
Examines how the cognitive and biological perspectives of Intrinsic Motivation (IM) could collaboratively engage second language (L2) students in the university writing classroom. Brain-structures and body systems specifically associated with intrinsic motivation are detailed, and brain-based learning strategies are outlined. Concludes with a sample application for the university writing classroom that reflects a brain-based approach to L2 learning.
Innovative Literacy Content, Methods, And Assessment In English-As-A-Foreign Language Primary Instruction, Tzu-Ru Tsai
Innovative Literacy Content, Methods, And Assessment In English-As-A-Foreign Language Primary Instruction, Tzu-Ru Tsai
Theses Digitization Project
The primary goal of this project is to offer Taiwanese teachers diverse innovative literacy instruction and assessments to motivate students' reading processes. Sample curriculum/lesson plans are included.
Self-Repair In Second Language Interaction: Dyad Groups In Action, Beatriz Rangel-Studer
Self-Repair In Second Language Interaction: Dyad Groups In Action, Beatriz Rangel-Studer
Theses Digitization Project
Describes the results of a research project that analyzes the interaction of a second language (L2) learners of English (non-native speakers (NNS)) with a native speakers (NS). The subjects of the study were four NNS and two NS of English at Imperial Valley College in Imperial, California. The first aspect of the analysis determines the way in which self-repair might be related to L2 development and the L2 learner's language proficiency level. The second aspect of the analysis determines whether the NNS use self-repair differently when the interlocutor is a NS or a NNS of English. Results of the study …