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Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education

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2020

Foreign language

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Student Perceptions Regarding The Use Of Purposive English In A Spanish As A Foreign Language Classroom, Kacey Booth Apr 2020

Student Perceptions Regarding The Use Of Purposive English In A Spanish As A Foreign Language Classroom, Kacey Booth

Dissertations

In modern American society, diversity is both challenged and celebrated, and inclusion is imperative. This ideology begins in the classroom. Oftentimes, this celebration of diversity, more specifically linguistic diversity, is most visible in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) classes and similar bilingual educational programs. In TESOL programs, students’ international identities are highlighted and students are often instructed using multilingual educational resources to scaffold their acquisition of English. Historically, foreign language teaching also utilized dual-language instructional methodologies. Such archaic teaching methodologies have since been replaced by more modern and immersive sociopsycholinguistic approaches such as Communicative Language Teaching. Such …


The Necessity Of Second Language Learning, Elizabeth M. Youmans Apr 2020

The Necessity Of Second Language Learning, Elizabeth M. Youmans

Classical Conversations

In the past half-century, Americans have had ongoing issues with foreign language instruction. Around 1970, the number of foreign language classes began to decline, and funding slowly began to disappear. Although some proficiency tests and requirements have been put in place, no nationwide requirements for foreign language instruction exist for public high schools. The foreign language requirements for entrance into college used to be more prevalent and followed, but studies have shown that 84% of four-year schools do not require foreign language credits (The History of Foreign Language Education in the United States Timeline 1). Because of this lack of …


The Necessity Of Second Language Learning, Elizabeth M. Youmans Apr 2020

The Necessity Of Second Language Learning, Elizabeth M. Youmans

Classical Conversations

In the past half-century, Americans have had ongoing issues with foreign language instruction. Around 1970, the number of foreign language classes began to decline, and funding slowly began to disappear. Although some proficiency tests and requirements have been put in place, no nationwide requirements for foreign language instruction exist for public high schools. The foreign language requirements for entrance into college used to be more prevalent and followed, but studies have shown that 84% of four-year schools do not require foreign language credits (The History of Foreign Language Education in the United States Timeline 1). Because of this lack of …


El Psicodrama Como Estrategia Didáctica Para Contribuir Al Desarrollo De La Conciencia Corporal En La Interacción Oral En Lengua Extranjera Un Estudio Con Los Líderes Bilingües De La Federación Colombiana De Asociaciones Cristianas De Jóvenes Ymca Colombia, Diana Marcela Albadán Murillo, Geraldine Calvache Hernández, Juan Carlos Martínez Romo Jan 2020

El Psicodrama Como Estrategia Didáctica Para Contribuir Al Desarrollo De La Conciencia Corporal En La Interacción Oral En Lengua Extranjera Un Estudio Con Los Líderes Bilingües De La Federación Colombiana De Asociaciones Cristianas De Jóvenes Ymca Colombia, Diana Marcela Albadán Murillo, Geraldine Calvache Hernández, Juan Carlos Martínez Romo

Maestría en Didáctica de las Lenguas

Esta investigación se centra en el diseño de una propuesta de intervención que busca establecer las particularidades de la implementación del psicodrama como estrategia didáctica para contribuir al desarrollo de la conciencia corporal en el fortalecimiento de la interacción oral en lengua extranjera y se encuentra inscrita en la línea de investigación: educación, lenguaje y comunicación de la Universidad de La Salle. El estudio cuenta con un enfoque cualitativo y un método de investigación descriptivo-interpretativo; la técnica empleada en la fase diagnostica fue la entrevista estructurada con su instrumento: el guion, y en la fase de aplicación de la estrategia …